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May 11, 2020

Galileo Green Lane Speeds Border Crossings of Essential Goods

A new mobile app, Galileo Green Lane, facilitates the free movement of freight, reduces waiting times at European Union borders, and prioritizes essential goods during pandemic response. The app uses Galileo positioning services to address the needs of border control authorities and truck drivers, with two intuitive user interfaces. The app was developed by the European GNSS Agency (GSA) in collaboration with the European Commission.

By Inside GNSS

Qinertia PPK Software From SBG Systems Now Open to all IMUs, GNSS Receivers

Qinertia, a PPK software from SBG Systems, now supports third-party Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and offers a GNSS post-processing license that covers all major GNSS receivers.

By Inside GNSS

April 23, 2020

FCC Chooses “Broadcast-Till-You-Break-It” GPS Interference Standard

In its order allowing Ligado Networks to use satellite frequencies for on-the-ground wireless, the Federal Communications Commission set conditions on the firm’s operations, but only at the very tail end. Those conditions are there to help protect GPS receivers from interference — interference the FCC acknowledges as being quite possible.

By Dee Ann Divis

April 21, 2020

Opposition to Ligado Plan Remains Strong During Wait for Final Order

Though the FCC approved Ligado Networks’ request to use satellite frequencies to support terrestrial 5G, opposition to the move remains firm as everyone waits to see what kind of measures are included in the final decision to protect GPS from interference.

By Dee Ann Divis

Homeland Security Offers Free Testing for GPS Equipment

The Department of Homeland Security is offering to test GPS equipment used in critical infrastructure to see how resilient it is against spoofing.

The effort is part of the GPS Testing for Critical Infrastructure or GET-CI program supported by DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate.

By Dee Ann Divis

April 20, 2020

FCC Unanimously Approves Ligado Plan; Questions, Opposition Remain

The five members of the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to approve a request by Ligado Networks to use satellite frequencies neighboring those used by GPS to broadcast from ground antennas for 5G, the agency announced Monday morning.

By Dee Ann Divis

April 16, 2020

Lead-up to Impending Ligado Decision Started with 10 years of Testing and Controversy

Federal Communications Chairman Ajit Pai’s step this week toward approving Ligado Networks’ request to use its satellite frequencies for a terrestrial 5G service comes after nearly a decade of testing that showed both versions of their proposal would interfere with GPS users.

By Dee Ann Divis

I Went Down to the Crossroads

We stand at an existential crossroads while someone else decides our future. I don’t mean the choice of direction, currently roiling the front pages, that pits the national health against the national economy. No, this one doesn’t get the attention it deserves, outside of the PNT and the telecom communities, though arguably it could have equally long-running and widespread, perhaps catastrophic effects.

By Alan Cameron

FCC Chairman Moves Forward on Ligado Approval Interfering with GPS

“Ligado’s planned usage will likely harm military capabilities, particularly for the U.S. Space Force, and have major impact on the national economy,” two ranking Senators and a Representative wrote. The timing could not be worse, they said to allow what “is fundamentally a bad deal for America’s national and economic security.”

By Dee Ann Divis

April 13, 2020

Multi-agency Report Opposing Ligado Request Could Be Last Element in Controversy

Thirteen agencies responsible for much if not most of the nation’s military, civil, security and economic activity say Ligado Networks’ plan to use satellite frequencies for 5G communications would interfere with GPS users in general and DOD use in particular.

By Dee Ann Divis

April 9, 2020

Joint Navigation Conference Moves to September

JNC 2020, the largest U.S. military Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and GPS conference, has been rescheduled for September 8–11, 2020 at the same two locations near Cincinnati, Ohio.

By Inside GNSS

Galileo IOV Engineering Model Payload Testbed Facility’

Hidden Siblings of the GNSS

GPS keeps a digital twin sequestered in El Segundo, California. Galileo has an Earth-bound space vehicle in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, straining at its bonds, yearning to break free and fly with its brethren. Both constellation “ghosts” exist in an eerie testing twilight, being made to replicate the movements and reactions of their free-flying families. Their sacrifices could lead to better, more robust satellites in future generations.

By Alan Cameron

April 8, 2020

Breaking Tech: Take It to the Limit One More Time

Knowledge gained in close study of post-processed GNSS/INS data from very high-dynamic aerial maneuvers can improve position monitoring in machine control, precision agriculture and other industrial applications.

By Inside GNSS

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Galileo Green Lane Speeds Border Crossings of Essential Goods

Qinertia PPK Software From SBG Systems Now Open to all IMUs, GNSS Receivers

FCC Chooses “Broadcast-Till-You-Break-It” GPS Interference Standard

Opposition to Ligado Plan Remains Strong During Wait for Final Order

Homeland Security Offers Free Testing for GPS Equipment

FCC Unanimously Approves Ligado Plan; Questions, Opposition Remain

Lead-up to Impending Ligado Decision Started with 10 years of Testing and Controversy

I Went Down to the Crossroads

FCC Chairman Moves Forward on Ligado Approval Interfering with GPS

Multi-agency Report Opposing Ligado Request Could Be Last Element in Controversy

Joint Navigation Conference Moves to September

Hidden Siblings of the GNSS

Breaking Tech: Take It to the Limit One More Time