Shift to the Cloud at the Core of Restaged OCX Program
Key details are emerging about how Air Force managers are working to pull into line the substantially delayed and over budget program to build a new GPS ground system.
By Inside GNSSKey details are emerging about how Air Force managers are working to pull into line the substantially delayed and over budget program to build a new GPS ground system.
By Inside GNSSUshering in a new era of advanced Global Positioning System technology, the U.S. Air Force this week declared the first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite “Available for Launch.”
The Air Force’s “AFL” declaration is the final acceptance of Lockheed Martin’s first GPS III Space Vehicle (GPS III SV01) prior to its expected 2018 launch. GPS III SV01 will bring new capabilities to U.S. and allied military forces, and a new civil signal that will improve future connectivity worldwide for commercial and civilian users.
By Inside GNSSThe Research and Training Unit for Navigational Electronics and the Department of Civil Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad are conducting a 3-day workshop on GNSS.
The main objective of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of GNSS, its applications and its limitations.
This basic course will cover the topics:
• Principle of operation of GPS or any GNSS system
• Architecture of variopus systems including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou and NavIC
• Errors in GPS or GNSS
• Principle of operation and architecture
• Signal structure of GNSSs, DGSPS, augmentation systems, WADGPS
• Applications of GNSS in the areas of Civil Engineering, Aviation, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Forest, Atmospheric and Environmental fields
Participants
Expected participants are working engineers, scientists, academicians, research scholars and students interested to understand the mechanism of GNSS and its applications.
The nation’s leading satellite navigation experts have invited Ligado Networks, a firm whose plans are widely viewed by many as a threat to satnav, to present at their November 15 meeting. If the company accepts, it could illuminate the structure of the terrestrial service it has in mind and either ease, or add fuel to, the ongoing dispute between Ligado and the GPS community.
By Dee Ann DivisIf all goes as planned, Columbus, Ohio will become one of the smarter cities around, using drones to deliver medical supplies, autonomous shuttles for college students, and a smart infrastructure that will help with buses, traffic congestion, collision avoidance for both vehicles and pedestrians, and much more.
By Inside GNSSEditor’s Note: Logan Scott, a GPS signal expert and a consultant specializing in radio frequency signal processing and waveform design for communications, navigation, and other systems, wrote this report following an incident at the ION GNSS+ 2017 conference in which spoofing by a GNSS signal generator affected numerous smartphones.
By Inside GNSSDr. John Betz will be teaching “Using Advanced GNSS Signals and Systems” (Course 541) at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, October 23-26, 2017. This intensive and unique NavtechGPS course enables attendees to achieve proficiency, not merely familiarity, with the essential aspects of using GPS/GNSS signals and systems.
By Inside GNSSAs a child Stan Honey taught himself navigation and he admits he was “always good at math” and “just found navigation interesting.”
When he shared his many tales with the crowd in the Oregon Ballroom Tuesday night at the ION GNSS+ during the Plenary Session, the Yale- and Stanford-trained engineer entertained the audience with a wealth of information on early navigation systems, current navigation technologies, and how he and his colleagues developed many of the systems used to enhance the way millions of fans watch sports on television.
By Inside GNSSIf all goes as planned the world’s satellite navigation providers will be launching dozens of satellites between now and the end of the decade.
The activity just this year and next is remarkable, said John Betz of the MITRE Corp., who co-chaired the panel with José- Ángel Ávila-Rodriguez of the European Space Agency.
By Inside GNSSThe battle lines over restructuring the management of military space were drawn sharply Sept. 18 when the Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.
By Inside GNSS1. Mangrove Tree-Planting Drones
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Today’s headlines frame my thoughts about securing GNSS assets, which one expert has characterized as our “least visible and most vulnerable infrastructure.”
By Inside GNSSLockheed Martin announced that its second-generation satellite-based augmentation system (2nd Gen SBAS) testbed started broadcasting in dual frequency, multi-constellation (DFMC) during testing this week that was moved up from originally scheduled dates.
By Inside GNSS