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January 25, 2008
Fastrax Launches Two New OEM GPS Units

IT321 Fastrax Ltd. has launched two new GPS OEM receivers, including one with an integrated chip antenna, aimed at designers of mass-market automotive…

By Glen Gibbons


January 24, 2008
GPS Block IIF Satellite to Enter New Round of SMC Tests

Block IIF satellite undergoing tests at Space & Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California Having successfully passed its initial phase…

By Glen Gibbons


January 17, 2008
AFIT Releases GPS System Engineering Case Study

The GPS constellation, as illustrated 30 years ago. While awaiting the arrival of the definitive history of the Global Positioning System, students of…

By Glen Gibbons


January 16, 2008
Raytheon Paveway Sales at Record Pace

Enhanced Paveway II Raytheon Company received more than $150 million worth of contracts in December for its Paveway family of precision-guided munitions. The…

By Glen Gibbons


January 14, 2008
2nd PACIFIC Workshop

Since September 2006, the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) and an EADS-led consortium have been managing PACIFIC (PRS Application Concept Involving Future Interested…

By Glen Gibbons


January 6, 2008
Galileo’s GIOVE-B to Launch April 14

The first Galileo experimental satellite, which marked its second anniversary in space on December 28, may soon have company. Designated the Galileo In-Orbit…

By Glen Gibbons


January 6, 2008
Russia’s Home-Grown GLONASS-GPS Receiver

What may be the first domestically produced, consumer-oriented GLONASS-GPS receiver, sold out shortly after their introduction in Russia’s Ion retail stores. The Glospace…

By Glen Gibbons


January 5, 2008
Moscow SatNav Forum 2008

Yuri Urlichich, RISDE Director General Coming on the heels of two successful launches of six GLONASS spacecraft in recent months, the second edition…

By Glen Gibbons


January 4, 2008
Broadcom Offers Single-Die AGPS OEM Receiver

The Broadcom BCM4750 is a single-die CMOS GPS receiver used for tracking and navigation, primarily in mobile devices. Its massive parallel hardware correlators…

By Glen Gibbons


January 3, 2008
India’s GAGAN Passes Its Final Test

The Raytheon Company has announced that it successfully completed the final system acceptance test to augment standard GPS signals over India. GAGAN stands…

By Glen Gibbons


January 3, 2008
DoD Issues ‘Roadmap’ for Unmanned Systems

A 25-year (2007-2032) U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) roadmap for unmanned systems reflects the critical contribution of GPS technology in a growth area…

By Glen Gibbons


December 26, 2007
Russia Stays on Schedule with Latest GLONASS Launch

Russia Channel One TV Coverage of Launch Launch of three GLONASS satellites on December 25 has met the terms and schedule of a…

By Glen Gibbons


December 21, 2007
NXP Semiconductors to Buy GloNav

NXP Semiconductors has announced plans to acquire GloNav Inc., a US-based fabless GNSS semiconductor company, for $85 million in cash. The deal is…

By Glen Gibbons


December 19, 2007
Additional GPS IIR-M Satellite Launched, Quickly Begins Transmitting

The U.S. Air Force launched the fifth modernized GPS Block II Replenishment (IIR-M) satellite at 3:04 p.m. EST (20:04 UTC) December 20 from…

By Glen Gibbons


December 19, 2007
GPS Wing Exercises MUE Contract Options

The U.S. Air Force has exercised new options on contracts with three companies for development of GPS Modernized User Equipment (MUE) for future…

By Glen Gibbons


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