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...
U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo: RNTF) Last week, 27 members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai. In it, they urged him...
Opposing the FCC’s Ligado Decision Not surprisingly, the primary topic at the July 1 meeting of the National Space-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board was the Federal...
Photo: SGB Systems SBG Systems renews its popular line of miniature inertial sensors with high-end functionalities and dual frequency RTK SBG Systems has announced the third generation of its...
Yesterday we posted news of an 11-hour downtime for the full GLONASS constellation, due to an upload of bad ephemerides. Coincidentally, during that 11-hour period, the mass-market chip company...
Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) CLAS received a major enhancement on Nov. 30. QZSS CLAS (centimeter-level augmentation service) is the satellite-based nationwide open PPP-RTK...
The 6th Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems Interoperability Working Group (SBAS IWG) took place Feb. 5-7 in Delhi, India. During the meeting, SBAS developers and operators were joined by users of...
DHS report cover The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a report on alternative sources of PNT on May 6. It was submitted to U.S. congressional committee leaders on April 8. The...
Anritsu Company is launching an internal atomic clock option for its MS2720T Spectrum Master handheld spectrum analyzer that allows users to acquire excellent frequency accuracy, including in...
Santa Claus will be performing a ceremonial fly-by of the International Space Station (ISS) on Dec. 24. The visit will honor the 20th anniversary of continuous life on the ISS, a milestone achieved...
Using GPS Multipath for Snow-Depth Estimation By Felipe G. Nievinski and Kristine M. Larson INNOVATION INSIGHTS by Richard Langley FRINGES. No, I’m not talking about the latest celebrity...
It is estimated that there are currently the same number of satnav receivers on Earth as there are people. (Image: ESA) News from the European Space Agency (ESA) A new monitoring system developed...
By Greg Gerten & Geoffrey Hella, Centauri Corp. Greg Gerten, Centauri Corp. With the rise in public unrest from COVID-19 and increasing numbers of remote operations, the susceptibility and...
Russia launched a new-generation Glonass-K satellite, number 15, into orbit Oct. 25. Unlike its Glonass-M predecessors, Glonass-K satellites carry two types of navigation signals —...
Photo: Jackson Labs Jackson Labs Technologies (JTL) has launched the PNT-6220 Assured Reference — a product combining low-Earth-orbit (LEO) signals, GNSS, terrestrial, wireline and atomic clock...
Taoglas has launched a range of small-form-factor ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas specifically designed to enable centimeter-level positioning and angle-of-arrival applications. The FXUWB10, UWC.01...
“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...
The UK’s emergency service responders and other critical services could be set for more resilient time systems through the National Timing Centre. The United Kingdom has established a new timing...
Septentrio, a provider of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, has partnered with Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor. Digi-Key now offers mosaic-X5 globally for...
Topcon’s NET-G5 receiver and CR-G5-C antenna. Topcon Positioning Group said that its latest GNSS reference receiver, the NET-G5, is capable of tracking a new signal from the GLONASS...