Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The fourteenth GPS-Wireless conference, originally scheduled for March 22 in Las Vegas, has been postponed until fall 2010, said conference owner Kevin Dennehy. No date has been announced.
By Inside GNSS
Paper abstracts are due by January 20 for the 2010 AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America conference next summer. They must be submitted online at the AUVSI website.
By Inside GNSS
The largest annual event focusing on international ground, air and maritime unmanned systems will take place this year at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver from August 24 through 27 2010.
It is sponsored by the industry organization, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).
Organizers expect 5,000 people from 30 countries to attend the four days of general sessions, workshops, poster sessions and live demonstrations of civil, commercial and military applications.
By Inside GNSS
François Erceau, Ashtech vice-president & general managerOne of the oldest names in the GNSS industry — Ashtech — is returning to the marketplace as both a corporate identity and branded product line.
Magellan Professional announced January 7 that the France- and California-based company had renamed itself Ashtech, confirming the staying power of a precision technology brand that first appeared in 1987.
By Inside GNSS
Loran on ice(UPDATED January 7, January 12) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) posted a notice in the Federal Register on January 7 certifying that termination of the Loran-C signal will not adversely affect the safety of maritime navigation and that decommission will begin on February 8 with all Loran stations expected to cease transmitting the Loran-C signal by October 1, 2010.
Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security has certified that the Loran-C system infrastructure is not needed as a backup to the GPS system or to meet any other federal navigation requirement.
By Inside GNSS
The International Congress and Exhibition of Navigation Systems, Technologies and Services (Navitech) will take place at the ExpoCentre Fairgrounds in Moscow, Russia from June 1 throught June 3 2010.
Sectors covered include personal navigation equipment, cartography, navigation systems, ITS and traffic control and monitoring hardware and software, security and safety systems, LBS, surveying, OEM modules GPS/GLONASS, radio components, navigation signal simulators, differential corrections systems and inertial systems.
By Inside GNSS
The 38th Scientific Assembly of COSPAR, the committee on space research and associated events will take place at the Fair and Congress Center Bremen in the German Hanseatic city on July 18 through July 25 2010.
The organizers expect 2,500 scientists at the international biennial event, which covers all aspects of space research and technology.
By Inside GNSS
US Army soldier equipped with new Land Warrior gear, including GPS within a computer/radio subsystem (CRS) (photo: defenseimagery.mil)Officials from the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) have announced their decision to optimize the GPS constellation over the next two years so as to improve global coverage for GPS military users in Afghanistan and Iraq. Inside GNSS reported on the initiative last November.
The need to support U.S. and allied military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, where terrain in geographically challenging areas can degrade complete coverage of GPS signals, prompted the Air Force to seek ways to improve signal coverage.
By Inside GNSS
ION GNSS 2010 in Portland, Oregon USAPaper abstracts are due on Friday, March 12 for the 2010 Institute of Navigation GNSS conference.
It will take place at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon from Tuesday evening, September 21 through Friday morning, September 24.
This will be the 23nd international technical meeting of the Satellite Division of ION. It is the world’s largest and oldest GNSS conference, founded in 1987 as the ION GPS conference.
By Inside GNSS
Oregon Convention Center from above, looking across Willamette River to downtown PortlandThe 2010 Institute of Navigation GNSS conference will take place at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon from Tuesday evening, September 21 through Friday morning, September 24.
By Inside GNSS
Reston Hyatt BallroomThe 42nd Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications meeting and industry exhibition will take place at the Hyatt Regency Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia on November 15-18.
It will focus on time dissemination, GNSS timing performance, user applications, precision time and frequency transfer techniques and future timing equipment.
PTTI Tutorials for scientists, mathematicians, engineers and anyone new to the field are scheduled on Monday, November 15.
By Inside GNSS
Block IIF satelliteThe U.S. Air Force GPS Wing and the 50th Space Wing will implement a new ground system software release on January 11 to enable telemetry, tracking, and commanding for the new GPS IIF satellites and provide over-the-air distribution of encryption keys for military user P(Y)-code equipment.
The software will be implemented by the GPS Master Control Center at Schriever AFB, Colorado.
Meanwhile, the schedules for launching the first IIF spacecraft and awarding the prime contract for modernization of the GPS operational control segment (OCX) continue to slip.
By Inside GNSS
The 24th European Frequency and Time Forum – EFTF 2010 – will take place at the European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC) in Noordwijk, Netherlands from April 13 to 16.
The special topic this year is "Time and Frequency Research, Technology and Applications in Space."
The annual international conference covers recent advances in time and frequency scientific research, industrial development and end-user applications. The associated industry exhibition features new products in those areas.
By Inside GNSS
