Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a draft Notice of Inquiry (NOI) that, if adopted, will seek input on the development of alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technologies to complement GPS.
By Inside GNSS
Fixposition, a Swiss company specializing in high-precision global positioning solutions, combines computer vision techniques with satellite navigation to deliver accuracy in both open fields and GNSS-challenged environments.
By Inside GNSS
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Program Office and Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S), in collaboration with AEVEX Aerospace, announce the successful completion of Alternative Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) flight tests for the Resilient-Embedded GPS/INS (R-EGI) Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA).
By Inside GNSS
Hexagon | NovAtel announced it will enhance its SPAN GNSS+INS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems + Inertial Navigation System) solution by adding ground-penetrating radar sensors. To do so, NovAtel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Massachusetts-based GPR, Inc. to integrate GPR’s WaveSense ground-penetrating radar technology.
By Inside GNSS
Project Manager Positioning, Navigation and Timing’s (PM PNT’s) Mounted PNT product office has received full-rate production (FRP) approval of its Mounted Assured, Positioning, Navigation and Timing System (MAPS) Generation (GEN) II from Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S).
By Inside GNSS
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a provider of IoT and GNSS technology, has announced the launch of the LG680P, a multi-constellation, quad-band GNSS module designed to deliver high-precision positioning across a wide range of applications including precision agriculture, intelligent robots and surveying.
By Inside GNSS
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor company serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has introduced the Teseo VI family of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers aimed at high-volume precise positioning use cases.
By Inside GNSS
NextNav has announced the successful completion of lab and field demonstrations of its Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solution based on Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) standards in 5G waveforms.
By Inside GNSS
This year, the Multi-GNSS Asia Annual Conference is to be held on 4th-7th March in Phuket, Thailand, and will feature Lunar PNT and LEO PNT panel sessions, welcoming leading experts in the field.
By Inside GNSS
GEODNET Foundation, the primary steward of GEODNET, the world’s largest precision positioning network, has announced an $8M strategic round led by Multicoin Capital with participation from ParaFi and DACM, bringing the project’s total financing to date to $15M.
By Inside GNSS
Xona Space Systems, a developer of a high-performance complementary alternative to GPS, announced that it has secured a contract with Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to demonstrate and mature resilient commercial PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) solutions for DoD missions.
By Inside GNSS
Editor’s Note: Jon Damush, uAvionix CEO, provides context on existing technological safeguards that can help prevent aircraft collisions like the one near Washington, DC on Jan 29.
By Jon Damush
On February 19th, the receiver successfully acquired and tracked signals from GPS and Galileo satellites in lunar orbit, at 63 Earth radii, approximately 401,814 kilometers from Earth.
By Inside GNSS
