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June 22, 2021
Galileo Update: ESA’s Paul Verhoef Outlines Top Priorities

Paul Verhoef is Director of Navigation at the European Space Agency, responsible for design and maintenance of the European Union’s Galileo satellite system….

By Peter Gutierrez


June 3, 2021
European GNSS in Administrative Transition

An interview with Pascal Claudel, EUSPA chief operating officer. The European GNSS Agency (GSA), has evolved into the European Union Agency for the…

By Peter Gutierrez


May 23, 2021
European Initiative for the Internet of Things

A consortium is preparing to ramp up production of Geonav IoT, a seamless indoor/outdoor positioning solution for sports applications, asset tracking and aiding…

By Peter Gutierrez


March 15, 2021
Human Engineering: Rui Hirokawa’s Higher Vision

Dr. Rui Hirokawa is Deputy General Manager, Space Systems Department, at Kamakura Works, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. A fixture in today’s GNSS community, he…

By Peter Gutierrez


January 26, 2021
Added GNSS Services, Market Uptake, New Synergies: Galileo on the March

GSA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa speaks to Inside GNSS about the transition into a new European Space Program Agency, EUSPA, and the…

By Peter Gutierrez


December 15, 2020
Galileo Logs a 5-Hour Timing-Related Outage; Explanation Awaited

On Monday, December 14, the EU’s Galileo program posted an official notice advising users that Galileo service was degraded on all satellites until…

By Peter Gutierrez


November 30, 2020
The Rocky Road To A UK GNSS

In 2018, when the UK’s post-Brexit involvement in Galileo was still a point of contention between London and Brussels, UK ministers set aside…

By Peter Gutierrez


September 28, 2020
Low-Power GNSS in the Cloud for IoT

Innovative European developers use emerging GNSS-based Internet of Things technologies to create more power-efficient solutions for a range of logistics, maintenance and other…

By Peter Gutierrez


May 19, 2020
Brussels View: Driverless Merging Ahead

Researchers in the PRoPART project developed a 10-centimeter accurate and robust position determination system for autonomous vehicles, demonstrating a safe merge of a…

By Peter Gutierrez


April 10, 2020
The Europeans Look at 2020

Galileo Through the Lenses of Money, Defense, Brexit and Unfortunate Events The year of our European correspondent generally begins with two predictive events:…

By Peter Gutierrez


April 6, 2020
Brussels View: From the 12th European Union Space Conference

At the 12th EU Space Conference in Brussels, Thierry Breton made his first appearance as the new European Commissioner for Internal Market, and…

By Peter Gutierrez


April 1, 2020
Human Engineering: Kind Heart, Clear Eyes

Inspired by hard-working parents and an innate sense of compassion, GSA Head of Market Development Fiammetta Diani has traced a remarkable path to…

By Peter Gutierrez


March 27, 2020
Carlo des Dorides Departs from Longtime Post as GSA Executive Director

“Galileo is a true European success story, and I am proud if in a small way I have contributed to building Europe with…

By Peter Gutierrez


March 17, 2020
GNSS Addressing Coronavirus

As the coronavirus pandemic and measures to mitigate its impact continue to roll out, we look at how GNSS technology has been employed.

By Peter Gutierrez


February 20, 2020
Galileo Through the Lenses of Money, Defense and Brexit

At the 12th EU Space Conference in Brussels, Thierry Breton made his first appearance as the new European Commissioner for Internal Market, and…

By Peter Gutierrez


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