Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
High standards for technology in the lab and in the factory are all very fine, but what matters most is how it works in industrial application. We take a close-up look at inertial measurement and inertial navigation in such real-world cases as
• oil and gas pipeline inspection,
• stabilization of optical camera platforms and
• autonomous cargo transport.
Xona Space Systems and StarNav will jointly develop user equipment capable of receiving Xona’s Pulsar service to produce resilient position, navigation, and timing (PNT) solutions for commercial and government end users.
By Inside GNSS
The smartphone and its various everyday apps link us to GPS, Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth LTE, audio and cell tower proximity that help us find out where we are and tell us how to get to where we need to go, down to precise latitudes, longitudes and altitudes, accurate to within a few yards. So who should have access to this information?
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
A research team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Germany authenticated Galileo’s live Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) signal on November 16. The team used a GNSS receiver jointly developed with TeleOrbit GmbH, the compact GNSS Receiver with Open Software Interface (GOOSE).
By Inside GNSS
ADVA introduced its OSA 5400 SyncModule embedded timing solution, enabling technology suppliers to integrate precise synchronization into their hardware. The M.2 form factor module offers equipment vendors a way to simply and cost-effectively add crucial timing capabilities with key functionality into their switches, routers, open compute servers and other IT devices.
By Inside GNSS
Tallysman Wireless of Ottawa, Canada, announced its new TW162A automotive-grade smart power GNSS signal splitter. It supports the full GNSS spectrum
By Inside GNSS
Representatives from 50 African countries attended the first China-Africa BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, held in Beijing on November 5, organized by the China Satellite Navigation Office (CSNO) and a department of the African Union Commission.
By Inside GNSS
Hexagon | NovAtel announced that its PwrPak7-E1 GNSS receiver is now supported on the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion autonomous vehicle (AV) development platform. NVIDIA designs system on a chip units (SoCs) for the automotive and mobile computing markets
By Inside GNSS
STMicroelectronics has introduced the Teseo-VIC3DA, the latest member of the Teseo module family. Teseo-VIC3DA combines ST’s high-performing Automotive Teseo III GNSS1 IC with the automotive 6-axis MEMS inertial measurement unit (IMU) and dead reckoning software to create a convenient, automotive-qualified navigation module.
By Inside GNSS
Thales and CS GROUP have combined to offer a high-performance, resilient and cybersecure navigation system comprising Thales’s TopAxyz inertial navigation unit, which has clocked over 20 million hours of operation in civil aviation, and CS GROUP’s real-time computer.
By Inside GNSS
NextNav and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. now collaborate to enable NextNav’s Pinnacle 911 z-axis software and network-based services for use with the Qualcomm Location Suite. This facilitates integration of vertical location into existing carrier infrastructure for emergency 911 purposes by device and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) vendors.
By Inside GNSS
Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) launched a replacement for its first satellite, Michibiki-1, on October 26. QZS-1R, to be known as Michibiki-1R, flew up on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rocket and all went smoothly.
By Inside GNSS
After an upgrade of the global Galileo Control Segment to Version 3.0, next month’s satellite launch will be the first overseen from an existing Galileo Control Centre, rather than requiring an external mission control site.
By Inside GNSS
