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February 9, 2009
RFMD Announces GPS LNA with SAW Filter

RF Micro Devices (RFMD), which last year announced plans to exit the GPS solutions business in order to focus on core semiconductor component…

By Glen Gibbons


January 25, 2009
Trimble Rolls Out New Ag Products

EZ-Guide 500 VRA Trimble has introduced a series of new products targeting the agriculture market where the company has been doing particularly well…

By Glen Gibbons


January 25, 2009
GNSS Providers Working Group to Discuss Compatibility, Interoperability

Munich Residenz in Germany, site of the ICG meeting. The International Committee on GNSS (ICG) working group on compatibility and interoperability will meet…

By Glen Gibbons


January 20, 2009
China Aerospace Official Says Compass/Beidou Will Be Complete by 2015

An official with China’s main space program contractor told China Central Television (CCTV) on January 18 that the country will complete a 30+…

By Glen Gibbons


January 14, 2009
GPS Quadrifilar Antenna

Maxtena offers its RadioMax M1575CQA GPS quadrifilar antenna. Its compact size and ground–plane independence is designed to simplify integration into handsets. The M1575CQA…

By Glen Gibbons


January 13, 2009
Blaupunkt Picks IfEN Constellation Simulator for Testing Car Nav Systems

NavX-NCS Blaupunkt GmbH, a leading automotive electronics manufacturer, has selected the NavX-NCS multiconstellation, multifrequency GNSS simulator from IfEN GmbH as the GPS reference…

By Glen Gibbons


January 13, 2009
Thales Alenia Space Italia Wins Two Galileo Receiver Development Contracts

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Thales Alenia Space Italia (TAS-Italia) two contracts for development of Galileo ground station receiver equipment. One…

By Glen Gibbons


January 12, 2009
Dual-Frequency RTK GPS Receiver

Hemisphere GPS offers the dual-frequency R220 GPS receiver, a 39-channel that offers real-time kinematic (RTK) operation with 12 channels of L1 C/A code,…

By Glen Gibbons


January 12, 2009
RF Noise Canceller for GPS

Quellan offers a GPS Noise Cancellation Starter Pack for its QHx220 RF noise canceller, an IC is incorporated into a handset to cancel…

By Glen Gibbons


January 12, 2009
u-blox 1.8-Volt GPS Module

u-blox has released a new low-voltage GPS module — the NEO 5D. Operating at 1.8 volts, the module require 40 percent or more…

By Glen Gibbons


January 11, 2009
Former U.S. Space Commerce Official Joins ITT

Edward M. Morris Edward M. Morris, formerly executive director for the U.S. Office of Space Commercialization, Department of Commerce, has joined ITT Space…

By Glen Gibbons


January 9, 2009
Gates Backs Lynn for Key Defense Post

William J. Lynn III (Updated Jan.26) President Barack Obama’s nomination of William J. Lynn III, a senior vice-president at Raytheon Corporation, for deputy…

By Glen Gibbons


January 6, 2009
PCTEL Acquires Wi-Sys

PCTEL, Inc., announced today (January 5) that it has acquired Wi-Sys Communications Inc., an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada–based company that specializes in GPS antenna…

By Glen Gibbons


January 5, 2009
Juliana Blackwell To Direct National Geodetic Survey, Oversee Spatial Reference System

Juliana P. Blackwell (NOAA photo) Juliana P. Blackwell has taken up responsibilities as the new director of the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), where…

By Glen Gibbons


January 2, 2009
DLR Awards GATE Signal Upgrade Contract to IFEN

The space agency of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has awarded IFEN GmbH a contract to upgrade the signal at the Galileo Test…

By Glen Gibbons


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