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October 28, 2016
GNSS Notes from InterGEO

Rob Hranak, Swift Navigation vice president of business development, talks about Piksi Multi at InterGEO This year’s InterGEO in Hamburg, Germany, featured the…

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October 27, 2016
ESNC Features Growing Drone Presence

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, highlighted the entries at the 2016 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC).

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2016
NASA and ESA to Test GPS/Galileo Receivers on Board the International Space Station

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and Qascom, an Italian company specializing in Galileo, are collaborating to…

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October 17, 2016
ITAR Controls on Military GNSS Receivers Updated

The State Department last week published its final rule that updates export controls on military GNSS receivers through the U.S. Munitions List (USML)….

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October 16, 2016
Safety-Critical Positioning for Automotive Applications

This webinar has already taken place. A recorded version is available for free viewing on demand. View the recorded version here. (You may…

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October 15, 2016
Homeland Security gives receiver manufacturers best practices for dealing with the recent leap second event

(UPDATED January 1, 2017) A positive leap second was inserted between second 23:59:59 UTC of 31 December and second 00:00:00 UTC of 1…

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October 15, 2016
Pentagon Tells Congress It Wants GPS OCX

It’s official. The Department of Defense is sticking with its current GPS ground system development program and with its current prime contractor Raytheon…

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October 14, 2016
Ariane 5 Galileo Launcher Taking Shape at Spaceport

The modified Ariane 5 launcher that will lift four Galileo satellites into space is being assembled at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana,…

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October 14, 2016
AGU 2016: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco The 49th American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting will take place from December 12-16, 2016 at the Moscone Center…

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October 13, 2016
Eos Positioning Systems Rolls Out Arrow Gold GNSS Receiver

Terrebonne, Canada-based Eos Positioning Systems has released its Arrow Gold Bluetooth GNSS receiver. Arrow Gold is the first iOS, Android, and Windows Bluetooth…

By Inside GNSS


October 11, 2016
Applanix Announces POSPac MMS 8 Software

Applanix has released its POSPac MMS 8 GNSS-aided inertial post-processing software for georeferencing data collected from cameras, LIDARs, multi-beam sonars, and other sensors…

By Inside GNSS


October 11, 2016
Hemisphere GNSS and Carlson Offer New GNSS Receivers

Hemisphere GNSS and Carlson Software have released the Hemisphere S321 and Carlson BRx6 receivers for land surveying, construction fieldwork, and marine operations. The…

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October 11, 2016
L-3 Completes GPS Military Code Certification

L-3 Communications has announced that its next-generation military code (M-Code) GPS user equipment completed the final step in a government security certification process….

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October 11, 2016
Swift Navigation Announces Multi-Band, Multi-Constellation OEM RTK GNSS Receiver

Swift Navigation’s Piksi Multi with evaluation board Updated: San Francisco, California–based Swift Navigation has announced its newest product, the Piksi Multi, a multi-band,…

By Inside GNSS


October 10, 2016
u-blox GNSS Module Used in Trackable Pallet

Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox has announced that Nikken Lease is using the company’s GNSS module, EVA-7M, for its new trackable pallet called Transeeker. The…

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