Satellites NTS-1, 2 and 3. (Illustration: Lt. Jacob Lutz, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate) Just last month we celebrated the kickoff of the GPS III campaign, reporting on the launch of the first...
Orolia introduced its new GPS/GNSS testing and simulation portfolio, including the new GSG-8 advanced simulator, at ION GNSS+ 2019 in Miami. The new portfolio offers a comprehensive array of GNSS...
Photo: Systron Donner Systron Donner Inertial (SDI) has released an update to its SDN500 digital quartz MEMS GPS inertial navigation system (GPS/INS). Introduced in 2011, the SDN500 is a platform...
By Jenna R. Tong, Robert J. Watson, and Cathryn N. Mitchell, University of Bath Using signal-to-noise measurements from a single commercial-grade L1 GPS receiver, it is possible to detect...
A Prototype System for Navigation in GPS-Challenged Environments By Chris Rizos, Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska, Charles K. Toth, Andrew G. Dempster, Yong Li, Nonie Politi, Joel Barnes, Hongxing Sun,...
Orolia will host a second industry discussion on the positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) Executive Order, a federal initiative to protect critical infrastructure from GPS/GNSS jamming and...
Can They Be Better? By Tony Haddrell, Marino Phocas, and Nico Ricquier We examine the antenna designs that provide GPS functionality to mobile phones and why most phones still do not provide GPS...
The UAS1 GNSS receiver module has been designed for UAV/UAS applications requiring centimeter accuracy in a small package. (Photo: Trimble) Trimble has introduced a compact, high-precision GNSS...
U.S. positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities are vitally important to millions of civilians, as well as U.S. and allied militaries. The third Navigation Technology Satellite will go...
Dragonfly (Image: CEVA) CEVA Inc. and Nurlink have introduced Nurlink’s NK6010 3GPP Rel.14 eNB-IoT system-on-chip (SoC), powered by the CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 IP solution. The companies made the...
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...
Furuno Electric Co. Ltd., based in Nishinomiya, Japan, has developed the GT-88 timing module and GF-8801/02/03/04/05 disciplined oscillator for users who require UTC time-synchronized signals to...
AUVSI Xponential 2019 — the huge exhibition and conference built around unmanned everything — will run at the West Building, McCormick Place Convention Center, April 29 to May 2 in Chicago. This...
Part 1 of a Two-Part Story. Read Part 2 here. Cover: GPS World By Bradford W. Parkinson and Stephen T. Powers, with Gaylord Green, Hugo Fruehauf, Brock Strom, Steve Gilbert, Walt Melton, Bill...
VectorNav Technologies’ tactical series line of inertial measurement units (IMUs) and GNSS-aided inertial navigation systems (GNSS/INS) have completed independent testing for MIL-STD-810G,...
Testing GNSS Receivers with Record and Playback Techniques By David A. Hall Is there a way to perform repeatable tests on GNSS receivers using real signals? This month’s column looks at how to use...
A U.S. judge dismissed the bulk of two lawsuits by LightSquared and equity owner Harbinger Capital Partners, reports Reuters. The suits accused Trimble, Garmin and Deere & Co. of misleading...
Photo: Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has begun taking orders for its latest-generation Miniature PLGR Engine – M-Code (MPE-M) GPS...
Photo: Trimble Trimble has added capabilities to its real-time network (RTN) portfolio, including the Trimble Pivot Platform and the Trimble Alloy GNSS reference receiver. The new capabilities will...
Using Microwaves and Laser Ranging for Precise Orbit Determination By Erik Schönemann, Tim A. Springer, Michiel Otten, and Matthias Becker Though Galileo’s GIOVE-A is a test satellite not...