Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Company have successfully completed the third of five planned exercises to demonstrate the launch readiness of the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III satellite and operational control system (OCX).
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This will be the 26th international technical meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation. It is the world’s largest and oldest GNSS conference, founded in 1987 as the ION GPS conference.
Significant progress has been made in integrating two classes of small, unmanned aircraft into the national air space (NAS), an area of considerable interest for GNSS companies whose products provide navigation and guidance for many of the unmanned systems.
September 4, 2013
UAV Operations in National Air Space Advance as Privacy Fight Heats Up
Q: What is the effect of user and CORS height on NRTK performance?
Dr. Inder Gupta, The Ohio State UniversityChris Bartone, Ohio UniversityWith new signals and frequencies coming on line with modernized GNSSs, antennas play a more crucial role than ever in receiver system design.
Antennas are often an overlooked or undervalued aspect of GNSS user equipment.
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Working Papers explore the technical and scientific themes that underpin GNSS programs and applications. This regular column is coordinated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Hein, head of Europe’s Galileo Operations and Evolution.
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The 2014 European Navigation Conference and exhibition will be held at the World Trade Centre (WTC) in downtown Rotterdam, Netherlands on April 15, 16 and 17, 2014. It will focus on positioning navigation and timing (PNT) technology, innovation and business applications. The technical sessions will cover all aspects of PNT developments and applications.
The deadline for abstracts is December 31, 2013
Online registration is open. Early bird registration ends February 15, 2014.
Topics include:
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Ismael ColominaSIDEBAR: Ismael Colomina’s Compass Points
Ismael Colomina began his career in 1982. “So, in a way,” he says, “I grew up as a professional at the same time GPS was growing up and maturing. GNSS has always been present in my working life; so, I never experienced the ‘GNSS, aha!’ moment. Rather, I never stopped thinking ‘GNSS, of course!’"
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The sixth European Workshop on GNSS Signals and Signal Processing will take place at the University FAF Munich in Germany on December 5 and 6, 2013.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a hefty fine for a New Jersey truck driver whose alleged use of a GPS jammer caused harmful interference to the new ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).
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Establishing someone’s immediate whereabouts is emerging as a key element in preventing credit fraud and improving cyber security.
The technique uses location data, derived from GPS and other sources, to estimate the likelihood that the person making a request to enter a building, access a computer network, or use a credit card is actually who they say they are.
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NASA satellite photo shows northward drift of smoke from wildfires near Yosemite National Park.Better known for supporting U.S. troops in firefights in Afghanistan firefights, a Predator drone has been deployed to help California National Guard firefighters battle wildfires raging around Yosemite National Park.
U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel approved the use of a GPS-guided MQ-1 Predator to support firefighters battling the Rim Fire that has expanded to more than 160,000 acres, accordeing to Air Force Lt. Col. Thomas Keegan, California National Guard public affairs officer.
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Two companies angling to provide the government with cutting-edge, GPS-based weather data may get a boost this fall if a bill aiming to improve forecasting wins U.S. House approval.
The companies, Bethesda, Md.-based Planet IQ and GeoOptics, Inc., of Pasadena, California, hope to use GPS radio occultation or GPS-OR to provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Defense with weather data.
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