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May 19, 2011
Hybrid Positioning and Technology for Mobile Users

Uninterrupted continuous positioning technology is no longer a "nice to have" option but, for many applications, a "must have" requirement. Mobile devices increasingly…

By Inside GNSS


May 16, 2011
Indian Navigation Augmentation Satellite GAGAN Delays Launch by One Day

[UPDATED MAY 16] India’s GPS-Aided and GEO-Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) spacecraft will be carried into orbit on an Ariane-5 launcher from the European Space…

By Inside GNSS


May 15, 2011
Going to JNC? May 30 is the approval deadline for Canada, UK, Australia Attendees

Air vehicle, MQ-1B Predator system, Iraq 2008 (Military photo) Online registration is open for the 2011 Joint Navigation Conference,  scheduled for June 28-20…

By Inside GNSS


May 15, 2011
GPS Technology and People Behind Gravity Probe B’s Einstein Relativity Experiment

NASA’s May 3 announcement that its long-running Gravity Probe B (GP-B) mission had confirmed two key predictions derived from Albert Einstein’s general theory…

By Inside GNSS


May 15, 2011
Joint Navigation Conference 2011: Guidance Navigation and Control

Registration is open for 2011 JNC – Joint Navigation Conference (Guidance, Navigation and Control) on June 28-30 at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado…

By Inside GNSS


May 14, 2011
CSNC 2011: China Satellite Navigation Conference

Exhibit from the first Compass Satellite Navigation Conference The second China Satellite Navigation conference will take place at Shanghai’s Expo Center on May…

By Inside GNSS


May 13, 2011
APEC-GIT/15: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation-GNSS Implementation Team Meeting

Brisbane City Botanic Gardens facing Alice Street (See Glen Gibbons’ report from APEC/GIT-14 in Seattle, June 2010) The fifteenth meeting of APEC’s GNSS…

By Inside GNSS


May 13, 2011
FCC’s Stance on GPS/LightSquared Drawing More Heat; Tests Show Interference

Tony Russo, Director, National Space-Based PNT Coordination Office Pressure is mounting on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and proponents of LightSquared’s plan to…

By Inside GNSS


May 13, 2011
2012 European Navigation Conference

Gda?sk Golden Gate- D?uga Street In 2012, for the first time, the annual European Navigation Conference and industry exhibition will take place in…

By Inside GNSS


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…

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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…

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