GPS

Interstate Launches First Common GPS Module–Based Receiver
October 11, 2011

Interstate Launches First Common GPS Module–Based Receiver

L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation (IEC) unveiled its next generation, military GPS receiver — incorporating a Common GPS Module (CGM) — at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition currently under way in Washington, D.C.

The company’s first CGM product processes precise code (P-code), coarse/acquisition code (C/A) code, and the modernized military M-code signals. In addition, the new design provides a common security architecture including improved anti-jam and anti-spoof capabilities.

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LightSquared Would Jam GPS, Defense Officials Tell Congress
September 16, 2011

LightSquared Would Jam GPS, Defense Officials Tell Congress

Amidst a storm of political controversy and the conspicuous absence of a key administration witness, Department of Defense (DoD) officials told members of Congress today (September 15, 2011) that a proposed broadband wireless service would degrade or render useless billions of dollars of equipment essential to military operations.

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By Inside GNSS
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Everywhere Navigation

Everywhere Navigation

Consumer demand for positioning information is currently being met by a plethora of wireless positioning technologies. The most popular consumer positioning technology, GNSS, is only one option along with several methods that use cellular networks to provide location, such as wireless local area networks (WLANs), wireless personal area networks (WPANs), radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, and ultrawideband (UWB) communications.

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GPS III

GPS III

In May 2008, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a new, third generation of GPS satellites. The GPS III space vehicle (SV) has been designed (Figure 1, see inset photo, above right) and is now being built to bring new future capabilities to both military and civil positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) users throughout the globe.

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By Inside GNSS
United Nations International Meeting on The Applications of GNSS

United Nations International Meeting on The Applications of GNSS

[Updated Sept 7, 2011] The United Nations and the United States will co-sponsor a special meeting to commemorate 10 years of achievement on the global navigation satellite systems on December 12-16, 2011 at the United Nations office Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria.

The main discussion will center around the International Committee on GNSS (ICG),  created by The UN Office of Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) in 2005 to bring together all system providers and smooth the way for global development of the satellite navigation systems. 

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By Inside GNSS
IET London: Modernised Satellite Navigation Seminar
September 6, 2011

IET London: Modernised Satellite Navigation Seminar

The head of the Galileo program division of the UK’s space agency, the PRS expert at the European GNSS agency and the director of the Nottingham Geospatial Institute are just a few of the speakers at a one-day seminar in central London on October 5 called "Modernized Satellite Navigation: The Implementation of GNSS Programmes and Future Challenges."

The Wednesday event will take place at the IET Savoy Place conference center from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m

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