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June 30, 2014
FAA Seeks Comment on Groundbreaking UAS Application, Model Aircraft Rules

Federal aviation officials appear to be moving quickly to defuse mounting pressure for the commercial use of unmanned aircraft, clarifying their authority over…

By Inside GNSS


June 30, 2014
GPS OCX Program Being Restructured as Budget Pressures Mount

In response to the ongoing federal budget squeeze, the U.S. Air Force is restructuring the contract for developing its new GPS ground system,…

By Inside GNSS


June 30, 2014
Supreme Court Decision Cites GPS Location as Factor in Warrantless Cell Phone Search

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last Wednesday (June 25, 2014) listed the history of precise locations contained in the phone as…

By Inside GNSS


June 30, 2014
Market Research Firm Sees Bright Prospects for GNSS OEMs

A series of ABI Research studies released in recent months sketches a promising future of robust growth in GNSS OEM markets. The London-…

By Inside GNSS


June 26, 2014
Trimble Dimensions 2014 Opens Registration

Trimble announced today (June 26, 2014) that registration is officially open for its International User Conference — Trimble Dimensions — being held November…

By Inside GNSS


June 23, 2014
FCC Courts GPS Community in Effort to Solve Spectrum Crunch

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials took a new tack last Friday (June 20, 2014) in their search for frequencies for mobile broadband, kicking…

By Inside GNSS


June 17, 2014
GNSS Monitoring Stations Slide into U.S.-Russia Rift

GPS and GLONASS emerged from the depths of the Cold War to become the world’s leading dual-use (civil/military) GNSS programs in the post-Soviet…

By Inside GNSS


June 17, 2014
Russia Launches CDMA Payload on GLONASS-M

On Saturday (June 14, 2014) Russia placed a GLONASS-M satellite into orbit, carried there by a Soyuz 2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome…

By Inside GNSS


June 16, 2014
AUVSI 2014 New Products Roundup

NovAtel FlexPak-S GNSS SAASM Enclosure From small unmanned aircraft to communication systems, plenty of exciting new products appeared at the Association for Unmanned…

By Inside GNSS


June 16, 2014
ICAO to Sponsor First-Time Industry Showcase

In an unprecedented move, the United Nations’ aviation organization will sponsor an industry showcase next spring at which manufacturers can demonstrate their wares…

By Inside GNSS


June 16, 2014
KVH Introduces TACNAV 3D INS with Embedded GPS/GNSS

KVH TACNAV 3D The system joins KVH’s established TACNAV family and provides integrated navigation and pointing for battlefield vehicles  

By Inside GNSS


June 10, 2014
Homeland Security Researching GPS Disruptions, Solutions

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is advancing beyond simple assessment of the risks that GPS disruptions pose to critical infrastructure and is…

By Inside GNSS


June 9, 2014
NavtechGPS Winter GNSS Training (Courses 123, 346 & 546)

NavtechGPS Winter GNSS Training 2014 will take place at the Bay Club Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California, December 8-11, 2014. Register…

By Inside GNSS


June 9, 2014
NavtechGPS Seminar (NEW): Inertial Systems, Kalman Filtering and GPS / INS Integration (Course 546)

This new four-day course will take place at the Bay Club Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California, December 8-11, 2014. It will…

By Inside GNSS


June 9, 2014
AfricaGEO 2014 Conference & Exhibition

The AfricaGEO 2014 Conference & Exhibition will be held at Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa, from July…

By Inside GNSS


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