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February 25, 2012
LightSquared Asks for More Time to Contest FCC Action on GPS Interference

Charging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with a “rush to judgment,” LightSquared Inc. is seeking an extension of more than a month to…

By Inside GNSS


February 23, 2012
IFEN and WORK Microwave Introduce Enhanced NavX-NCS GNSS Simulator

IFEN, the Poing, Germany–based manufacturer of GNSS navigation products and services, working in partnership with WORK Microwave, have announced an enhanced version of…

By Inside GNSS


February 21, 2012
Septentrio/QinetiQ Equipment Receives First Gaileo PRS Signal

Septentrio and QinetiQ have reported the world’s first successful reception on February 14 of the encrypted Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) signal from…

By Inside GNSS


February 18, 2012
President’s Budget Request Would Continue GPS Modernization

Following up on the “strategic guidance” on defense spending that the White House laid out last month, President Obama has proposed a Fiscal…

By Inside GNSS


February 17, 2012
Both Sides Now: Harbinger, LightSquared, GPS Interference, and Lawsuits

Moynihan Courthouse in Manhattan No sooner had the Wall Street Journal published an article today  (Feburary 17, 2012) about Harbinger Capital hiring lawyers…

By Inside GNSS


February 17, 2012
Spectracom Offers New Signal Generator for In-Line GNSS Product Testing

Spectracom has announced the GSG-52 RF Signal Generator, a new offering in its line of GPS constellation simulators. The GSG-52 is designed for…

By Inside GNSS


February 16, 2012
FCC Invites Comment on Plans to Abandon LightSquared Effort Due to GPS Interference Concerns

As previously announced, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) International Bureau invited comment today on its proposal to vacate its January 2011 conditional waiver…

By Inside GNSS


February 16, 2012
Topcon Introduces Full-Spectrum GNSS Geodetic Antenna

Topcon CR-G5 GNSS antenna Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announced the company’s new CR-G5 high-performance, GNSS choke ring antenna. Based on the company’s new…

By Inside GNSS


February 15, 2012
NTIA and FCC Agree: No Practical Way to Fix LightSquared’s GPS Interference Problem

[Updated February 15, 2012] The GPS community received a Valentine’s Day message from U.S. regulators today (Feburary 14, 2012): there is  “no practical…

By Inside GNSS


February 11, 2012
Challenges in GNSS /INS Integration

Dr. Andrey Soloviev, Qunav GNSS and inertial technologies have a complicated mutual history. Once competitors for navigation and positioning applications, they now appear…

By Inside GNSS


February 10, 2012
GNSS Vulnerability: Present Dangers and Future Threats

National Physical Laboratory entrance This free one-day event at the British National Physical Laboratory in Teddington (London) on Wednesday, February 22 will present…

By Inside GNSS


February 10, 2012
Joint Navigation Conference 2012: U.S. Military Guidance, Navigation and Control

View of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs The 2012 JNC – Joint Navigation Conference (Guidance, Navigation and Control) will…

By Inside GNSS


February 10, 2012
2012 Joint Navigation Conference begins on Tuesday, June 12, one day later than planned

Air Force Capt. Bryony Veater in Kandahar, Afghanistan with a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver in November 2011. She trains U.S. and coalition forces…

By Inside GNSS


February 8, 2012
Aviation Subcommittee Hearing Moves Beyond LightSquared to GPS Spectrum Protection

John Porcari, US DoT Deputy Secretary U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari told a congressional committee today (February 8, 2012) that the…

By Inside GNSS


February 7, 2012
Thought Leadership Series

This sponsored series of magazine articles by GNSS experts covers pressing issues for engineers, designers, manufacturers and policy makers of the global satellite…

By Inside GNSS


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