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March 15, 2017

Looking on the Bright Side from the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit

Pierre Delsaux speaks at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit. Photo: Peter Gutierrez.

The opening plenary of the annual Satellite Navigation Summit in Munich tends to be a ritzy affair, taking place in the evening in an amazing converted chapel and featuring live musical interludes in between groups of speakers. This year the audience was treated to movie tunes, and the European Commission’s Pierre Delsaux had a suggestion for the play list.

By Inside GNSS

Location Privacy Poised to Take a Hit

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.

The U.S. Congress is prepared to deliver the coup de grace to a new rule aimed at protecting the personal information — including the geolocation — of broadband internet users. The move, one of a number aimed at eliminating Obama-era regulations, would slice through months of debate, and federal regulators’ own backpedaling, to kill the pro-privacy rule in a way that makes resurrecting it extremely difficult.

By Dee Ann Divis

March 13, 2017

GSA Program Supports Development, Supply and Testing of Galileo Open Service

Before full service of Galileo Open Service (OS) can be achieved, a new generation of OS-Navigation Message Authentication-enabled user terminals must be developed, tested and implemented, says the European GNSS Agency (GSA).

By Inside GNSS

March 9, 2017

Spirent Test Solutions Help to Improve Maritime Safety

ACR’s ResQLink+ Buoyant Personal Locator Beacon.

Spirent Communications plc this week announced its test solutions have been used to improve maritime safety, and this development came about after much collaborative work designed to ensure that GNSS receivers are performing as needed, especially for rescue operations at sea.

Working with the Radio Technical Committee for Maritime Services (RTCM), Spirent has created test scenarios that simulate realistic satellite reception conditions at sea so that GPS distress beacon performance can be improved, allowing users to be rescued faster by search and rescue organizations.

By Inside GNSS

March 8, 2017

Hemisphere GNSS Introduces IronOne Rugged Display & Computer

IronOne Rugged Display & Computer. Photo source: Hemisphere GNSS, Inc.

Scottsdale, Arizona-based Hemisphere GNSS, Inc. introduced its IronOne Rugged Display & Computer for machine control applications at this week’s CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Purpose-built for harsh machine control environments, IronOne meets IP67-standard certification and uses an 8” sunlight-readable LCD display. IronOne adds another system component and empowers heavy equipment manufacturers to deliver their own machine control and guidance solutions to their customers.

By Inside GNSS

March 7, 2017

Opponents to Privatizing Air Traffic Control Voice Concerns

The Alliance for Aviation Across America released a letter to Congress this week from more than 115 mayors in all 50 states expressing concern about the impact of air traffic control (ATC) privatization on communities across the country, especially those in rural regions of the country.

By Inside GNSS

March 3, 2017

ITS World Congress 2017: Integrated Mobility Driving Smart Cities

This year ITS America will host the 24th ITS World Congress in Montreal, Quebec from October 29 to November 2, 2017. The theme of this year’s World Congress is “Integrated Mobility Driving Smart Cities”.

By Inside GNSS

March 1, 2017

Campaign Allows eCall Device Manufacturers to Pre-Test Galileo, EGNOS Compatibility

Galileo search and rescue beacon. GSA Photo.

In effort to improve safety, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) has officially launched the Galileo and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) test campaign for eCall devices, which allows eCall device manufacturers to pre-test Galileo and EGNOS compatibility prior to type approval.

By Inside GNSS

February 28, 2017

Deadline Nears on GPS Receiver Testing Opportunity Against Live-Sky Spoofing

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons.

GPS receiver manufacturers have until March 3 to apply for a rare opportunity to test their equipment against realistic urban spoofing.

The Department of Homeland Security is offering live-sky testing focused on spoofed GPS signals. The testing, to take place in a simulated urban environment, is available to manufacturers of receivers used in critical infrastructure.

By Dee Ann Divis

February 23, 2017

Study Proposes Satellite Navigation System for Mars

Universal and precise positioning services on Mars may not be just science fiction in our future. A proposed theoretical concept of a satellite navigation system for Mars promises a solution for future manned missions and future planetary exploration robotic missions to the red planet, according to new research released this week.

By Inside GNSS

February 20, 2017

IRSO Launches 104 Satellites From a Single Rocket

Last week the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) put a record 104 satellites into orbit with a single launch, and now it’s preparing to launch Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mark-III) in a few months.

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its thirty-ninth flight (PSLV-C37), launched the 714 kilogram Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation and 103 co-passenger satellites together weighing about 663 kilograms at lift-off into a 505-kilometer polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

By Inside GNSS

February 17, 2017

Geoscience Australia, New Zealand, Lockheed Martin all Part of Second-Generation SBAS Research Project

It’s been a big couple of weeks for second-generation satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) technology and for Bethesda, Maryland-based global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin.

By Inside GNSS

February 15, 2017

President Trump Leaning Toward Air Traffic Privatization

Proponents of privatizing the U.S. air traffic control system have an apparently sympathetic ear in the White House as they renew their fight to wrest air operations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

President Trump criticized the FAA’s handling of air traffic control (ATC) modernization, pointing out the ongoing issues with NextGen during a February 9 meeting with airline executives.

By Inside GNSS

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Looking on the Bright Side from the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit

Location Privacy Poised to Take a Hit

GSA Program Supports Development, Supply and Testing of Galileo Open Service

Spirent Test Solutions Help to Improve Maritime Safety

Hemisphere GNSS Introduces IronOne Rugged Display & Computer

Opponents to Privatizing Air Traffic Control Voice Concerns

ITS World Congress 2017: Integrated Mobility Driving Smart Cities

Campaign Allows eCall Device Manufacturers to Pre-Test Galileo, EGNOS Compatibility

Deadline Nears on GPS Receiver Testing Opportunity Against Live-Sky Spoofing

Study Proposes Satellite Navigation System for Mars

IRSO Launches 104 Satellites From a Single Rocket

Geoscience Australia, New Zealand, Lockheed Martin all Part of Second-Generation SBAS Research Project

President Trump Leaning Toward Air Traffic Privatization