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November 1, 2012
U.S. Naval Office Looks for Methods to Strengthen, Alternatives to GPS

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (ONRBAA13-002) seeking proposals from industry and academia for methods to mitigate…

By Inside GNSS


October 31, 2012
European Space Solutions: A Different Kind of Galileo Public-Private Initiative

A combined conference and trade fair, European Space Solutions — scheduled for December 3–5 in Central Hall, Westminster Storey’s Gate, London, England —…

By Inside GNSS


October 30, 2012
Sensonor Launches Tactical Grade Miniature IMU

Sensonor’s STIM300 Horten, Norway–based Sensonor AS has introduced the STIM300, a small, lightweight and low-power high performance inertial measurement unit (IMU).

By Inside GNSS


October 30, 2012
Navy Seeks Spoofing Solution from Rockwell Collins

The Office of Naval Research has awarded Rockwell Collins a contract to develop technology to locate and classify an adversary’s attempts to interfere…

By Inside GNSS


October 30, 2012
u-blox Acquires Fastrax

u-blox product development strategy following acquisition of Fastrax u-blox, of Thalwil, Switzerland, has announced the acquisition of privately owned Fastrax Oy, a company…

By Inside GNSS


October 29, 2012
Indoor Navigation Smartphone App wins 2012 Galileo Masters Prize

Presentation of the 2012 €20,000 Galileo Master prize: (L to R)) Thorsten Rudolph, head of AZO, the contest organizers; Carlo des Dorides, head…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2012
16th Beidou Satellite Launches

A Long March III rocket carried the 16th Chinese Compass/Beidou2 navigation satellite into orbit from the Xichang Launch Center today at 1533 GMT…

By Inside GNSS


October 19, 2012
About Galileo

Galileo is Europe’s independent satellite navigation system under civilian control and interoperable with GPS and GLONASS.

By Inside GNSS


October 18, 2012
European Space Solutions Conference, Space Expo and Galileo PRS Workshop

Central Hall Westminster European Space Solutions, a conference and business fair for European government and industry to meet users and developers of space-based…

By Inside GNSS


October 17, 2012
China Plans New BeiDou Launch, Agrees to ITU Coordination in Galileo Signal Dispute

China’s Xinhua state news agency has reported that a 16th satellite will be added to the nation’s BeiDou-2 (Compass) GNSS system by the…

By Inside GNSS


October 17, 2012
Sandia Labs Study of Cyber Disruptions on Mobile Devices Has GPS Spoofing Element

As part of ongoing research to help prevent and mitigate disruptions to computer networks on the Internet, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories’ research…

By Inside GNSS


October 16, 2012
Federal Reports Focus on GPS Security, Privacy Issues in Unmanned Aerial Systems

University of Texas-Austin Radionavigation Lab drone used in GPS spoofing demonstrations. University of Texas photo A September report on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)…

By Inside GNSS


October 16, 2012
NovAtel GNSS Engineer Shares in Record Wingsuit Jump

Andrew Levson points out his position in record-setting wingsuit formation. Photo by Shannon Levson One hundred skydivers from 21 different countries set multiple…

By Inside GNSS


October 15, 2012
GNSS Augmentations

Dr. Todd Walter, Stanford University Contrary to a widely held public impression, the elimination of GPS Selective Availability in 2000 did not take…

By Inside GNSS


October 12, 2012
Second Pair of Galileo IOV Navigation Satellites Takes Off Successfully

A Soyuz rocket lifts off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guinana on its mission to place the second pair of Galileo in-orbit validation…

By Inside GNSS


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