The Ionosphere at Work: A New Source of GPS Data and New Mathematical Models
A new data source to help scientists better understand the ionosphere and its potential impact on communications and PNT is now publicly available.
By Inside GNSSA new data source to help scientists better understand the ionosphere and its potential impact on communications and PNT is now publicly available.
By Inside GNSSNextNav 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 GNSSThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has published a GPS Receiver Whitelist Development Guide and a new release of the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Integrity Library to protect against the spoofing, or deceiving, of GPS devices through false signals.
By Inside GNSSTrimble 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
By Inside GNSSThe latest pair of Galileo satellites have touched down at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ahead of their launch together next month.
By Inside GNSSHexagon | 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.
By Inside GNSSThe European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has published an online interactive world map providing information about augmentation service providers that support Galileo. Clicking over each country shows the names of the Galileo-ready providers along with the name of the service, type of service and coverage.
By Inside GNSSProfound 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.
By Inside GNSSThe 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.
By Inside GNSSA 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.
By Inside GNSSRussia’s state space agency Roscosmos will start placing ground stations for its GLONASS navigation satellite system across China, tentatively before the end of the year, announced Roscosmos Deputy Director for International Cooperation General Sergey Saveliev.
By Inside GNSSXona 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.
By Inside GNSSSpirent 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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