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February 14, 2020

White House Order to Make GPS Resilience Part of Federal Contract Requirements

A new White House executive order gives the federal government a year to develop and test profiles for the responsible use of space-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) — better practices that it must then incorporate into federal contracting requirements forcritical infrastructure suppliers.

By Dee Ann Divis

February 13, 2020

GNSS Receivers Keep Mapping Drone at Optimal Distance from Rugged Terrain

Keeping a mapping drone at a safe distance from rugged vertical terrain during its mission requires intense planning and a GNSS-enabled technology called “terrain following.” A new online video series and free webinar document the real-life challenges and hazards that professional surveyors encounter in their work, this among them.

By Inside GNSS

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February 12, 2020

Private Location Data Bought and Sold; FCC Fines Possibly Pending

Americans by the millions are being tracked through their cell phones, using location data sold both legally and, apparently, illegally. The buyers-users range from marketers and bounty hunters to border enforcement groups within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

By Dee Ann Divis

February 7, 2020

Navigate Any Environment, Road or Underground

Three different low-cost sensor integrations, covering vehicle navigation in a range of environments, will be covered in a February 12 webinar, “Automotive-Grade GNSS + Inertial for Robust Navigation.”

By Inside GNSS

February 5, 2020

European Space Agency Looks at 2020

European Space Agency (ESA) top brass welcomed journalists to the Agency’s headquarters in Paris for its annual New Year’s press launch. On hand was the Director General as well as ESA’s Galileo guru Paul Verhoef, who spoke one-on-one with Inside GNSS.

By Peter Gutierrez

February 3, 2020

Characterizing GNSS Interference from Low-Earth Orbit

2017 and 2018 saw unprecedented GNSS interference activity, from the eastern Mediterranean to Norway and Finland. Syria emerged as a testbed for electronic warfare capabilities. In April 2018, General Raymond Thomas, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, referred to the region as “the most aggressive electronic warfare environment on the planet.”

By Inside GNSS

GNSS Compare: Real-time Algorithms with Raw GNSS Measurement on Android Smartphones

An Android mobile application, GNSS Compare can provide a real-time position using Galileo and GPS dual frequencies. It directly logs data from the real-time algorithms, and the retrieved files are used for analysis.

By Ciuban & Krainski, et al.

January 31, 2020

SAPA and SPARTN GNSS Corrections Roll Out from SAPCORDA Joint Venture

Sapcorda Services GmbH announced the release of its Safe And Precise Augmentation (SAPA) Premium GNSS positioning service, providing GNSS corrections via internet and satellite.

By Inside GNSS

January 30, 2020

Telecomm Sat Signals in GPS Backup; DoT Demo Coming

Echo Ridge LLC of Sterling, Virginia has been working with the Air Force Research Laboratory Center for Rapid Innovation to develop a way to determine position from non-GPS satellite signals in different frequency bands.

By Inside GNSS

January 28, 2020

Wheel-mounted MEMS IMU for Vehicular Navigation

A wheel-mounted inertial measurement unit provides high-rate (2 kHz) bias-free data for vehicle navigation, road-quality measurement systems and instantaneous wheel dynamics estimation for vehicle stability control.

By Oleg Mezentsev & Jussi Collin

January 27, 2020

Galileo Distress Acknowledgment Message Now Active

The Galileo Return Link Service, which sends an automatic acknowledgement message to people activating a distress signal, in distress to receive automatic acknowledgement that their signal has been received, was declared operational on January 21.

By Inside GNSS

January 24, 2020

BAE Systems Will Acquire Collins Military GPS Business

BAE Systems has entered a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement to acquire Collins Aerospace’s Military GPS business for $1.925 billion, and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios division for $275 million.

By Inside GNSS

January 22, 2020

Washington View: Ligado Controversy Remains Unresolved

Despite a surge of activity at the end of the year, the FCC has not yet ruled on a request by Ligado Networks to use its spectrum for a terrestrial network. It is unclear what will inspire federal regulators to finally decide.

By Dee Ann Divis

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White House Order to Make GPS Resilience Part of Federal Contract Requirements

GNSS Receivers Keep Mapping Drone at Optimal Distance from Rugged Terrain

Private Location Data Bought and Sold; FCC Fines Possibly Pending

Navigate Any Environment, Road or Underground

European Space Agency Looks at 2020

Characterizing GNSS Interference from Low-Earth Orbit

GNSS Compare: Real-time Algorithms with Raw GNSS Measurement on Android Smartphones

SAPA and SPARTN GNSS Corrections Roll Out from SAPCORDA Joint Venture

Telecomm Sat Signals in GPS Backup; DoT Demo Coming

Wheel-mounted MEMS IMU for Vehicular Navigation

Galileo Distress Acknowledgment Message Now Active

BAE Systems Will Acquire Collins Military GPS Business

Washington View: Ligado Controversy Remains Unresolved