Latest Articles


October 29, 2015
OCX Faces Crucial Pentagon Review, Congressional Broadside

The new GPS ground control system’s cascading delays and ballooning budget have the Department of Defense (DoD) looking at other options, including shifting…

By Inside GNSS


October 28, 2015
GSA Announces Horizon 2020 European GNSS Grants

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) yesterday (October 27, 2015) announced the evaluation results of its second Horizon 2020 call for Galileo applications. Some…

By Inside GNSS


October 28, 2015
New OriginGPS Module Uses MediaTek GNSS Chipset

OriginGPS announced the launch of a new family of products yesterday (October 27, 2015), the first of which is the Multi Micro Hornet…

By Inside GNSS


October 16, 2015
Adjacent-Band Compatibility Assessment Inches Forward as LightSquared Pushes Its Test Approach

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) is finalizing its blueprint for long-awaited tests to determine the power limits needed to protect GPS receivers….

By Inside GNSS


October 16, 2015
MGUE: Speed Up or Slow Down on Military GPS Receivers?

The Pentagon is poised to decide next month whether to stick with the ongoing accelerated development of military-code (M-code) GPS receiver cards or…

By Inside GNSS


October 16, 2015
Satellite Masters Conference 2015

Berlin, Germany The second Satellite Masters Conference will cover space-based business applications for Copernicus and Galileo in Europe. It will take place on…

By Inside GNSS


October 11, 2015
Can Galileo ‘Explode’ the GNSS Applications of Intelligent Transportation?

Some 15 years ago, Bob Denaro predicted the disappearance of GPS into its various applications. That prediction by the former Trimble/Motorola/Navteq executive has…

By Inside GNSS


October 11, 2015
GSA Extends Deadline for Proposal for Specialized GNSS Chipsets

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has extended its timeline, until November 20, for submission of proposals to develop two specialized European GNSS (E-GNSS)…

By Inside GNSS


October 10, 2015
GPS Directorate Sets Date for Public Meeting on Signal Specifications

The GPS Directorate will host a 2015 Interface Control Working Group (ICWG) and Open Forum on December 9 and 10 to update the…

By Inside GNSS


October 9, 2015
Autoliv Introduces GPS-Aided Electronic Horizon Module at the ITS World Congress

Autoliv, Inc., an automotive safety–focused company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, announced the availability of its Electronic Horizon module, which provides beyond-line-of-sight road context…

By Inside GNSS


September 30, 2015
China Launches 20th BeiDou Satellite

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a new-generation Beidou satellite lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China’s Sichuan…

By Inside GNSS


September 30, 2015
GPS III Launch Services RFP Released by Air Force

The U.S. Air Force GPS Directorate released a final request for proposal (RFP) for Global Positioning System (GPS) III Launch Services today (September…

By Inside GNSS


September 30, 2015
Privacy Hard to Maintain as Apps Gather GNSS Location Data for Retailers, Crowd-Sourcing

The average person with a smart phone has their location revealed every three minutes, according to a recent study, information that can be…

By Inside GNSS


September 30, 2015
GNSS Receiver Manufacturers Thwart Jamming, Spoofing

[SIGNALS exclusive] With customers demanding greater security against hackers and jamming, GNSS receiver manufacturers are incorporating a widening array of techniques to thwart…

By Inside GNSS


September 30, 2015
GNSS Stars in ITS World Congress

GNSS technology, which has been in the background of many intelligent transport system (ITS) projects and programs, will be front and center at…

By Inside GNSS


IGM_e-news_subscribe