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Precision GPS Landing System Receives DoD Recognition

A U.S. Navy program that uses technology developed by a Raytheon-led team to land aircraft in harsh weather has been recognized with a Department of Defense (DoD) engineering award.

The Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) Increment 1A ship system received the Systems Engineering Top 5 Programs Award for "successful implementation of systems engineering best practices resulting in program success," according to the DoD.

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By Inside GNSS
November 15, 2012

Fifth Conference on European Union Space Policy

The 5th conference on European Union space policy will take place at the European Commission’s Charlemagne Building, in Brussels, Belgium on January 29 and January 30, 2013.

It is aimed at decisionmakers in EU governance and industry and members of the public as well.

The theme is "Building Up a Global Tool for Global Challenges." The conference is sponsored by the presidents of the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament.

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By Inside GNSS

Winter Courses in Santa Monica: NavtechGPS

NavtechGPS presents a series of GNSS courses at the Doubletree Suites by Hilton in Santa Monica, California from December 3 through December 7, 2012.

The classes will take place two long blocks from the automobile-free Third
Street Promenade and four blocks from the  Santa Monica Pier (and, of course, the beach).

Register by November 16 for the special hotel conference rate.

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By Inside GNSS
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Galileo Round Up

Say what you want about the European capitol — one thing is for sure, Brussels is alive with conversation. With corporate high flyers and political decision makers tripping over one another on their way to long lunch breaks and after-dinner drinks, the chitchat can flow fast and furious.

If one is not careful, idle conversation can turn into rumor and rumor become a “buzz.”

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By Peter Gutierrez

Digital Satellite Navigation and Geophysics: A Practical Guide with GNSS Signal Simulator and Receiver Laboratory

Digital Satellite Navigation and Geophysics: A Practical Guide with GNSS Signal Simulator and Receiver Laboratory
by Ivan G. Petrovski and Toshiaki Tsujii
Cambridge University Press 2012
ISBN-13: 9780521760546

This textbook describes GPS and GLONASS signals, as well as geophysical theory necessary for high accuracy calculation of satellite and user positions. The book is accompanied a free academic version of software for a software receiver and signal simulator.

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By Inside GNSS

GNSS Positioning and Precise Timing

Francine Vannicola, Naval Research Laboratory

As the forthcoming “Time and Navigation” opening next March at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reminds us, modern navigation depends profoundly upon time — the more precise, accurate, and stable a navigation system’s timing is, the more precise, accurate, and stable its positioning capability.

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By Inside GNSS
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November 12, 2012

Royal Institute of Navigation NAV Series: Unmanned Air Vehicles

UAVs: Sharing the Airspace is the topic of this one-day workshop on February 12 at the National Physical Laboratories, Teddington. It is part of the Royal Institute of Navigation’s NAV series of conferences.

Unmanned and manned aircraft will operate together in the skies in the very near future. How will that work? 

Topics include:

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By Inside GNSS

Royal Institute of Navigation NAV Series: Maritime

One in a series of NAV conferences sponsored by the Royal Institute of Navigation, this all-day event on February 21, 2013 will take place at Southampton Solent University Conference Center.

NAV-Maritime will focus on:
• Is ECDIS letting us down?
• The role of integrated navigation systems (INS) within e-navigation 
• The increasing interest in unmanned vessels

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By Inside GNSS

Institute of Navigation Pacific PNT Conference 2013

ION’s brand new event, PACIFIC PNT, brings together policy and technical leaders from the Pacific Rim for policy updates, program status and technical exchanges on positioning, navigation and timing.

Tutorials, conference and table-top exhibition will be held from Monday, April 22 through Wednesday, April 25 at the Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa in Honolulu.

The deadline for abstract submission is past.

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By Inside GNSS
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