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...
Calling it an “unprecedented and deeply worrying total disruption . . . [that] shook the industry,” Locata Corporation reiterated its call for redundant terrestrial systems to back up GNSS in the...
High-precision GPS/INS receiver is now available with a single-antenna option for faster integration, lighter weight and lower power consumption. Photo: Septentrio Septentrio’s GPS/INS...
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...
Septentrio’s mosaic chip-level GNSS. (Photo: Septentrio) Septentrio’s mosaic development kit is now available for testing and integration. Mosaic is Septentrio’s most compact,...
Image: ESA The end of 2020 marked a milestone for the Galileo First Generation, as the program chalked up its 500th European Space Agency (ESA) Engineering Board. For more than 12 years, ESA and...
Photo: Damen The Coast Guard Navigation Center has published a special notice to mariners that use GPS equipment. The special notice outlines the details of the GPS Week Number Rollover that will...
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...
New developments in antenna technology empower the final positioning solution with better accuracy and reliability. Leading experts discuss the technology advances producing greater user benefits....
BCM4776 chip utilizes 30 new L5 signals to deliver higher navigational accuracy and yield Photo: Broadcom Broadcom introduced in 2017 the first mass-market implementation of dual frequency:...
The U.S. Air Force’s second new GPS III satellite, bringing higher-power, more accurate and harder-to-jam signals to the GPS constellation, has arrived in Florida for launch. On March 18, Lockheed...
Photo: Lockheed Martin The National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board has scheduled a meeting for June 6-7 at the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia, reports the...
Status, Key Results, Performance By Axel van den Berg, Tom Willems, Graham Pye, and Wim de Wilde, Septentrio Satellite Navigation, Richard Morgan-Owen, Juan de Mateo, Simone Scarafia, and Martin...
An Object-Oriented Software Platform Suitable for Multiple Receivers By Eliot Wycoff, Yuting Ng, and Grace Xingxin Gao INNOVATION INSIGHTS by Richard Langley AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY...
Enhancing GNSS Receiver Sensitivity by Combining Signals from Multiple Satellites By Penina Axelrad, James Donna, Megan Mitchell, and Shan Mohiuddin A new approach to enhancing signal sensitivity...
AURORA BOREALIS seen from Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Ionospheric scintillation research can benefit from this new method. (Photo: Aiden Morrison) Photo: Canadian Armed Forces By Aiden Morrison,...
News from Schriever Air Force Base On July 23, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS) gained Satellite Control Authority of GPS satellite vehicle number 76 — also known as GPS III SV03 —...
Photo: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock.com The Keep GPS Working Coalition issued the following statement in support of the inclusion of provisions related to GPS in the William M. “Mac” Thornberry...
By John Pottle and Neal Fedora John Pottle Precision matters. While “accuracy” is somewhat one-dimensional, “precision” is multi-faceted. We submit to you that whatever area of GNSS-based...
Photo: PCTEL PCTEL Inc. has released an antenna that combines precision multi-constellation GNSS with high-performance LTE, sub-6 GHz 5G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. The Coach II antenna with...