Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Saab, the Swedish defense and security company, and Maxar recently demonstrated a solution to GPS-denied environments by integrating Maxar’s 3D DATA and Precision 3D Registration (P3DR) technology into the Gripen E, the combat fighter jet
By Inside GNSS
NextNav and Satelles, Inc. have partnered on an alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) testbed in the San Francisco Bay Area. Designed and managed by NextNav with a timing source from Satelles, the testbed creates scenarios and conditions to rigorously test the precision and resilience of alternative PNT solutions
By Inside GNSS
Trimble launched its DA2 GNSS receiver for the Trimble Catalyst positioning service. The DA2 second-generation receiver and antenna for the Catalyst service now includes the Trimble ProPoint GNSS engine
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The European satellite service provider (ESSP) placed Charlotte Neyret, former European Development Director for Thales Alenia Space, at its helm as chief executive officer.ESSP manages EGNOS, the European GNSS satellite-based augmentation system.
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Hexagon | NovAtel updated their GPS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) portfolio. A provider of assured positioning, navigation and timing (APNT) products, NovAtel introduced the new GAJT-710 line with several enhancements over the previous generation.
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u-blox announced a new GNSS evaluation software, u-center 2, running on Microsoft Windows and offering anyone working with tenth-generation u-blox GNSS technology a highly intuitive interface to configure GNSS products, evaluate their performance, improve the quality of their software,
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Profound Positioning Inc., a provider of navigation and positioning software, announced its Instant Vehicle Tracking (IVT) solution, using GNSS and multi-sensor fusion to achieve decimeter-level accuracy in a cost-effective solution for safer, more efficient driving.
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The U.S. Army has put its replacement for the handheld Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) under field testing in reconnaissance and fire missions in a variety of threat scenarios, to understand its performance in a realistic operational environment. The Dismounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System (DAPS) could enable warfighters to better shoot, move and communicate in a GPS degraded environment.
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SBG Systems’ popular INS/GNSS PPK software called Qinertia is now available to users of Septentrio AsteRx-i3 D Pro+, AsteRx-i3 S Pro+ and AsteRx SBi3 Pro+ receivers.
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A robotic cane integrating a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and an on-board computer offers indoor navigation assistance to blind and visually impaired users.
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Xona Space Systems announced that completion of a new funding round will support the company’s first orbital mission, scheduled for mid-2022, to demonstrate the capabilities of its Pulsar precision low-Earth orbit (LEO) PNT service, an independent high-performance satellite navigation and timing system designed to meet the needs of intelligent systems.
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Spirent Communications and Qascom announced a simulation test solution for the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA), the security protocol which enables GNSS receivers to verify the authenticity of signals distributed from the Galileo satellite constellation.
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Spirent Communications has launched GNSS Foresight, a cloud-based solution that empowers GNSS users with advance knowledge about the strength and reliability of GNSS signals in exact locations within their operational areas. The service will have early application for aviation, unmanned and autonomous platforms, but Spirent VP Jeremy Bennington told Inside GNSS that its potential is far wider.
By Inside GNSS