A software-based GNSS receiver is now available on Tensilica ConnX DSP IP cores, according to an announcement by Cadence Design Systems and Galileo Satellite Navigation, Ltd. (GSN), a developer of...
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...
The global security, defense and aerospace company joins alliance dedicated to protecting, promoting and enhancing the use of GPS technology The GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) is welcoming BAE...
On November 18, a Consultation Event will take place in Brussels on the subject of receiver technology. The event is being held to inform the stakeholders of the European GNSS receiver community...
Image: ESA The European Commission has issued industrial contracts worth €1.47 billion ($1.97 billion) to build next-generation Galileo satellites to Airbus and Thales Alenia Space, reports BBC...
Image: NOAA The COSMIC-1 program ended on May 1, when the last of six tiny satellites were decommissioned. The satellites were launched 14 years ago, and outlived their planned lifespan by 12 years....
Illustration of side-lobe signals from GPS satellites. (Image: ESA) Two European Space Agency studies found that the signal from navigation satellites orbiting Earth could be used to navigate the...
4- and 7-channel research and evaluation platforms The NT1065_USB3 and Multi_GNSS_Grabber_Board are research and evaluation platforms for professional navigation receivers, based on NTLab’s RF...
Last year at InterGeo 2015, UAVs ruled, for at least the second year in a row, although some of its newest-thing gloss seemed to be wearing off. This year, sensor integration in both hardware and...
Authors Javier Benedicto (ESA), left, and Rodrigo da Costa (GSA). (Image: ESA) Throughout 2020, the Galileo Programme under the responsibility of the European Commission, the European GNSS Agency...
The basic ArduSimple RTK kit includes Sapcorda SAPA. (Image: ArduSimple) ArduSimple has integrated Sapcorda’s SAPA Premium Service into its new simpleRTK2B+SSR GNSS receiver. The user-friendly...
Innovation: Satellite Navigation Evolution: The Software GNSS Receiver (PDF) By Glenn MacGougan, Peter Ludvig Normark, and Christian Stahlberg Published: January 2005 GPS World In this month’s...
Innovation: The International GNSS Service: Any Questions? (PDF) By Angelyn W. Moore Published: January 2007 GPS World In this month’s column, Angelyn Moore, the IGS Central Bureau’s deputy...
Photo: peeterv/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Ambiguity and Environmental Data: Two Further Key Challenges of Multisensor Positioning By Paul D. Groves, Lei Wang, Debbie Walter, and Ziyi...
On Feb. 12, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order establishing a comprehensive national policy to promote the responsible use of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services by the...
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...
Photo: Tallysman Tallysman Wireless has added a line of AccuAuto vehicle antennas aimed at the autonomous vehicle market. The compact and rugged embedded AccuAuto antennas offer key features not...
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...
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...
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global supplier of cellular and GNSS modules, has released the LC29D module. Photo: Quectel The LC29D is a sub-meter level GNSS module that integrates dead reckoning...