The 14-year (and counting) history of Europe’s Galileo program has always made for a complex story line. And it’s not getting any simpler….
By Inside GNSS
The Loran terrestrial radionavigation system might well be pulled back from its 12-year-long dance on the brink of extinction, while the Nationwide Differential…
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China has confirmed what many have been expecting for some time: it will construct the world’s fourth GNSS system — joining the systems…
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As the clock runs out on the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) that has guided the institutional development of the European GNSS program for…
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Successful launch of the second modernized Block IIR satellite, IIR-15(M2), on September 25 and scheduling of another IIR-M launch on November 14 underlines…
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The GPS Block IIF program continues to lose ground, with first launch of a satellite now projected as no sooner than May 2008…
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This is what happens when the grandchildren of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland go out and “rent the old barn and put on…
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U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractors appear to be getting closer to fielding GPS-aided precision guidance systems that can withstand the arduous requirements…
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Shah Capital Partners, a private equity firm focusing on technology, will acquire GNSS receiver manufacturer Thales Navigation from the Thales Group, of Paris,…
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The consortium negotiating to build and operate Europe’s Galileo system now expects to sign an agreement with the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) by…
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Okay, now it’s official: The GPS Block III contract award has been delayed from Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06) to Fiscal Year 2007 (FY07).
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The GPS program appears to be struggling on several fronts recently. GPS III, the next-generation modernization project for the space and ground segments,…
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Within weeks of a bilateral working group’s recommendation for a common civil GNSS signal design, the European Galileo and U.S. GPS programs have…
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An ad hoc working group has begun sorting through issues surrounding the recent formation of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG).
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Russian officials are working to develop a plan that will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin’s directive to have the full GLONASS constellation in…
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