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Topcon to Distribute Intel Falcon 8+ UAS in North America
November 1, 2016

Topcon to Distribute Intel Falcon 8+ UAS in North America

Topcon’s Intel Falcon 8+

Topcon Positioning Group will distribute Intel Corporation’s Falcon 8+ System, a V-shaped, eight-rotor unmanned aerial system (UAS) in North American markets.

Announced at Intergeo 2016 in Hamburg, Germany, the Intel Falcon 8+ features triple-redundant AscTec Trinity autopilot capability and has full electronic system redundancy, the company said. It also includes the Intel Cockpit ground control and Powerpack smart battery system.

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NovAtel and Stanford Sign Autonomous Vehicle Study Agreement

NovAtel and Stanford Sign Autonomous Vehicle Study Agreement

NovAtel has signed a contract with Stanford University for a study to determine how GNSS technology can deliver a positioning system that meets safety and accuracy requirements for autonomous land vehicles, the company said.

NovAtel said the study, to be conducted at Stanford’s GPS Research Laboratory, will build on similar aircraft research. In addition, the research will include concepts for high integrity carrier-phase algorithms, threat models, and safety monitors for improving autonomous vehicle transportation, the company said.

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Hemisphere GNSS and Carlson Offer New GNSS Receivers
October 11, 2016

Hemisphere GNSS and Carlson Offer New GNSS Receivers

Hemisphere GNSS and Carlson Software have released the Hemisphere S321 and Carlson BRx6 receivers for land surveying, construction fieldwork, and marine operations.

The lightweight and compact new receivers work with GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo, the company said. The receivers also incorporate real-time kinematic (RTK) and L-band corrections, including optimization for Hemisphere’s subscription-based Atlas GNSS global correction service, Hemisphere said.

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u-blox GNSS Module Used in Trackable Pallet
October 10, 2016

u-blox GNSS Module Used in Trackable Pallet

Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox has announced that Nikken Lease is
using the company’s GNSS module, EVA-7M, for its new trackable pallet
called Transeeker. The unit also incorporates u-blox’ LISA-U200-62
cellular module, with CellLocate hybrid positioning technology that
works with GPS data, the company said.

Nikken Lease offers customers in Japan the GNSS-enabled Transeeker
pallet as part of a rental service. Made of plastic, the pallets are
reusable to offer an ecological alternative to the wooden counterpart,
the company said.

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Trimble Rolls Out SX10 Scanning Total Station
October 7, 2016

Trimble Rolls Out SX10 Scanning Total Station

Trimble has released the SX10 scanning total station that merges high-speed 3D scanning, imaging technology, and total station measurements for surveyors, the company said.

"This is the top one or two [products] we have launched in the 20 years I’ve been here," said Ron Bisio, Trimble geospatial division vice president, at a media day in Westminster, Colorado, October 5.

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Trimble Changes Company Name
October 5, 2016

Trimble Changes Company Name

Trimble has announced that has formally changed its company name from Trimble Navigation Limited to Trimble Inc. In a further action, the company has completed its reincorporation from the State of California to the State of Delaware.
 
"Trimble’s name change reflects the evolution from our origins as a GPS products company to a leading provider of integrated information technology solutions," said Steven W. Berglund, president and CEO of Trimble. "Our new name better represents the diversity of both our technologies and markets."
 

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NovAtel Announces IMUs, Family of GNSS Antennas
September 22, 2016

NovAtel Announces IMUs, Family of GNSS Antennas

NovAtel VEXXIS antennas

NovAtel Inc. has introduced its new VEXXIS series of GNSS antennas as well as two new inertial measurement unit (IMU) products for its SPAN technology portfolio.

The VEXXIS series includes two lines of multi-constellation and multi-frequency antennas, the new GNSS-800 series and the GNSS-500 series, introduced earlier this year.

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Borden Named TAG Vice-President and COO

Borden Named TAG Vice-President and COO

John Borden, Technology Advancement Group EVP/Chief Operations Officer

Technology Advancement Group (TAG) has named John Borden as its new executive vice-president and chief operating officer (COO). Borden previously was product director, GNSS systems and vice-president, programs and technology, for the company.

Borden, who oversees TAG’s day-to-day operations, joined the company when it was awarded a U.S. Army contract to provide program of record (POR) precise positioning service — GPS survey (PPS GPS-S).

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Sensonor STIM300 Provides Inertial Data for INS Unit

Sensonor STIM300 Provides Inertial Data for INS Unit

The STIM300 inertial measurement unit from Sensonor now provides inertial data for iMAR’s iNAT-M200 inertial navigation system (INS) and for the iATTHEMO-C high-precision heading, attitude, position, and velocity reference, the Horten, Norway-based company says.

The multiband GNSS systems, after extensive testing, are in production and used by several international customers, according to Sensonor. Weighing 750 grams, the compact unit provides high accuracy with STIM300 features three gyros, accelerometers, inclinometers, and a data update rate up to 500 hertz.

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Septentrio Signs Deal with JPL, Rolls Out New GNSS Receiver

Septentrio Signs Deal with JPL, Rolls Out New GNSS Receiver

Septentrio_PolaRx5TR

Septentrio has received a contract from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 35 PolaRx5 GNSS receivers, the company said. The receivers, which consist of 25 reference stations and 10 timing instruments, will be used in the NASA Global GNSS Network (GGN).

In other company news, Septentrio rolled out its new PolaRx5TR GNSS receiver. The unit has 544 hardware channels, features a calibration circuit, and supports all major constellations including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, and IRNSS, the company said.

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