J. David Grossman By J. David Grossman Executive Director GPS Innovation Alliance As we embark on a new year, 2021 ushers in a new administration and the start of the 117th Congress. With these...
Inside the ESTEC Test Center, Galileo’s First Operational Capability first flight model, FM1, prepares for passive intermodulation testing in the Maxwell electromagnetic facility. (Photo:...
Global ionospheric map calculated with NeQuick G for the 18 09 2019 at 07 UT (DOY 261, 2019). (Image: GSA) News from the European GNSS Agency (GSA) A version of the NeQuick G algorithm using a new...
GNSS and inertial navigation sensors are meeting the challenges of extreme conditions, from freezing Arctic ice to the edges of steaming volcanoes, from high-speed aircraft over cities to the subways...
NovAtel, part of Hexagon’s Positioning Intelligence division, now brings users greatly improved processing speed and accuracy as well as significantly reduced signal acquisition time through the...
Belgium has launched its first smart highway test environment. Septentrio GPS/GNSS receivers are integrated into vehicles and infrastructure to provide dependable, high-accuracy positioning and to...
Global semiconductor company STMicroelectronics has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Swedish silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer Norstel AB. After closing the deal, ST will...
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...
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...
The latest Lenovo smartphone offers dual-frequency GNSS capable of tracking the latest BDS phase III signal, the Z6 SE, using an Allystar chipset. The company says this is the first time a smartphone...
A Look at High-Latitude and Equatorial Ionospheric Disturbances of GPS Signals By Yu Jiao, Yu (Jade) Morton, Steve Taylor, and Wouter Pelgrum INNOVATION INSIGHTS by Richard Langley THE EARTH’S...
Qulsar announces precision time protocol (PTP) software availability for Qualcomm FSM platform. The QNgine-S precision time protocol (PTP) software by Qulsar is now available on the Qualcomm...
A panorama from the GNSS tide gauge at Onsala Space Observatory. When satellites pass over the sky, the GNSS tide gauge uses signals direct from the satellite and signals reflected off the sea...
Portos Team paired with the Ninja. (Photo: iP-Solutions) Japan-based iP-Solutions has introduced Portos Team, a new GNSS RF signal record-and-playback system. The Portos Team can record and play...
Photo: Aceinna Module designed for developers creating guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles, robots, drones, industrial, construction and agricultural machinery Aceinna launched...
Photo: Orolia Not just supporting players, alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems strengthen, augment and — when needed — replace GNSS. GPS World explores how companies are...
Bluetooth has added a new direction-finding feature to help meet the growing demands of the location services market. The feature, which allows devices to determine the direction of a Bluetooth...
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has launched three formation-flying HawkEye 360 Pathfinder 15-kilogram, 20 x 27 x 44-centimeter microsatellites designed to detect and geolocate radio frequency (RF)...
TAU-0707 series GNSS module. (Photo: Allystar) Allystar Technology Co. Ltd. has launched its smallest multi-band multi-GNSS module, the TAU-0707. Within its 7.6 x 7.6 millimeter size, the TAU-0707...
The VSP600L VeroStar supports the full GNSS spectrum, as well as L-band correction services. (Photo: Allison Barwacz) Tallysman has released its VSP600L VeroStar precision antenna at Intergeo 2019,...