Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
San Jose, California–based SiRF Technology expects to close this fiscal quarter on its purchase of Centrality Communications, Inc., a provider of navigation processor…
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Broadcom Corporation, an Irvine, California–based $3.67-billion fabless semiconductor company focusing on wired and wireless communications, has closed its $143 million cash deal for…
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Fastrax has appointed Taneli Tuurnala, M.Sc., as the Finnish GPS manufacturer’s president and CEO. Previously, Tuurnala, who succeeds Matti Räty in the post,…
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After several false starts in the previous months and a multi-year delay in the overall GPS III architecture development, the GPS Wing (formerly…
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GSA Executive Director Pedro Pedreira (left) and Guiseppe Viriglio, ESA director of telecom and navigation, at signing of accord Having abandoned — for…
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Sometimes things don’t go as planned.
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A sea change appears to be taking place in Europe’s Galileo program as its political masters prepare to transform the struggling public-private partnership…
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin Company a $6 million contract to develop and integrate a demonstration payload that will temporarily…
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President Bush’s appointment of retired U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thomas Barrett as Acting Deputy Secretary of Transportation has brought a new co-chairman…
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Europe’s Galileo program continues to take small steps as it waits to see if it can get through an impasse between the European…
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China has taken the next step in developing its Compass GNSS system, launching the nascent system’s first medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite into…
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A convergence of developments over the past few months has brought Europe’s Galileo program to the most critical passage of its history —…
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded two $50 million contracts to Boeing and Lockheed Martin to execute a system design review for the…
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L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation (IEC), Anaheim, California, has been awarded a preproduction contract for Advanced Three-Dimension Locators by the Department of Homeland Security…
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada’s NovAtel Inc. offers a new real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning solution, known as AdVance RTK, designed to enhance the precision and…
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