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Jackson Labs Launches Galileo-Enabled Multi-GNSS Disciplined Oscillators
July 27, 2016

Jackson Labs Launches Galileo-Enabled Multi-GNSS Disciplined Oscillators

A First-to-Market Galileo Update for Numerous JLT Products Allows Concurrent Operation of GPS/Glonass/BeiDou With the New Galileo Satellite Navigation System — Improving Performance and Reliability

Jackson Labs Technologies, Inc. (JLT), a designer and manufacturer GNSS, timing and frequency equipment, has announced several new products with full support for Europe’s Galileo system, including a Galileo-Enabled Multi-GNSS Disciplined Oscillator (GNSDO) and a free software retrofit that adds Galileo functionality to existing products.

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Jade Morton: The Long and Scintillating Road
July 17, 2016

Jade Morton: The Long and Scintillating Road

Jade Morton, in the front row at the right, with her sisters and grandmother

>>Jade Morton’s Compass Points

Yu — or Jade, in English — Morton is an electrical engineer, a professor at Colorado State University (bound for the University of Colorado Boulder in 2017), and a shining star in the world of GNSS. She left work for eight years to be a full-time mother, then returned to a university professorship and high-level research, where she has been recognized for her work on ionospheric effects on global navigation satellite systems.

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Spirent Announces New GNSS Simulator
July 6, 2016

Spirent Announces New GNSS Simulator

GSS7000

Spirent Communications has launched the GSS7000 series of multi-frequency, multi-GNSS RF constellation simulators.

The GSS7000 series emulates all civil GNSS systems and regional augmentation systems, and allows devices to be tested under a multitude of operating environments and error conditions. According to Spirent, the GSS7000 has the flexibility to reconfigure satellite constellations, channels and frequencies between test runs or test cases. Four software control variants are offered: SimTEST, SimREPLAY, SimREPLAYplus, and SimGEN.

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New Royal Institute of Navigation Honors for Terry Moore

New Royal Institute of Navigation Honors for Terry Moore

University of Nottingham Professor Terry Moore

Terry Moore, director of the Nottingham Geospatial Institute (NGI) at the University of Nottingham, will receive the J. E. D. Williams Medal on July 19 for his significant and varied contributions to the Royal Institute of Navigation (UK), in particular his leading role in staging its major conferences.

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New Engineering Team at NovAtel Focuses on Positioning Technology for Autonomous Vehicles
May 17, 2016

New Engineering Team at NovAtel Focuses on Positioning Technology for Autonomous Vehicles

NovAtel Inc. announced today (May 17, 2016) a new corporate initiative to develop functionally safe GNSS positioning technology for fully autonomous applications.

A provider of high-precision GNSS products for more than 20 years, NovAtel is leveraging its extensive experience developing safety-critical systems for the aviation industry to meet the future safety thresholds required for driverless cars and autonomous applications in agriculture, mining, and other government, military and commercial markets.

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Mayflower Receives Small GPS User Equipment Contract
May 14, 2016

Mayflower Receives Small GPS User Equipment Contract

Mayflower NavAssure 125

Mayflower Communications Company, Inc., has been awarded a Phase III SGUE (small GPS user equipment) contract with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), sponsored by the Space and Missile Systems Center/GPS Directorate (SMC/GPSD), to develop a small SWaP (size, weight, and power) security certifiable Common GPS Module (CGM) for the Air Force’s Modernized GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Program.

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Trimble Introduces Multi-GNSS Module for System Integrators
May 5, 2016

Trimble Introduces Multi-GNSS Module for System Integrators

Trimble MB-Two module

Trimble has introduced its dual-antenna MB-Two GNSS module, which delivers GNSS-based heading plus pitch or roll in an industry-standard form factor for system integrators.

According to Trimble, the module’s embedded Z-Blade GNSS technology uses all available dual-frequency GNSS signals equally, without any constellation preference, to deliver fast and stable centimeter-accurate position and heading information. The MB-Two is designed as a solution for a variety of applications such as unmanned, agriculture, automotive, marine, and military systems.

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Swiss Firm Launches u-blox 8 Module

Swiss Firm Launches u-blox 8 Module

u-blox has released its 8 module series that addresses user needs for power-sensitive operation. A derivative of the u-blox 8 GPS/GLONASS receiver platform launched in January, the module is related to the u-blox M8 platform that targets applications where navigation performance and high accuracy are paramount.

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KVH Reveals Plans to Build FOG Sensor for Self-Driving Cars
April 28, 2016

KVH Reveals Plans to Build FOG Sensor for Self-Driving Cars

In this photo, the red illumination represents light moving through the FOG’s optical circuit of coiled fiber; this circuit is the FOG’s sensing unit and can be mounted with power and processing electronics within a driverless car to provide precise data for the car’s navigation systems. KVH photo

KVH Industries, Inc., says that it is developing a fiber optic gyro (FOG)–based, low-cost inertial sensor for self-driving cars, based on its successes in autonomous vehicle prototype programs and a wide range of unmanned applications.

The Middletown, Rhode Island–based company also announced that it has introduced a developer’s kit to support integration and testing of FOG-based inertial measurement units (IMUs) for driverless cars.

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