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January 18, 2019

CHC Navigation Introduces APACHE 3 Portable USV Solution

CHC Navigation has announced the immediate availability of its new APACHE 3, a lightweight portable unmanned surface vessel.

“Featuring triple-hulled and shallow draught design, the APACHE 3 is a portable autonomous USV for bathymetric surveys of lakes, inland rivers and coastal areas.”, said Yann Yan, product manager of USV Solutions. “Its compact size and light weight (1-meter length and 7kg mass without instrument) allows one person to operate the system easily.”

By Inside GNSS

January 17, 2019

Geolocation Data Could Get Privacy Protection Under New ADD Act

New legislation aiming to protect the privacy of internet and phone users could shield not just their browsing and buying habits but their location information as well.

The American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act, introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio on January 16, covers service providers that use the internet and “collect records” — a very broad definition. The Act will also be enforced against common carriers — that is telecommunications companies.

By Dee Ann Divis

January 11, 2019

Air Force Contracts Lockheed Martin to Continue GPS Ground Control System Sustainment

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin the GPS Control Segment Sustainment II (GCS II) contract to continue to sustain and further modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation’s ground control system through 2025. This is the follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin’s current GCS contract awarded in 2013.

By Inside GNSS

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January 10, 2019

Webinar on GNSS Jamming and Crowd Sourcing Detection and GeoLocation Held Jan. 22

Smartphones are seemingly omnipresent in our everyday lives. But new usage suggests that these mighty miniature devices can utilize crowd sourcing to defeat GPS jamming. For the latest on this critical topic, make sure to register for this 90-minute webinar on January 22 that will explore and compare the potential and current limitations of using smartphone density, ease of deployment and signal utility against the capabilities of dedicated networks.

By Inside GNSS

Partial Government Shutdown Bites Civil GPS Agencies, SatNav Customers

With the partial government shutdown nearing a record-breaking fourth week, news outlets are full of stories about security back-ups at airports, forgone food inspections, government employees in dire financial straits and a long list of other consequences of shuttering nine different federal departments and a host of agencies.

By Dee Ann Divis

January 8, 2019

ION Reschedules CASSCA 2019 Conference Due to Partial Government Shutdown

Manassas, Virginia, January 8, 2019–Due to the extended impasse between U.S. Congressional leaders and the White House that has created a partial U.S. government shutdown, the Institute of Navigation (ION) has decided to postpone the Cognizant Autonomous Systems for Safety Critical Applications (CASSCA) Conference scheduled to take place January 28-29, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia.

By Inside GNSS

January 4, 2019

Antenova’s New SMD Antenna Designed to Pinpoint Location within Centimeters

Antenova, manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and the Internet of Things (IoT), has developed a new SMD positioning antenna designed to achieve an extraordinary level of accuracy in the GNSS bands; it can pinpoint a location to within centimeters, according to the company.

By Inside GNSS

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January 3, 2019

FAA Selects NovAtel to Provide Safety-Critical Infrastructure for North American Navigation Network

NovAtel has been awarded a contract from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to design, produce and deliver 40 next-generation Ground Uplink Station (GUS) Signal Generators to support the FAA’s safety of life Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) navigation service. The contract also includes ongoing engineering support services for NovAtel’s complete portfolio of Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) products deployed by the FAA, including the WAAS G-III reference receiver platform.

By Inside GNSS

PNT Technology May Get More Export Controls

Additional export controls are being considered for position, navigation, and timing (PNT) advances as well 13 other wide-ranging categories of technology. Among these categories are emerging disciplines like machine learning, robotics, object recognition and artificial intelligence that often incorporate PNT to support new applications in self-driving vehicles, drones, remote sensing and urban mobility.

By Dee Ann Divis

January 2, 2019

Quectel Launches Dead Reckoning GNSS Module L26-DR

Quectel Wireless Solutions, a supplier of cellular and GNSS positioning modules, recently announced the launch of a compact dead reckoning GNSS module L26-DR at the electronica 2018 in Germany.

By Inside GNSS

December 17, 2018

Rocket Lab Successfully Launches NASA CubeSats to Orbit on Venture Class Launch Services Mission

U.S. small satellite launch company Rocket Lab has launched its third orbital mission of 2018, successfully deploying satellites to orbit for NASA. The mission, designated Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)-19 , took place just over a month after Rocket Lab’s last successful orbital launch, “It’s Business Time.” Rocket Lab has launched a total of 24 satellites to orbit in 2018.

By Inside GNSS

December 13, 2018

DHS Developing Performance Standards for GPS Receivers Used in Critical Infrastructure

During a discussion of PNT issues at a workshop on Dec. 11, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official mentioned that DHS was developing performance standards for GPS/GNSS receivers used in critical infrastructure.

By Inside GNSS

December 12, 2018

Current State of the Art in Autonomous Vehicles Development the Focus of CASSCA Conference

The Institute of Navigation (ION) is holding a two-day conference on Cognizant Autonomous Systems for Safety Critical Applications (CASSCA). The conference will be held January 28-29, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia.

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CHC Navigation Introduces APACHE 3 Portable USV Solution

Geolocation Data Could Get Privacy Protection Under New ADD Act

Air Force Contracts Lockheed Martin to Continue GPS Ground Control System Sustainment

Webinar on GNSS Jamming and Crowd Sourcing Detection and GeoLocation Held Jan. 22

Partial Government Shutdown Bites Civil GPS Agencies, SatNav Customers

ION Reschedules CASSCA 2019 Conference Due to Partial Government Shutdown

Antenova’s New SMD Antenna Designed to Pinpoint Location within Centimeters

FAA Selects NovAtel to Provide Safety-Critical Infrastructure for North American Navigation Network

PNT Technology May Get More Export Controls

Quectel Launches Dead Reckoning GNSS Module L26-DR

Rocket Lab Successfully Launches NASA CubeSats to Orbit on Venture Class Launch Services Mission

DHS Developing Performance Standards for GPS Receivers Used in Critical Infrastructure

Current State of the Art in Autonomous Vehicles Development the Focus of CASSCA Conference