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June 29, 2012

House Action Would Thwart GPS-Aided Tracking of Commercial Trucks

Independent truck operators and a general fear of government surveillance led to passage of an amendment today (June 29, 2012) that would prohibit U.S. agencies from implementing any rule requiring GPS tracking or other devices to be installed in passenger or commercial vehicles.

In a voice vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, congressmen approved the amendment to H.R. 5972, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2013.

By Inside GNSS

June 27, 2012

ESNC Prize: Submit Your GNSS Application Idea by July 8

Time is short — the European Satellite Navigation Competition, aka Galileo Masters — is seeking the best GPS and GNSS applications ideas for this year’s contest. The deadline has been extended one week to Sunday, July 8.

By Inside GNSS

June 23, 2012

GNSS and Positioning for the Future Workshop

Northern Jutland Peninsula

A seven day workshop on GNSS and Positioning for the Future will be held at a Jutland (North Sea) resort in Denmark from August 27 through September 2, 2012. It is open all those with an interest in satellite positioning and navigation but limited to the first 50 registered participants.

The workshop will cover GNSS basics, new satellite navigation systems, arctic navigation, intelligent transportation systems and environmental monitoring, with lectures by international experts in those fields. The program and full list of lecturers are available on the event website.

By Inside GNSS

June 18, 2012

DARPA Seeks PNT Robustness, Flexibility with All Source Positioning and Navigation Program

Despite its formative role in supporting development of the Global Positioning System, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been hedging its positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technology bets for some years as emerging threat scenarios become more sophisticated and widespread.

By Inside GNSS

Leica Geosystems and Locata Extend Technology Partnership

Leica Geosystems Mining and Locata Corporation will continue their exclusive technology partnership in the mine machine automation and mine fleet management markets until at least June 2014. The extension guarantees the ongoing, commercial provision to the global mining industry of the Leica Jigsaw Positioning System (Jps), powered by Locata technology.

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GPS Coalition May Continue After LightSquared Is Gone

The organization formed to help protect GPS users from a proposed wireless broadband network likely to cause overwhelming interference to GPS devices will not disband. The Coalition to Save Our GPS not only plans to continue to operate but may expand the issues on which it works to incorporate additional topics, such as receiver standards, and perhaps even evolve into a full-fledged trade association.

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PNT Homeland Security Official Links GPS Interference to Wider Cybersecurity Concerns

The convergence of mobile communications, information, and navigation technologies is driving the need to re-examine interference and jamming issues within a broader national and international cybersecurity framework, a U.S. homeland security official told a recent conference on GNSS vulnerability.

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Trimble Presses FCC for Final LightSquared Ruling

Four months after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indicated its intention to backtrack on its conditional approval of LightSquared’s terrestrial wireless broadband network, a leading GNSS manufacturer is pressing the agency to finalize its decision.

By Inside GNSS

June 14, 2012

Inside GNSS Columnist Wins Washington D.C. ‘Watchdog’ Journalism Award

Dee Ann Divis, Washington View columnist

Dee Ann Divis, Inside GNSS’s Washington correspondent¸ was named the winner of the Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C., Professional Chapter’s highest journalistic award, the Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award, for her work with the magazine.

By Dee Ann Divis

L-3 IEC Announces First-Ever Successful Gun Firing of Next-Generation M-Code GPS Receiver

L-3 IEC Tru-Trak SIP

L-3 Communications announced today (June 14, 2012) that its Interstate Electronics Corporation (L-3 IEC) business has successfully completed multiple test firings of its next-generation Military Code (M-code) GPS receiver technology.

This milestone represents a significant breakthrough in GPS receiver modernization and validates the unit’s survivability and performance in extreme, guided munitions environments, according to an L-3 IEC news release.

By Inside GNSS

June 1, 2012

Global GNSS IC Market to Reach $3.3 Billion by 2016

Chip-level GPS and other GNSS technologies are now moving beyond mass markets such as mobile phones and traditional navigation devices, with a global market predict to ship about 1.8 billion OEM units at a value of more than $3.3 billion by 2016, according to a new ABI Research report.

By Inside GNSS

May 31, 2012

GSA Issues Second GNSS Market Report: 1.1 Billion Units by 2020

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has published its second GNSS market report, including a special focus on maritime and surveying application markets and refining its projections of unit and sales revenue volumes through 2020.

According to the new GSA report, the worldwide GNSS market is growing rapidly with total market size expected to increase at an average of 13 percent per year until 2016. At that point, increasing market saturation, price erosion, and platform convergence will reduce the growth rate.

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Senate Proposal Could Gut Research into GPS-Aided Crash Avoidance

Tied up in the long-running fight over reauthorizing the Highway Trust Fund is funding for a program to develop GPS-enabled crash avoidance technology for vehicles.

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House Action Would Thwart GPS-Aided Tracking of Commercial Trucks

ESNC Prize: Submit Your GNSS Application Idea by July 8

GNSS and Positioning for the Future Workshop

DARPA Seeks PNT Robustness, Flexibility with All Source Positioning and Navigation Program

Leica Geosystems and Locata Extend Technology Partnership

GPS Coalition May Continue After LightSquared Is Gone

PNT Homeland Security Official Links GPS Interference to Wider Cybersecurity Concerns

Trimble Presses FCC for Final LightSquared Ruling

Inside GNSS Columnist Wins Washington D.C. ‘Watchdog’ Journalism Award

L-3 IEC Announces First-Ever Successful Gun Firing of Next-Generation M-Code GPS Receiver

Global GNSS IC Market to Reach $3.3 Billion by 2016

GSA Issues Second GNSS Market Report: 1.1 Billion Units by 2020

Senate Proposal Could Gut Research into GPS-Aided Crash Avoidance