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August 8, 2014
Nevada: Unmanned Aircraft Standards

A UNR researcher monitors a small UAV. 1. The Team The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development is leading the unmanned aircraft system…

By Inside GNSS


August 8, 2014
Alaska: Remote Sensing

Flight testing ACUASI’s OpenRaven unmanned vehicle in Alaska. 1. The Team The Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range complex is likely the largest of the…

By Inside GNSS


August 8, 2014
Test Sites: The Select Six

ALASKA Remote Sensing 1. The Team The Pan-Pacific UAS Test Range complex is likely the largest of the FAA test ranges both in…

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August 8, 2014
Special Report: UAS in the NAS

Clockwise from top left: A small drone rests on the ground during a demonstration in Florida, The Golden Eagle, a UAV developed at…

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August 8, 2014
Europe’s UAV Experience

Clockwise from top left: Belgium’s Trimble UX5; MAVinci unmanned autonomous microplane is ready to take off for a land survey mission; MAVinci autonomous…

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August 8, 2014
Driverless Cars

Stanley, an autonomous car developed by the Stanford University Racing Team, won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge after successfully traversing a 132-mile course….

By Inside GNSS


August 8, 2014
First of New Ocean Explorers Set to Launch

The Nereid Under Ice, the newest vehicle from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Deep Submergence Laboratory, undergoes tests in a pool at the…

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August 8, 2014
Publisher’s Letter

Transformative. My first encounter with an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, was at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen Germany. Here, I…

By Inside GNSS


August 5, 2014
EGNOS Service Provision Workshop 2014

The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (EGNOS) Service Provision Workshop will take place at the Conference Center Hotel Tivoli Lisboa in Lisbon,…

By Inside GNSS


August 2, 2014
GPS IIF-7 Successfully Launched; Signal Set Healthy

[Updated September 18, 2014] The U.S. Air Force set GPS satellite SVN-68/PRN-09, launched on August 2, to healthy and usable last night (September…

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July 31, 2014
Applications for Commercial UAS Operations Draw a Crowd

Seventeen companies have now applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for permission to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for services that range…

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July 31, 2014
White House May Turn UAV Privacy Role over to NTIA

A reported White House plan to rely on voluntary adoption of privacy best practices for unmanned aircraft operations appears unlikely to address concerns…

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2014
GPS Directorate to Hold Public Forum for Feedback on GPS Technical Specifications

The Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Directorate will host an open public forum on August 22 for the following NAVSTAR GPS public documents: IS-GPS-200…

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2014
AFRL ANGELS Take Flight with GPS On Board

Artist representation of ANGELS observing the AFSPC-4 Delta-4 upper stage several hundred kilometers above GEO. AFRL illustration While the GNSS community waits for…

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