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Septentrio Absorbs Altus Positioning
June 15, 2015

Septentrio Absorbs Altus Positioning

Belgian GNSS manufacturer Septentrio Satellite Navigation, of Leuven, Belgium, has announced the completion of the acquisition and integration of Altus Positioning Systems, based in Torrance, California.
 
Septentrio Satellite Navigation and Altus-PS started working together in 2007. The collaboration between the two companies has already resulted in a series of such surveying and GIS-focused products as the APS-NR2, APS-3, APS-U, and APS-GeoPod. The smart antenna form factors will form a separate product line in the Septentrio product portfolio.
 

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OriginGPS Launches Miniature GPS/GLONASS Module
June 13, 2015

OriginGPS Launches Miniature GPS/GLONASS Module

OriginGPS has announced the launch of the Multi Micro Hornet, a patented, GPS/GLONASS antenna module targeting developers of “wearables” and other devices that require a small form factor, low power consumption, and high sensitivity.

The module measures 20x10x5.9 millimeters, has a signal tracking sensitivity of –165dBm, according to the company. It incorporates OriginGPS’s patented and proprietary Noise Free Zone (NFZ) technology designed to provide high sensitivity and noise immunity under marginal signal conditions.

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Septentrio Launches OEM Receiver Targeting UAS

Septentrio Launches OEM Receiver Targeting UAS

AsteRx-m UAS

Septentrio has launched its AsteRx-m UAS, an OEM GNSS receiver specially designed for the unmanned aerial systems market.
 
According to the Leuven, Belgium–based company, the AsteRx-m UAS — Septentrio’s smallest receiver — provides real-time kinematic–level positioning accuracy with low power consumption, less than 600 milliwatts with GPS alone and less than 700 milliwatts with GLONASS.
 

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Still Not a Thing, Part 2
May 26, 2015

Still Not a Thing, Part 2

One of the first feature articles I wrote as a newly minted GNSS magazine editor 26 years ago was about an advanced rail traffic management system based on GPS that Burlington Northern, with the help of Rockwell Collins, had designed and implemented.

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Forsberg Acquires Starlink GNSS Accessories Product Line
May 1, 2015

Forsberg Acquires Starlink GNSS Accessories Product Line

Forsberg Services Ltd. has announced its recent acquisition of the StarLink product line from Raven Industries. StarLink products include inline amplifiers, coaxial down/up converters and fiber-optic link systems to enable and support extended cable runs for GNSS in navigation and time synchronization applications.
 

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Novatel Launches Multi-GNSS Wideband Antenna
April 23, 2015

Novatel Launches Multi-GNSS Wideband Antenna

NovAtel GPS-704-WB antenna

NovAtel Inc. today (April 23, 2015) launched the GPS-704-WB antenna, a wideband antenna that supports L-band as well as the frequencies of all current GNSS constellations (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou), including B3 and E6 signals. Customers can use this antenna for GPS-only or multi-constellation applications, providing excellent flexibility for application developers, according to the company.

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Russian Certification Center Chooses R&S Solution for ERA-GLONASS Emergency Call System Testing
April 15, 2015

Russian Certification Center Chooses R&S Solution for ERA-GLONASS Emergency Call System Testing

Rohde & Schwarz CMW ERA-Glonass eCall test setup

Munich, Germany–based Rohde & Schwarz has announced that the Certification Center Svyaz-Certificate in Russia is now using the R&S CMW500 to certify ERA-GLONASS systems in line with the technical regulation On Safety of Wheeled Vehicles (TR CU 018/2011), a standard adopted by the customs union of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.

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KCS TraceME RF Positioning Enhancement Targets IoT Apps

KCS TraceME RF Positioning Enhancement Targets IoT Apps

TraceME with LoRa module

KCS BV, based in Dordrecht, Netherlands, has extended its TraceME product line with an advanced module, targeted for worldwide mobility in the Internet of Things  (IoT) era.

The latest development of the TraceME GPS/GPRS Track and Trace module will incorporate an RF location–based positioning solution with LoRa technology. According to the company, this combination enables “smart objects” to become even smarter, because LoRa enables long-range, battery-friendly communication in a wide variety of machine-to-machine (M2M) applications.

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