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July 17, 2014

NovAtel Launches CORRECT with TerraStar PPP Promotion

NovAtel Inc. has announced a promotion for existing customers for the company’s recently launched NovAtel CORRECT with TerraStar PPP subscription service.

Customers using NovAtel legacy equipment (OEMV generation receivers or earlier) or NovAtel’s current OEM6 technology qualify for the following offers:
• Trade in legacy NovAtel hardware for a FlexPak6, antenna, and one-year TerraStar subscription for $4,995.

By Inside GNSS

July 16, 2014

Companies Step into GPS III Competition as Air Force Weighs Broader Changes

As the Air Force contemplates changing its GPS III prime contractor in the face of program delays, sources say it is also weighing much broader program changes to help it weather years of continued lean budgets.

By Inside GNSS

Communications Act Rewrite Could Adversely Affect GPS Community

Two powerful lawmakers are weighing rewriting the rules for the way frequencies are allocated as part of an overhaul of the nation’s telecommunications laws. The effort, which is likely to see legislation drafted next year, is considering options such as flexible licensing and receiver standards that could directly affect the GPS community.

By Inside GNSS

Institute of Navigation Partners with Inside GNSS on ION GNSS+ Show Daily

The Institute of Navigation is partnering with the publisher of Inside GNSS to produce, publish, and distribute an expanded Show Daily publication at this year’s ION GNSS+ 2014 event taking place September 9–12 in Tampa, Florida. The alliance will leverage the magazine’s many years of publishing expertise to advance the business interests of exhibitors and attendees.

By Inside GNSS

July 14, 2014

Harbinger Sues U.S. Government over LightSquared

Harbinger Capital Partners, a hedge fund controlled by Phil Falcone that acted as the primary financial backer of LightSquared, is suing the United States government over the failure of the proposed terrestrial broadband wireless network that would have broadcast in RF spectrum adjacent to GNSS L1 frequencies.

By Inside GNSS

InterGEO 2014

The 2014 InterGEO Trade Fair and Conference for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management will take place at Messe Berlin in Berlin, Germany from October 7 to 9, 2014.

It attracts 16,000 visitors from 92 countries who work in
the surveying, geoinformation, remote sensing and photogrammetry fields.

This is the event’s 20th year.

By Inside GNSS

July 11, 2014

Galileo IOV Satellite Failure Mystery Still Unsolved

[Updated June 16, 2014] Sources in Brussels say the recently reported “power loss” that threatens to end the brief transmission life of Galileo GSAT0104, the fourth Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellite, has nothing to do with the onboard atomic clocks, but could have been caused by a failure in the components linked to the solid-state power amplifier (SSPA), including the output multiplexer, cables and/or antenna.

By Inside GNSS

UN/ ICG Workshop: GNSS for Scientific Applications

A weeklong workshop on GNSS and its scientific applications in low-latitude regions of the world will be held in Trieste, Italy at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) on December 1-5, 2014.

The five-day event will be held in English. It is sponsored by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and organized by the USA and European Commission through the UN’s International Committee on GNSS (ICG).

By Inside GNSS

July 10, 2014

ERA-GLONASS 2014

The 4th international conference on ERA-GLONASS will take place at the World Trade Center in Moscow, Russia on October 8.

The theme of the conference is "ERA-GLONASS modern technologies for the ensuring of road safety and comfort."

By Inside GNSS

ENC – GNSS 2015: European Navigation Conference

The 2015 European Navigation Conference will take place at the Centre de Congrès Cité Mondiale in Bordeaux France on April 7, 8, 9 and 10.

This year, the conference is organized by TOPOS Aquitaine and the Institut Français de Navigation (IFN). The annual event is sponsored by the European Group of Institutes of Navigation (EUGIN).

A plenary session will be held on the status
of the major GNSS programs and several sessions in parallel will deal
with current topics in navigation.

By Inside GNSS

Seminar: Reference Frames, Positioning and Navigation

This one-day seminar on Reference Frames, Positioning and Navigation will be held on September 3, during the Nordic Geodetic Commission (NKG) General Assembly, which runs from September 1 through 4 at Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg.

By Inside GNSS

July 8, 2014

InvenSense Acquires Inertial Solution Provider Trusted Positioning, Movea Software

San Jose, California–based InvenSense, Inc. announced today (July 7, 2014) that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Trusted Positioning Inc. (TPI), a privately-held indoor/outdoor positioning software company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Movea, a provider of software for low-power location, activity tracking, and context sensing.

By Inside GNSS

June 30, 2014

FAA Seeks Comment on Groundbreaking UAS Application, Model Aircraft Rules

Federal aviation officials appear to be moving quickly to defuse mounting pressure for the commercial use of unmanned aircraft, clarifying their authority over such aircraft and starting the public process for licensing small firms for limited operations.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken a tough stance in its interpretation of the legal uses for model aircraft published on June 23 in the Federal Register. The issue surged into the national spotlight when the agency failed to win a legal challenge over its authority to regulate such devices.

By Inside GNSS

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NovAtel Launches CORRECT with TerraStar PPP Promotion

Companies Step into GPS III Competition as Air Force Weighs Broader Changes

Communications Act Rewrite Could Adversely Affect GPS Community

Institute of Navigation Partners with Inside GNSS on ION GNSS+ Show Daily

Harbinger Sues U.S. Government over LightSquared

InterGEO 2014

Galileo IOV Satellite Failure Mystery Still Unsolved

UN/ ICG Workshop: GNSS for Scientific Applications

ERA-GLONASS 2014

ENC – GNSS 2015: European Navigation Conference

Seminar: Reference Frames, Positioning and Navigation

InvenSense Acquires Inertial Solution Provider Trusted Positioning, Movea Software

FAA Seeks Comment on Groundbreaking UAS Application, Model Aircraft Rules