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February 19, 2013
2013 ESA Summer School on GNSS

The European Space Agency’s annual navigation summer school offers students from around the world a chance for a thorough grounding in satellite navigation…

By Inside GNSS


February 19, 2013
East Meets West: Hemisphere GNSS’s New Era

Xinping Guo, president and chairman, Beijing UniStrong Although not on the scale or at the strategic level of China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s…

By Inside GNSS


February 19, 2013
2013 Space Weather Workshop

In 1997, AT&T’s Telstar 401 satellite failed, probably due to magnetic storms The annual Space Weather Workshop will take place on April 16-19…

By Inside GNSS


February 19, 2013
FAA Issues a Call for Unmanned Aerial Systems Research and Test Sites

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun the delayed process of selecting six research and test sites where unmanned aerial systems or UAS…

By Inside GNSS


February 19, 2013
Spectracom Announces BeiDou Upgrade Plans for Its Simulators

Spectracom has announced the upgrade capability of its GNSS simulators to China’s BeiDou system. The Spectracom GSG Series 5 and Series 6 GNSS…

By Inside GNSS


February 19, 2013
Air Force Awards Boeing Contract to Continue GPS Modernization

Boeing engineers with GPS Block IIF on production line. Boeing photo The U.S. Air Force has awarded The Boeing Company a $51 million…

By Inside GNSS


February 18, 2013
NovAtel Offers MEMS IMU for GNSS SPAN Integration

ADIS-16488 from Analog Devices NovAtel Inc., has announced the addition of a new commercially exportable MEMS IMU (microelectromechanical inertial measurement unit) to its…

By Inside GNSS


February 18, 2013
Lockheed Gains New GPS III SV Contract, Reaches Milestone

The U.S. Air Force GPS Directorate at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Califorinia, has awarded Lockheed Martin Space System Company a $62-million firm-fixed-price…

By Inside GNSS


February 9, 2013
Galileo Escapes Further Cuts in European Council Budget Action

The European Council heads of states meeting ended today (February 8, 2013) without making further cuts in the proposed budget for Europe’s GNSS…

By Inside GNSS


February 7, 2013
GPS Industry Launches New Association

[Updated February 13, 2013] The GPS industry has formed a new trade association called the GPS Innovation Alliance that will work to educate…

By Inside GNSS


February 4, 2013
FTC Report Recommends Greater Location Privacy Effort for Mobile Devices

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a staff report last Friday (February 1, 2013) that suggests companies consider offering a Do Not Track…

By Inside GNSS


February 1, 2013
Hemisphere GPS Sells Non-Agricultural Operations to Chinese Company

[Updated February 4, 2013] Hemisphere GPS Inc. moved closer to a final exit from the OEM GNSS space yesterday (January 31, 2013) by…

By Inside GNSS


February 1, 2013
GNSS Performance Standards and Certification

The live webinar took place on January 22, 2013. Webinar Presentation Slides Webinar PDF Archive (Registration required) On Tuesday, January 22 2013, the…

By Inside GNSS


January 31, 2013
European Space Policy: Jobs the Bottom Line for Budget Battle, Galileo

MEP Dominique Riquet: “We will not say yes to a budget that cripples our space programs.” Peter Gutierrez photo. Although they use a…

By Inside GNSS


January 31, 2013
UK/US Deal on GPS Signal Patent Omits Galileo Version

A recently announced deal between the United States and the United Kingdom to revoke the UK’s surprise patents on a key GPS technology…

By Inside GNSS


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