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Sixth GPS IIF Spacecraft Launches

Sixth GPS IIF Spacecraft Launches

On Friday (May 16, 2014) the U. S. Air Force successfully launched the sixth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite on board a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle. The launch took place at 8:03 EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

The GPS IIF generation of satellites, built by The Boeing Corporation, provides greater navigational accuracy through improvements in atomic clock technology, a more resilient signal for commercial aviation and safety-of-life applications and a longer design life of 12 years.

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MELAHA 2014: Arab Institute of Navigation (AIN) Conference
May 15, 2014

MELAHA 2014: Arab Institute of Navigation (AIN) Conference

"Resilience Navigation" is the theme of the 2014 Arab Institute of Navigation Conference and Exhibition, MELAHA. It will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Alexandria, Egypt on September 1-3, 2014.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 30, 2014. Papers should be submitted electronically as a pdf file to the email address listed below.

The conference topics are:

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ESA International Summer School on GNSS 2014

ESA International Summer School on GNSS 2014

The European Space Agency (ESA) International Summer School on GNSS 2014 take place July 21–31 on the campus of the Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Held in conjunction with the European Commission Joint Research Center’s Summer School on GNSS, the program is open to graduate students (with a first university degree), Ph.D. candidates, early-stage researchers, and young professional seeking to broaden their knowledge.

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MEDUSA final event on GNSS for Aviation

MEDUSA final event on GNSS for Aviation

The Euromed GNSS II/MEDUSA project will hold its final event on GNSS for aviation on June 4, 2014 in Tunis at GEMCO premises in Elgazala Technopark.

The event aims at presenting the MEDUSA’s experience in the airport of Monastir, and sharing the lessons learnt with the aviation communities from the Euromed countries.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to take stock of the present situation in relation to the use of GNSS/EGNOS for approaches in the Euromed countries, and to discuss the next steps and actions towards operational implementation.

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ESA GNSS Summer School Offers Technical and Business Courses
May 8, 2014

ESA GNSS Summer School Offers Technical and Business Courses

The European Space Agency (ESA) International Summer School on GNSS 2014 take place July 21–31 on the campus of the Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Held in conjunction with the European Commission Joint Research Center’s Summer School on GNSS, the program is open to graduate students (with a first university degree), Ph.D. candidates, early-stage researchers, and young professional seeking to broaden their knowledge.

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Michel Monnerat: Out of Africa — GNSS

Michel Monnerat: Out of Africa — GNSS

SIDEBAR: Michel Monnerat’s Compass Points

“I was born in Arles, in the south of France,” says Michel Monnerat, “but I left France before my first birthday. We moved many times, from place to place.”

Monnerat’s father worked for a civil engineering company, specializing in maritime works — harbor construction, coastal protection, and such. His family lived in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Tunisia, but Monnerat spent most of my early life in Lomé, the capital city of Togo.

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It’s Spring, and EGNOS Is in the Air

It’s Spring, and EGNOS Is in the Air

Europe has been talking up its European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS, for short) — and why shouldn’t it? Talking about Galileo doesn’t get satellites off the ground. EGNOS, on the other hand, is up and running, and has been since 2009. If the object is to build confidence in European savoir faire, why not talk about a real success like EGNOS?

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By Peter Gutierrez
DoD Condenses Acquisition Strategy to Speed M-Code Units

DoD Condenses Acquisition Strategy to Speed M-Code Units

A shift in the Air Force’s acquisition plan should shave a year off the time needed to finish development of new M-code–equipped receivers and potentially inspire more commercially flavored innovation — and perhaps even the entry of new vendors.

The new approach enables the Pentagon to fulfill a congressional mandate to buy only M-code receivers after fiscal year 2017 and could help convince the user community, jaded by previous delays, to speed adoption of the more resilient devices.

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By Dee Ann Divis
Location Authentication

Location Authentication

Table 1, Figures 2 & 3

Smartphone apps represent the most prominent market for GNSS. No other device or community of users has achieved a larger growth and market penetration in the period 2008–2013.

Apple introduced the first GPS capability on a smartphone in June 2008 with the iPhone3, and one year later Samsung introduced its Samsung Galaxy, incorporating the first GPS receiver for this brand.

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Pentagon Seeks to Partner for Access to Other GNSS Signals
April 30, 2014

Pentagon Seeks to Partner for Access to Other GNSS Signals

The U.S. military is moving toward using the signals of other satellite navigation constellations to help ensure access to positioning and timing information and to potentially thwart spoofing.

The impending shift came to light in remarks made by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III during a talk last week (April 23, 2014) at the National Press Club.

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