Low-cost, precision GNSS receivers will become a reality in the driverless car, drone and even smartphone markets by 2021, finds ABI Research. The automotive industry will be the main driver behind...
Current u-blox GNSS platforms — from u-blox M8 and beyond — support the recently completed BeiDou navigation satellite system modernizations, improving the availability of GNSS positioning...
Jackson Labs Technologies Inc. (JLT) has entered the GNSS simulation and synthesis market with the small size, weight and power (SWAP) CLAW GPS/GNSS simulator. The CLAW is only slightly larger...
iXblue’s Atlans A7 INS.. (Photo: iXblue) Oceanographic & Geophysical Instruments (OGI) has selected iXblue’s Atlans INS to provide robust and uninterrupted data georeferencing to its...
The Spectratime Force 2020 Rubidium clock is designed for the defense market. Spectratime, a provider of high precision atomic clocks and a business of the Orolia Group, has launched the Force 2020....
The effects of space weather on critical Earth systems. (Image: NASA) The United States Congress has passed bipartisan legislation to address how the government deals with threats posed by emissions...
By Ruizhi Chen, Heidi Kuusniemi, Yuwei Chen, Ling Pei, Wei Chen, Jingbin Liu, Helena Leppäkoski, Jarmo Takala Currently, no single technology, system, or sensor can provide a positioning solution...
Spirent Communications has announced major enhancements that will help improve location accuracy for E911 calls indoors. The additional test capabilities on Spirent’s 8100 Location Technology...
Photo: Trimble Antenna development, going all the way back to the first antennas, has been one of continuous innovation,” Richard Langley wrote in our September issue. Even after more than 30...
Spirent Communications today introduced the GSS6300M range of multi-channel GPS and multi-GNSS simulators for receiver integrators, application developers, aftercare and production testing...
Photo: Trimble Trimble has introduced the Trimble AX940 and AX940i high-precision GNSS smart antennas, designed for a broad range of high-precision applications such as precision agriculture,...
Coalition gives voice to PNT companies seeking open-market approach to backing up GPS/GNSS for critical infrastructure Several GNSS and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) companies have joined...
Notes from DoT GPS Backup Demos – Part I Government officials, advisors and congressional staff gathered at NASA’s Langley Research Center on March 13. They were there to discuss the Department...
The Spectratime Force 2020 Rubidium clock is designed for the defense market. Spectratime, a provider of high precision atomic clocks and a business of the Orolia Group, has launched the Force 2020....
Spirent’s GSS9000 constellation simulator. Spirent Communications, provider of testing solutions for positioning and navigations systems, has introduced the Spirent GSS9000...
The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) has issued a call for papers for the Navigation 2021 conference. The conference, which as of now will be held virtually Nov. 15-18, 2021, will bring together...
Dana Goward, President, Resilient PNT Foundation The Empire State Building sits atop a massive and solid foundation that hardly anyone ever sees. Above ground it has 2.8 million square feet of...
Image: Moncherie/E+/Getty Images Of the hundreds of papers researchers presented this year at the Institute of Navigation’s annual ION GNSS+ conference, which took place virtually Sept. 21–25,...
The Institute of Navigation (ION) celebrated its 75th anniversary on June 25. On June 25, 1945, ION held its first organizational meeting on the Los Angeles Campus of the University of California....
“Fourth industrial revolution and advanced technology” for all sectors The government of South Korea signed an agreement on Oct. 28 for its new eLoran system to support digital radio and...