Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
EMCORE Corporation received a $1.1 million development contract from a major U.S. prime contractor to design and manufacture a high-end inertial measurement unit (IMU) for tactical intelligence and reconnaissance systems.
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Spirent Communications has added premium enhancements to its GSS9000 Series GNSS simulator, doubling the update rate to run simulations at a software and hardware update rate of up to 2 kHz, improving accuracy of the simulated trajectory without compromising performance.
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Compact, highly stable laser-optical clocks can improve future generations of satellite navigation systems and form the basis for new GNSS architectures.
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KVH Industries has upgraded its TACNAV 3D tactical navigation system with photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology in the P-1775 inertial measurement unit (IMU).
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EMCORE Corporation announced that its dual-use SDI500/SDI505 Revision F inertial measurement units (IMUs) have received a U.S. Department of State determination that they are not subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
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The parachute deployed during the descent of the Mars Perseverance rover carried a special message for anyone who happened to be looking up from the Red Planet’s surface on February 18, 2021.
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Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the GPS III and IIIF satellites, awarded L3Harris Technologies new contracts totaling $137 million for four additional navigation payload Mission Data Units (MDU) for future GPS III Follow-on (GPS IIIF) satellites.
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The upcoming Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Global Force Next 2021 virtual event features two sessions that will be of interest to readers of Inside GNSS and Inside Unmanned Systems, focusing on alternative PNT on the battlefield and robotic combat vehicles.
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The Institute of Navigation recognized a team of NASA engineers with the Samuel M. Burka award. The award recognized a publication related to NASA’s GPS Antenna Characterization Experiment (GPS ACE).
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Honeywell has successfully flight-tested new technologies designed to enable alternative navigation offerings, including its Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation System (EGI) supporting M-code
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration in partnership with the Italian Space Agency will position the moon starting in 2023. The two agencies plan to land the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) on the Moon’s Mare Crisium basin. There, LuGRE is expected to obtain the first GNSS fix on the lunar surface.
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The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) recently awarded Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) a $95M Phase 2 contract for the Resilient-Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System (R-EGI) development and prototype program.
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Dr. Charles R. Cahn, an important early and continuing contributor to GPS signal and waveform design, passed away in January 2021. His accomplishments spanned a lifetime of contributions to GPS signal and receiver developments.
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