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GNSS Applications Ideas Contest Extends Deadline to July 7
July 3, 2013

GNSS Applications Ideas Contest Extends Deadline to July 7

The 2013 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) is about to close to new submissions of GNSS application ideas, but organizers have decided to extend the deadline until midnight on Sunday, July 7.

The ESNC prize pool is worth about €1 million, which includes cash prizes, business incubation, coaching, patent consulting, prototyping and marketing support, access to customers and user communities, and publicity.

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ESSP Signs €450 Million EGNOS Contract to Augment GPS, GNSS Services
June 27, 2013

ESSP Signs €450 Million EGNOS Contract to Augment GPS, GNSS Services

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has announced the award of an eight-year, €450 million (US$585.4 million) EGNOS Service Provision (ESP) contract to ESSP, the European Satellite Services Provider.

ESSP has provided EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) services since 2009 under the current contract with the European Commission, which continues until the end of this year. The new contract will cover the period 2014-2021 (inclusive).

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May 31, 2013

Europe’s GNSS Program: Interview with European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani

A former officer in the Italian Air Force, Antonio Tajani has been vice-president of the European Commission (EC) since May 2008. Tajani is, however, also the current European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, which makes him top man at the European Union (EU) directorate-general that oversees the Europoean GNSS programs, particularly Galileo and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).

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Di Qiu: Opportunities of Signals
May 28, 2013

Di Qiu: Opportunities of Signals

Di Qiu at the site of her current employer

SIDEBAR: Di Qiu’s Compass Points

Landing all-weather aircraft safely in storms. Protecting sensitive data not only through encryption but based on the location at which it is being accessed. Ensuring that accurate and timely information reaches first responders responding to emergencies. 

Although still in the early part of her career, Di Qiu has already made significant contributions to these crucial applications of navigation technology. 

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GPS Civil Funding Request Slashed
May 20, 2013

GPS Civil Funding Request Slashed

Jan Brecht-Clark, director, National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing

With just more than four months to go in the 2013 fiscal year, sequestration and furloughs are taking a bite out of key research and the work of the National Coordination Office (NCO) for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) — the government nexus for GPS-related policy matters.

The NCO is an interagency organization, explained its director, Jan Brecht-Clark in an emailed response; so, “each individual staff member is subject to furloughs implemented by their home agency as a result of sequestration.”

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GNSS summer school for young engineers to be held in Tokyo this August
April 25, 2013

GNSS summer school for young engineers to be held in Tokyo this August

Doctoral-level graduate students and early-career engineers, researchers and instructors from Japan and the rest of the world are invited to a weeklong summer seminar this August in Tokyo, sponsored by the Institute of Positioning, Navigation and Timing of Japan.

The summer school will take place in from August 19 through August 24 at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT). Classes wil be held in English.

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North Korea’s GPS Jamming Prompts South Korea to Endorse Nationwide eLoran System

North Korea’s GPS Jamming Prompts South Korea to Endorse Nationwide eLoran System

Projected accuracy and coverage of Korea’s eLoran network. Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of Korea

GPS jamming attacks from North Korea that have increased in frequency and duration since they began August 2010 have prompted the South Korean government to implement an enhanced Loran (eLoran) systems that will cover the entire country by 2016.

The South Korean government completed design, development, and construction documents for the eLoran system in February and will procure the system infrastructure through international competitive bidding.

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19th KA + 31st AIAA ICSSC Joint Conference
April 12, 2013

19th KA + 31st AIAA ICSSC Joint Conference

Florence 1493 stamp

This joint conference held with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA) will be held at the Hilton Florence Metropole Hotel in Florence, Italy from October 14 through October 17, 2013.

It combines the 19th Ka and Broadband Communications, Navigation and Earth Observation Conference and the 31st AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC). The 11st BroadSky Workshop organized by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan will be held at the same time.

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KTN ICT: Technology for Radio Coexistence

KTN ICT: Technology for Radio Coexistence

This one-day event sponsored by the UK Knowledge Transfer Network Information and Communications Technologies group (KTN ICT) and Cambridge Wireless will cover technologies for radio coexistence as spectrum reallocation occurs.

It will take place on May 16 from noon to 4:40 p.m. at Eversheds LLP, 1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS.

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