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April 12, 2014

IEEE/ ION PLANS 2014: Position Location And Navigation System Conference

Big Sur coastline looking north to Bixby Canyon Bridge

Early bird registration ends Friday, April 11, 2014. 

The IEEE/ ION PLANS 2014: Position Location And Navigation System Conference will take place May 5-8 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort and Spa in Monterey, California.

This biennial conference and industry exhibition explores the field of navigation — from fundamental research, to applications, to field test results.

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By Inside GNSS
April 8, 2014

2014 UPINLBS: Ubiquitous Positioning Indoor Navigation and Location Based Service

The third IEEE international conference on "Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Service" (UPINLBS 2014) will be held on 20-21 Nov. 2014 at the Omni Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.

Keynote speakers will include:

  • Dr. Bryan Klingner, Google, USA
  • Dr. Jade Morton, Miami University, USA
  • Dr. Liqiu Meng, Technical University Munich, Germany

UPINLBS 2014 will feature technical papers and presentations on a variety of topics such as:

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By Inside GNSS
April 3, 2014

QZSS’s Day in the Sun at Munich SatNav Summit

The Russians may have taken a rain check, but Asian representatives were out in force at this year’s Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, held last week (March 25–27, 2014). The general message from China, Japan, and India was that they are moving forward quickly with their own GNSS systems, while seeking active cooperation, both technical and commercial, with international partners.

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By Inside GNSS
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GLONASS Suffers Temporary Systemwide Outage; Multi-GNSS Receiver Overcomes Problem (updated)

Smartphone tracking results from two smartphones. Yellow dotted line, GPS/GLONASS only; green dotted line, GPS/GLONASS/QZSS/BeiDou. Broadcom Corporation image.

Just when they thought it was safe to go back into space . . . .

The Russian GLONASS system, which had appeared to be recovering from a series of organizational and technical problems in recent years, appears to have suffered a systemic disruption during the past 24 hours — beginning just past 1 a.m. Moscow time on April 2 (UTC+4) — 6 p.m. EDT on Tuesday (April 1, 2014).

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By Inside GNSS

U.S. Air Force Authorizes Lockheed to Finish GPS III SVs 7 & 8

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin more than $245 million in contract options to complete production of its seventh and eighth GPS Block III satellites.

The two space vehicles (SVs 07–08) received initial funding under a February 2013 long-lead material contract for the Air Force’s second set of four satellites, GPS III SV 05–08. Similar to this current award announced yesterday (April 1, 2014), the Air Force exercised an option to complete production of SVs 05–06 in December 2013.

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By Inside GNSS
April 2, 2014

FAA Issues Call for UAS Center of Excellence Contractor

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced plans to establish within the next year a Center of Excellence (COE) for its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Research, Engineering, and Development Program.

An FAA notice published last Friday (March 28, 2014) said that the agency will launch a competitive search for a team to lead the initiative as part of the FAA’s effort to integrate UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS). A draft solicitation will be available on or before April 18.

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By Inside GNSS
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New GLONASS-M Satellite Begins Commissioning

A modernized GLONASS satellite launched on last week has begun its commissioning phase in slot 18 of the Russian GNSS constellations orbital plane 3. It was the first successful GLONASS launch since the loss of three spacecraft in the crash of a Proton rocket last July.

Telemetry communications were established shortly after the GLONASS-M spacecraft (designated GLONASS number 754) reached its orbit following its launch March 23 (2:54 a.m. Moscow time on March 24), from Plesetsk space center on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket.

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By Inside GNSS

ESNC 2014 GNSS Innovation Competition Launches at ENC 2014

The European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) 2014 will officially kick off on April 15 at the European Navigation Conference (ENC) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, but the 11th round of the annual event opens Tuesday (April 1).

Launched by Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen in 2004 with three partner regions, the ESNC has grown into a network of GNSS innovation and expertise with more than 20 regions taking part worldwide. Since 2004, the ESNC has received almost 2,400 submissions from 4,263 teams and named 204 award winners.

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By Inside GNSS
March 30, 2014

u-blox Releases 4-System Antenna Module

u-blox CAM-M8Q module

Swiss-based u‑blox has introduced the CAM-M8Q GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/QZSS antenna module. The module integrates a u-blox M8 satellite receiver IC plus SAW filter, LNA, TCXO, RTC, passives, and a pre-tuned GNSS chip antenna in a 9.6 x 14.0 x 1.95 mm package.

According to the company, the surface-mount antenna module combines low power consumption with high-sensitivity, high jamming immunity, and concurrent GNSS operation (GPS/GLONASS, GPS/BeiDou, or GLONASS/BeiDou), offering a drop-in solution product designers and system integrators.

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By Inside GNSS
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