Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Hello Space is Turkey’s first PocketQube satellite constellation start-up. Founded in May 2022, the company intends to provide worldwide Internet of Things (IoT) sensor-to-sensor data transfer with devices that use GNSS and LoRaWAN.
By Peter Gutierrez
The FAA recently awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, with a contract to modernize the Wide-Area Augmentation System (WAAS), providing a technical refresh and Dual Frequency Operation (DFO) upgrades to the space-based precision navigation system.
By Inside GNSS
BAE Systems recently received a $13 million contract to protect U.S. F-15E aircraft from GPS signal jamming and spoofing with its Digital GPS Anti-jam Receiver (DIGAR). The aircraft is the second U.S. Air Force fighter platform to receive DIGAR GPS upgrades, with the F-16 Fighting Falcon the first.
By Inside GNSS
Technology from Helix Geospace will be used to develop an accurate, resilient GNSS solution as part of the Future Flights Challenge Phase 3 project, with the goal of demonstrating how large drone swarms can be deployed to solve environmental protection concerns in GNSS-denied environments.
By Inside GNSS
CentralSquare has partnered with NextNav, integrating the company’s z-axis vertical location capabilities into its Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) products and mobile suite of Public Safety software solutions, with the goal of reducing emergency response times and increasing dispatcher safety.
By Inside GNSS
EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of advanced mixed-signal products that serve the aerospace and defense, communications, and sensing markets, announced results for the fiscal 2022 third quarter ended June 30, 2022 (3Q22) and that it acquired the Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) and Inertial Navigation Systems business segment of KVH Industries, Inc. for approximately $55.0 million, subject to working capital adjustments, in an all-cash transaction.
By Inside GNSS
Xona Space Systems, a pioneer in navigation technologies from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), is excited to announce that they have raised an oversubscribed financing round to accelerate the development of their high-performance commercial satellite navigation network, bringing their total funding to over $25M.
By Inside GNSS
BAE Systems recently delivered its Miniature Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver Engine – M-Code (MPE-M) to Germany, with the technology providing ground-based soldiers and vehicles with precise geolocation and positioning capabilities in complex and contested operational environments.
By Inside GNSS
Working with the National Maritime Safety Authority (NMSA) and with funding from the Asia Development Bank (ADB), Fugro has completed a hydrographic survey to determine a safe channel through the Star Reef Passage.
By Inside GNSS
GMV Aerospace and Defense has developed a system for a pan-European, public time distribution. At the recent AltPNT Demonstration Day at the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC), Ricardo Píriz, from GMV AD’s GNSS Time and Frequency Group, explained how his company can provide Galileo System Time (GST) or Galileo UTC via existing networks.
By Peter Gutierrez
On Wednesday, June 1st, 2022, M3 Systems and TilT Consulting were declared winners for their breakthrough solution of passive radar for detection and localization of obstacles, based solely on GNSS signals.
By Inside GNSS
