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May 18, 2015
GAO Report, Senate Subcommittee Hearing Confront USAF on GPS III Programs

GPS III satellites and their new ground system, both years behind schedule and hundreds of millions of dollars over budget, still may not…

By Inside GNSS


May 14, 2015
USAF Draft RFP Would Re-Open Competition for GPS Satellite Launch Services

GPS Block IIF-5 on its way from Cape Canaveral on February 20, 2014. Photo by Ben Cooper, United Launch Alliance [Updated May 26,…

By Inside GNSS


May 7, 2015
International Working Group Agrees on Common GNSS SBAS Message Design

The next decade’s aircraft pilots will be able to rely on enhanced, reliable GNSS satellite navigation signals on a seamless basis across much…

By Inside GNSS


May 7, 2015
Trimble Launches Multi-GNSS, Inertial Module and Enclosure

Trimble’s BD935-INS (left) and BX-935-INS Trimble has introduced the BD935-INS module that combines a multi-frequency, multi-GNSS receiver with an integrated 3-D microelectromechanical systems…

By Inside GNSS


May 6, 2015
Lockheed Completes Integration of First GPS III Spacecraft

In April, Lockheed Martin fully integrated the U.S. Air Force’s first next-generation GPS III satellite at the company’s Denver, Colorado–area satellite manufacturing facility….

By Inside GNSS


May 1, 2015
Forsberg Acquires Starlink GNSS Accessories Product Line

Forsberg Services Ltd. has announced its recent acquisition of the StarLink product line from Raven Industries. StarLink products include inline amplifiers, coaxial down/up…

By Inside GNSS


April 29, 2015
House Funding Bill Could Fuel Scrutiny of OCX, GPS Backup Options

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is considering legislation that would fully authorize the White House’s funding request for GPS and possibly add…

By Inside GNSS


April 29, 2015
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) 2015

College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center The 2015 Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Forum will be held at the College Park Marriott Hotel…

By Inside GNSS


April 28, 2015
Registration Still Open for ESA’s GNSS Summer School

Registrations are still available for the this year’s European Space Agency (ESA) International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite Systems, which will take…

By Inside GNSS


April 26, 2015
Car Technology Choice Study Shows Low Interest in Navigation Functions

Navigation technologies appear to be losing their charm among new car buyers in the United States.   Twenty years after Detroit introduced the…

By Inside GNSS


April 24, 2015
GPS Watch Finishes Back in the Pack at Boston Marathon

Meb Keflezighi midway through 2014 Boston Marathon en route to victory. Wikimedia Commons photo “Wearable” sensors, the Internet of Things, and GNSS didn’t…

By Inside GNSS


April 23, 2015
Novatel Launches Multi-GNSS Wideband Antenna

NovAtel GPS-704-WB antenna NovAtel Inc. today (April 23, 2015) launched the GPS-704-WB antenna, a wideband antenna that supports L-band as well as the…

By Inside GNSS


April 21, 2015
Air Force Sets Latest GPS Satellite ‘Healthy’

Launch of GPS IIF-9 on March 25, 2015. United Launch Alliance photo In a Notice to NAVSTAR Users (NANU 2015028), the U.S. Air…

By Inside GNSS


April 21, 2015
FAA Awards New GPS WAAS Contract to Raytheon

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $103-million contract to the Raytheon Company to maintain the GPS Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)….

By Inside GNSS


April 16, 2015
Navy Seeks Technology, Suppliers for Assured PNT Navigation in GPS-Denied Conditions

The Navy is preparing to buy a new Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (A-PNT) Navigation Suite and is asking industry to help it…

By Inside GNSS


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