The Institute of Navigation (ION) celebrated its 75th anniversary on June 25. On June 25, 1945, ION held its first organizational meeting on the Los Angeles Campus of the University of California....
By John Nielsen, Ali Broumandan, and Gérard Lachapelle Ubiquitous adoption of and reliance upon GPS makes national and commercial infrastructures increasingly vulnerable to attack by criminals,...
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...
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...
Photo: Aceinna Module designed for developers creating guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles, robots, drones, industrial, construction and agricultural machinery Aceinna launched...
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...
A Companion Measure of Systematic Effects By Dennis Milbert GPS receivers must deal with measurements and models that have some degree of error, which gets propagated into the position solution. If...
Allystar Technology Co. Ltd. has launched the dual-band multi-GNSS modules TAU1202/TAU1205, which support both the L1 and L5 bands to enhance sub-meter positioning accuracy. Constellations received...
TEOCO, a provider of assurance, analytics and optimization solutions to communications service providers, has expanded the testing capabilities of its AIRCOM Device Test Lab in Columbia, Maryland,...
Image: iStock.com/metamorworks via Bentley Systems Nestwave has developed an ultra-low power, advanced GNSS solution for use in internet of things (IoT) applications. Nestwave, a Paris-based...
Update (U.S. Space Force news release): The U.S. Space Force and its mission partners successfully launched the third GPS III satellite at 4:10 p.m. EDT June 30 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape...
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the November 2019 issue of GPS World magazine. SURVEYING & MAPPING IMU-RTK receiver Increases GNSS...
A year-long project aboard a commercial cargo ship collected tens of thousands of snapshots of radio-frequency interference in the GNSS band on a passage from Spain to Korea and back. Most...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Jan. 14. (Photo: SpaceX) Starting this month, the inspector general for the U.S. Pentagon...
Third Generation of the Ellipse Series of IMUs. Clockwise from top: Models D, E, A and N. (Photo: SBG Systems) Not just supporting players, alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT)...
In November, December, and January, a regulatory drama with high potential impact on the GPS signal and domestic U.S. GPS users began unfolding before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As...
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....
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...
Multi-frequency, multi-GNSS RF simulator now has greater performance and flexibility Spirent Communications plc has launched its enhanced GSS9000 Series GNSS constellation simulator. Providing...