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Canadian Army Tests NovAtel’s GPS Anti-Jam Technology
November 17, 2016

Canadian Army Tests NovAtel’s GPS Anti-Jam Technology

NovAtel’s GAJT-710ML antenna.

Calgary, Canada-based NovAtel Inc. announced that the Canadian Army has successfully tested its GPS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) in live-fire conditions on the M777C1 howitzer.

GAJT protects GPS-based navigation and precise timing receivers from intentional jamming and accidental interference, Novatel said. The unit features a null-forming antenna system, which ensure satellite signals necessary to compute position and time are always available, the company said.

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By Inside GNSS
Congress Likely to Delay Action on Budget Items, Affecting GPS
November 16, 2016

Congress Likely to Delay Action on Budget Items, Affecting GPS

Congress is back in Washington with a December 9 deadline to pass the 2017 Fiscal Year (FY17) federal budget and avoid a government shutdown.

Lawmakers are widely expected to pass another continuing resolution, or CR, leaving the final decisions on the FY17 budget until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January — an approach that could both help and hurt the Pentagon’s GPS modernization effort.

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By Dee Ann Divis
NASA to Launch Satellite-Based GNSS Hurricane Watch

NASA to Launch Satellite-Based GNSS Hurricane Watch

NASA plans to launch the Cyclone GNSS (CYGNSS) hurricane mission aboard a Pegasus XL rocket on December 12 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. CYGNSS, which is NASA’s first Earth science small-satellite constellation, will help improve hurricane intensity, tracking, and storm surge forecasts, the agency said.

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By Inside GNSS
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NASA Breaks Guinness World Record for Highest GPS Altitude Fix

NASA Breaks Guinness World Record for Highest GPS Altitude Fix

NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission broke the Guinness World Record for highest altitude fix of a GPS signal, the agency announced this week. The MMS satellites, operating in a highly elliptical orbit, set the record at 43,500 miles above the Earth.

The four MMS satellites incorporate GPS measurements into their tracking systems for position and orbit calculations to guide tight formations, NASA said.

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By Inside GNSS
A Short History of Radio Waves and GPS: Parkinson Receives Marconi Prize
November 15, 2016

A Short History of Radio Waves and GPS: Parkinson Receives Marconi Prize

Probably no one else could have accomplished Brad Parkinson’s bravura performance at the joint meeting of the Stanford PNT Symposium/Marconi Society earlier this month: in the morning sketch a “short history” of radio waves from Marconi to GPS  and in the evening recount a brief retrospective on the Global Positioning System from its prehistory in the 1960s to its future in the 21st century.

And in between moderate a panel of past Marconi Fellows, among whom Parkinson is the latest addition.

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By Inside GNSS
ION JNC - Joint Navigation Conference 2017
November 13, 2016

ION JNC – Joint Navigation Conference 2017

The deadline for abstracts for the 2017 JNC is February 15, 2017. Submit yours here.

The annual Joint Navigation Conference is a military positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) event hosted by the Institute of Navigation on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It will be held at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio and the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base nearby.

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By Inside GNSS
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AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017

The Winspear Opera House and the Meyerson Symphony Center in the Downtown Dallas Arts District

AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL 2017, All Things Unmanned will take place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. from May 8 – 11, 2017.

Online registration is open. Early bird registration ends November 30, 2016. Onsite registration will be available.

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By Inside GNSS
NovAtel and Stanford Sign Autonomous Vehicle Study Agreement
November 1, 2016

NovAtel and Stanford Sign Autonomous Vehicle Study Agreement

NovAtel has signed a contract with Stanford University for a study to determine how GNSS technology can deliver a positioning system that meets safety and accuracy requirements for autonomous land vehicles, the company said.

NovAtel said the study, to be conducted at Stanford’s GPS Research Laboratory, will build on similar aircraft research. In addition, the research will include concepts for high integrity carrier-phase algorithms, threat models, and safety monitors for improving autonomous vehicle transportation, the company said.

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By Inside GNSS
RTCA to Weigh Ligado Proposal

RTCA to Weigh Ligado Proposal

Federal aviation officials have asked the RTCA, Inc., standards organization to comment on a plan designed to help prevent a proposed wireless broadband network from interfering with the certified GPS receivers used by aircraft.

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By Dee Ann Divis
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