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May 13, 2011
Galileo Launch Date Set for October

Soyuz launcher during dry run at Kourou Spaceport. ESA photo. S. Corvaja [Updated June 1, 2011] Two Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellites will…

By Inside GNSS


May 9, 2011
International Astronautical Federation Recognizes GPS for ‘Benefit to Humanity’

The U.S. Global Positioning System has garnered a long list of honors over the years, but a forthcoming presentation from the International Astronautical…

By Inside GNSS


May 5, 2011
2012 European Navigation Conference to Take Place in Poland

In 2012, for the first time, the annual European Navigation Conference will take place in Gdańsk, Poland. It will be held at April…

By Inside GNSS


May 1, 2011
Esri International User Conference 2011

The 2011 Esri User Conference will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California from July 11 to July…

By Inside GNSS


April 30, 2011
Old and New: Return of the Federal Radionavigation Plan

The recent release of the 2010 Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) marks the passage of a recurring milestone for the U.S. positioning, navigation, and…

By Inside GNSS


April 30, 2011
Air Traffic Control Modernization: FAA, NextGen, GNSS, and Avionics Equipage

Mike Dyment, General Partner, NextGen Equipage Fund LLC » Air Traffic Control Modernization (PDF) In between partisan confrontations around the 2011 federal budget…

By Inside GNSS


April 29, 2011
Putin Appoints New Roscosmos Chief, Accepts Perminov’s Resignation Against Backdrop of GLONASS Launch Failure

Vladimir Popovkin (Russian Ministry of Defense photo) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Vladimir Popovkin, formerly First Deputy Defense Minister, as head of…

By Inside GNSS


April 29, 2011
Trimble Q1 Report: Revenue Up 20 Percent

Trimble announced Thursday (April 28, 2011) that its first-quarter 2011 revenue was up 20 percent at $384.3 million as compared to the first…

By Inside GNSS


April 28, 2011
Rakon Introduces RTX-A TCXOs

Rakon RTX7050A TCXO Rakon Ltd. has launched two new fully integrated temperature compensated crystal oscillators (TCXOs) in its RTX-A series, designed for use…

By Inside GNSS


April 28, 2011
Coalition to Save Our GPS Webinar Highlights LightSquared Risks

Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman GPS supporters are trying to slow what appears to be a runaway LightSquared express bearing down on the civil…

By Inside GNSS


April 28, 2011
New Senate Subcommittee Addresses Mobile Technologies and Privacy: Apple, Google to Appear

Funny thing about the U.S. Constitution: it address the activities of government officials and agencies — including restraints on those activities — but…

By Inside GNSS


April 28, 2011
FY11 Budget Battle Over, GPS Looks Ahead to FY12

Resolution of the between Congressional Republicans and Democrats that threatened a shutdown of the federal government has clarified the picture for military GPS…

By Inside GNSS


April 26, 2011
New Advanced Receiver Course Featured in NavtechGPS July Seminar

The GNSS signal spectrum in neon NavtechGPS, the Washington D.C.-based GNSS technology trainers, will introduce a new advanced receiver course for engineers and…

By Inside GNSS


April 26, 2011
10 High School Teams to Test Robots at the Smithsonian in the 2011 Mini Urban Challenge

Pace High School “Catastrophic” team, the 2010 winner Ten Lego kits transformed into autonomous robotic vehicles will gather, with their high school student…

By Inside GNSS


April 23, 2011
GPS-Guided Honeywell MAV Aids in Japan Nuclear Plant Emergency

T-Hawk MAV. Honeywell photo A GPS-guided T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) more frequently used in combat reconnaissance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan is…

By Inside GNSS


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