The u-blox ZED-F9P, a high-precision GNSS module that delivers centimeter-level accuracy within seconds, has been incorporated into the latest electric Tron F90+ fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles...
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: 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...
In a report issued on Jan. 14, the Department of Transportation (DOT) outlined the results of its GPS Backup Technology Demonstration project. As officials had previously projected, it called for a...
To meet the challenges inherent in producing a low-cost, highly CPU-efficient software receiver, the multiple offset post-processing method leverages the unique features of software GNSS to greatly...
M3 Systems is now offering the StellaNGC multi-constellation GNSS simulator based on the National Instruments (NI) vector signal transceiver. The simulator is designed for the testing of satellite...
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...
Third Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III satellite climbs to orbit on its own power GPS III SV03 increases number of secure military code (M-code) enabled satellites in GPS constellation to 22 total. ...
News via the CANSPACE Listserv The EUMETSAT Polar System is considering providing GNSS navigation bit data, should there be sufficient interest in the user community. “In the framework of...
Aeroflex has introduced the GPSG-1000, a portable GPS and Galileo positional simulator. The GPSG-1000 is lightweight and configurable. It fills a gap in the market by providing a low-cost 12-channel...
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 roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the April 2019 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM GNSS receiver With embedded 9-DOF IMU Photo: Rokubun The Argonaut...
Photo: Digital Matter Digital Matter’s Oyster2 4G battery-powered GPS receives PTCRB approval, AT&T certification and redesigned housing Digital Matter’s Oyster2 is now PTCRB approved...
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...
Lockheed Martin Space has released the GPS-III satellite antenna phase-center data, as well as the group delay and inter-signal correction data, for SVN-76 and SVN-77 as measured at the factory,...
By Thomas A. Stansell, Kenneth W. Hudnut, and Richard G. Keegan The new GPS L1C signal will be broadcast by the Block III satellites, with first launches as early as 2014. L1C innovations...
Harris Corporation has received a $243 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide fully digital navigation signals for the first two GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites — to deliver...
Norway has electronic proof that Russian forces disrupted GPS signals during recent NATO war games, according to a report in Reuters news service. The Scandinavian country and North Atlantic Treaty...
We used to divide GPS receivers into consumer grade, resource grade and survey grade. Have these categories been replaced by a continuum of GNSS capabilities? Clem Driscoll “In the U.S....
BroadSim Wavefront Simulator at work. (Image: Talen-X) Talen-X has added the BroadSim Wavefront Simulator to its software-defined platform. The BroadSim Wavefront further extends the capabilities...