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August 21, 2013
Averna, National Instruments Partner on Record & Playback System

Averna Technologies has announced the availability of RF Studio for National Instruments Software Defined Radio Platform (USRP), converting the USRP into a portable…

By Inside GNSS


August 20, 2013
IFEN and WORK Microwave Announce BeiDou-2 Support, Additional Enhancements for NavX-NCS GNSS Simulators

IFEN GmbH, in partnership with WORK Microwave, have announced the release of software update v1.9 for their NavX-NCS GNSS multi-frequency simulator product line….

By Inside GNSS


August 20, 2013
Galileo to Miss Another Launch Date as Tests Continue on FOC Satellite

As engineers painstakingly work their way through tests of the first full operational capability (FOC) Galileo satellite at the European Space Agency’s European…

By Inside GNSS


August 15, 2013
NAVAIR Tests GPS Anti-Jam Antennas for Use on Small UAVs

Recent tests of GPS anti-jam antennas on small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) facility at Patuxent River,…

By Inside GNSS


August 14, 2013
Trimble Launches UAS-Oriented Modules at AUVSI 2013

Trimble AP15 GNSS-Inertial board On Tuesday (August 13, 2013), Trimble used the forum of the AUVSI 2013 conference in Washington, D.C., to introduce…

By Inside GNSS


August 14, 2013
European Commission to Monitor GNSS Patents Worldwide

With a key Galileo patent dispute now set to enter its third year the European Union (EU) is moving to monitor GNSS patents…

By Inside GNSS


August 14, 2013
Homeland Security Opens New Round of Small UAS Evaluations

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon be taking new applications for its unmanned aircraft assessment program — a project that gives…

By Inside GNSS


August 14, 2013
State Officials Argue at AUVSI for Ban on Warrantless UAV Surveillance

Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell Three key associations of state officials are recommending that states pass legislation banning the use of unmanned aerial…

By Inside GNSS


August 10, 2013
LightSquared Investors Sue GPS Industry

[Updated August 15, 2013] Investors led by Harbinger Capital Partners have filed a $1.9 billion lawsuit against a trio of GPS receiver manufacturers …

By Inside GNSS


August 7, 2013
Naval Observatory Rebuts Wall Street Journal Comments on Navy, Air Force Dispute over DoD Time-Keeping Role

A series of assertions in a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article regarding putative dissension between the Air Force and Navy over responsibilities…

By Inside GNSS


August 2, 2013
QinetiQ, Nottingham Scientific Demonstrate Cloud-Based Galileo PRS Technology

Two British companies, QinetiQ and Nottingham Scientific Ltd (NSL), have partnered to demonstrate an Internet “cloud”-based technology that enables a wide range of…

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2013
Exit Interview: GPS Directorate’s Col. Bernie Gruber

USAF Col. Bernie Gruber, GPS Directorate. Air Force photo Last month, USAF Col. Bernard Gruber stepped down after three years of running the…

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2013
European Rail Industry Perspective on GNSS: Francesco Rispoli

I was sitting on a train recently and a guy said to me, “What does GPS have to do with trains? Trains run…

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2013
GPS Spoofing Experiment Knocks Ship off Course

The spoofed route of the White Rose of Drachs was not detected on the ship’s navigation monitors. Photo courtesy of University of Texas…

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2013
FAA Approves Two UAS Type Certificates

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued restricted category type certificates to a pair of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a milestone that will…

By Inside GNSS


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