Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Helix Technologies Ltd. has been awarded a significant contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop its NEXTGEN GNSS antenna – a next-generation, multi-frequency GNSS antenna optimized for the advanced Galileo E1 Alt-BOC and wide-band E5 Alt-BOC waveforms for use in driverless cars.
By Inside GNSS
The Army is leaning toward using a funding channel designed for fast deals with high-tech entrepreneurs to rev up its work on assured positioning, navigation and timing (A-PNT).
By Dee Ann Divis
VectorNav Technologies is playing key role for Red Bull Air Race, which has selected the VectorNav VN-300 Dual Antenna GNSS-Aided Inertial Navigation System as the primary source of aircraft telemetry data for the Master Class raceplanes participating in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
By Inside GNSS
u-blox today announced the u-blox F9 technology platform, designed to deliver high precision positioning solutions for mass market industrial and automotive applications. The platform combines multi-band Global Navigation
Satellite System (GNSS) technology with dead reckoning, high precision algorithms, and compatibility with a variety of GNSS correction data services to achieve precision down to the centimeter level.
By Inside GNSS
Airbus has been selected as the main contractor to develop EGNOS V3, the next generation of Europe’s Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS). The company was awarded the contract by the European Space Agency (ESA), which manages EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) development under a working arrangement signed with the European GNSS Agency (GSA).
By Inside GNSS
Earlier this week, China launched a pair of BeiDou-3 satellites that will add to the country’s BeiDou-3 navigation constellation. To ensure the stability of the services, China continues to build and improve the domestically developed BeiDou Navigation Satellite System.
By Inside GNSS
When the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., last week, it carried CEO Elon Musk’s red Tesla Roadster into orbit to test heavier payloads.
By Inside GNSS
The Institute of Navigation (ION) presented its Annual Awards during the ION International Technical Meeting (ITM) and Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications (PTTI) meeting in Reston, Virginia, January 29 to February 1, 2018.
By Inside GNSS
USDPS has been completely reimagined to include more opportunities to learn from industry, government and public safety thought-leaders and shop for the latest technology. Held Feb. 6-8 in National Harbor, Maryland, the event is the destination where military and government agency decision-makers go to discover what’s next for the defense, protection and security industry.
By Inside GNSS
Applanix, a Trimble Company, and AXIS-GPS recently announced that AXIS-GPS has been selected to provide Applanix’ products, support, and service to air and land clients in Israel.
By Inside GNSS
Featuring the latest construction, survey, civil engineering, architecture and design technologies in a hands-on educational environment, the Topcon Technology Roadshow is designed to bring the scope of Topcon solutions to a multitude of locations.
By Inside GNSS
GPS firms are concerned about a proposal by another L band satellite firm to build more ground terminals as part of a combined satellite-ground communication network.
By Inside GNSS
Another month is slipping away with no sign of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the multi-billion dollar GPS III contract.
By Inside GNSS
