Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
VectorNav showcased its new VN-310 at the recent InterGeo expo in Berlin and at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2020 conference in Washington, D.C. The VN-310 is a tactical-grade, high-performance dual antenna GNSS-aided inertial navigation system (Dual GNSS/INS).
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Hexagon | NovAtel has announced a firmware release for its OEM7 and PwrPak7 receivers that enables tracking of BeiDou B2b GNSS signals on Phase III satellites. The 7.08.00 (OM7MR0800RN0000) release allows the receivers to track all of the new BeiDou B1C, B2a and B2b signals.
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Leidos showcased its system for airborne navigation in GPS-denied environments at the recent Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2020 conference in Washington, D.C., October 11–13.The system, called Assured Data Engine for Positioning and Timing (ADEPT), compares the high-resolution camera view below a plane to a detailed satellite map.
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Collins Aerospace unveiled the second iteration of its Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System (MAPS) for warfighters at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2020 conference
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Hexagon introduced a news survey-grade GNSS RTK rover with visual positioning at the InterGeo expo in Berlin. Designed for surveying professionals to measure points which previously could not be measured with a GNSS rover easily and accurately, the Leica GS18 I captures the site in images and measures points from them, either in the field or later in the office.
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Fixposition announced its new Vision-RTK positioning sensor, a compact centimeter-accurate solution with high reliability and availability in GNSS-challenged environments, at the Intergeo Digital event and industrial exposition. The sensor’s fusion algorithm deeply integrates satellite, camera and inertial sensors for reliability and availability in diverse and challenging applications.
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Septentrio has expanded its GPS/GNSS OEM portfolio its latest high-precision GNSS receiver, the AsteRx-m3 in both base and rover formats. The new AsteRx-m3 family features GPS/GNSS OEM boards optimized for power consumption and ease of integration, with advanced anti-jamming algorithms.
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Low-noise MEMS inertial sensor and systems technology coupled with VELOX high-speed processing are integrated with a 72-channel GNSS receiver from Gladiator Technologies. The devices deliver position accuracy within 2 nautical miles per hour during GPS outages.
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Orolia Defense & Security has received security approval from SMC Production Corps (Space and Missile Command’s Production Corps, located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California) for its BroadSim MNSA (Modernized Navstar Security Algorithm), a software-defined GNSS simulator.
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Bynav (Hunan Bynav Technology Co., Ltd.), a supplier of GNSS high-precision receivers in China’s vehicle testing market, has released two commercial products: the C1 GNSS real-time kinematic (RTK) OEM receiver and A1 industrial-grade IMU-enhanced GNSS OEM receiver, based on its proprietary GNSS baseband ASIC Alita and RFIC Ripley.
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Sony Corporation announced the upcoming release of GNSS receiver large-scale integrations (LSIs) for use in IoT and wearable devices. The new receiver LSIs offer low power consumption for dual-band positioning operation at 9 mW.
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Tallysman Wireless announces a new line of AccuAuto antennas designed for autonomous vehicles, among other applications, to provide strong clean code and phase signals that enable high-precision Real Time Kinematic (RTK) and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) navigation.
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