Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced this week that seven aerial photo and video production companies have asked for regulatory exemptions that would allow the film and television industry to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with FAA approval for the first time.
By Inside GNSS
The U.S. government is set to ease its export rules for space-related and high-speed GPS receivers, moving many such devices out from under the stricter control of the State Department to the portfolio regulated by the Commerce Department, which already oversees the export of civil GPS receivers.
“It’s definitely a move in the right direction,” said one GPS expert.
By Inside GNSS
The GPS Independent Review Team (IRT), a key player in GPS policy for nearly 20 years, has been disbanded by the Air Force in what several sources say is an effort to save money.
Created in 1997 for a temporary three-month assignment, the IRT has been instrumental in shaping the current GPS constellation including designing military’s M-code — giving the signal its distinctive two humps — and pushing to get that signal into the constellation earlier than initially planned.
By Inside GNSS
Trimble has introduced its new BD930-UHF receiver and communication module, combining a triple-frequency GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo receiver with an integrated UHF module.
Part of Trimble’s GNSS OEM portfolio, the new compact module features centimeter-level, real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning capabilities, according to the company. By integrating wireless communications on the same module, the BD930-UHF module is designed to significantly simplify the reception of RTK corrections.
The 2015 World Congress of the International Association of Institutes of Navigation will take place at a new venue, the Corinthia Hotel, close to the well-preserved historical center of Prague, Czech Republic, on October 20 – 23, 2015. This will be the 15th meeting of all of the member organzations, who will discuss the science and practice of navigation and related technologies.
By Inside GNSS
China’s BeiDou will accelerate the pace of its development, even as the world’s other three GNSS systems are experiencing delays and difficulties, according to speakers in the opening session of the China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC 2014) today (May 21) in Nanjing.
By Inside GNSS
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the European Commission are sponsoring the third annual European Space Solutions conference schedule on June 11-13 at the Prague Conference Centre in Prague, Czech Republic.
The three day event targets European business and industry, researchers, European officials and applications developers who will discuss how the
EU’s navigation and Earth observation systems can help solve the real
life challenges of business, communities and citizens.
The ninth meeting of the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from November 10 through November 14 2014.
This meeting is hosted by the European Union and will be organized by the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency (GSA).
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Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU), Russian Federation, will launch an English-language program in GNSS studies this fall, headed by Kai Borre, founder of the Danish GPS Center (DGC) and long-time professor of geodesy at Aalborg University.
By Inside GNSS
The 2014 China Satellite Navigation Conference and technology and applications exhibition will be held at the Nanjing Jinling Convention
Center and Nanjing International Expo Center on May 21, 22
and 23, 2014 in Nanjing, China.
Europeans agree — assisted GNSS or A-GNSS provides the best means for locating emergency callers using mobile phones. Although the question of who should pay is remains to be answered, new regulations aimed at enabling the service now seem inevitable.
By Inside GNSS
Widespread reports of intermittent GPS receiver outages may well end this week as the U.S. Air Force wraps up an “extended navigation mode” functional checkout of a GPS satellite, designated Space Vehicle Number (SVN) 64, a Block IIF spacecraft launched in February.
The problem affects only user equipment that erroneously uses navigation message data from the satellites, which had yet to be set "healthy."
By Inside GNSS
JPL uses GPS to find Sierra Nevada water weight; Near collision of drone and regional jet prompts questions, West Antarctic ice sheet melt at “point of no return,” First Galileo FOC satellites at launch site, China’s GBAS tested in Tianjin
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