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November 30, 2011

LightSquared Postpones International Expansion Effort

LightSquared has dropped, for now, efforts to expand its wireless broadband plans to markets in other countries, Inside GNSS has learned.

The Virginia firm was working this summer on proposals to the International Telecommunication Union, including one aimed at addressing compatibility issues between ground stations or “complementary ground components” of mobile satellite services and other frequency-using services.

By Inside GNSS

Spirent Launches TestDrive-GNSS Automation Software

Spirent Communications has announced the launch of its new automation and reporting tool, TestDrive-GNSS for SimGEN- and SimREPLAYplus-controlled GNSS test systems. TestDrive-GNSS automates the testing process to significantly reduce overhead costs and testing times associated with characterization of GNSS devices.

By Inside GNSS

November 17, 2011

ITT Excelis, Chronos Technology Team Up for GNSS IDM Offerings

ITT Exelis and Chronos Technology Ltd. announced today (November 17, 2011) that they have agreed to jointly pursue and develop product offerings for the GNSS interference, detection and mitigation (IDM) market.

By Inside GNSS

November 16, 2011

True3D HUD Wins Global SatNav Competition

A San Francisco Bay Area company — Making Virtual Solid–California (MVSC), which snared a trio of awards in a global GNSS competition for its novel approach to driver assistance, is still in early phases of development.

The origins of the company, however, go back more than 40 years to the Cold War era when its principals, Chris Grabowski and Tom Zamojdo, were studying physics and theoretical mathematics at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

But more about that later — first, the news.

By Inside GNSS

November 10, 2011

NavX-NCS Essential: IFEN Begins Shipments of New Multi-GNSS Constellation Simulator

IFEN GmbH has begun shipping its new NavX-NCS Essential, a multi‐constellation and single‐frequency GNSS RF navigation constellation simulator mainly targeting consumer and automotive applications.

The new simulator was developed in cooperation with WORK Microwave GmbH, of Holzkirchen, Germany, a long-time partner of Poing, Germany– based IFEN.

By Inside GNSS

November 9, 2011

Nov Atel Launches GNSS Iono Scintillation and TEC Monitor Receiver

NovAtel Inc. has introduced its GPStation-6 GNSS Ionospheric Scintillation and TEC Monitor (GISTM) receiver designed for ionospheric monitoring and space weather applications.

By Inside GNSS

November 8, 2011

GPS Coalition To FCC: LightSquared Must Not Use Upper 10-MHz Band

[Update November 9 2011] In an ex parte filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 8, a leading GPS advocacy group has asked that the agency “promptly rule” that LightSquared not be permitted to pursue high-powered terrestrial operations in the upper Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) band adjacent to the GPS L1 band.

By Inside GNSS

October 28, 2011

Spirent Adds Compass/BeiDou-2 Capability to GSS8000 Simulator

In response to recent public announcements on the readiness of the BeiDou-2 navigation system and the planned release of the signal Interface Control Document (ICD), Spirent Communications plc has announced support for the Compass Navigation Satellite System (CNSS) on its GSS8000 navigation technology test system.

By Inside GNSS

October 20, 2011

Augmented Reality System Wins Top Prizes in 2011 European Satellite Navigation Competition

MVS-California, LLC, winner of the USA Challenge, took the top global prize in this year’s European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) with the company’s True3D Head Up Display & Navigation System.
The company’s innovation is an augmented reality navigational display engine designed to provide non-distracting, translucent location guidance to untrained operators of any type of vehicle.

By Inside GNSS

September 30, 2011

LightSquared Interference to GPS Reports Pack the Room at ION GNSS 2011

While a representative for a proposed broadband network assured attendees at a recent satellite navigation meeting that their telecom system could co-exist with the Global Positioning System, a panel of GPS experts raised new doubts about the broadband system and interference from its handsets.

By Inside GNSS

Historical Monument App Wins USA Challenge “People’s Choice” Award at ION GNSS 2011

Georeader, a free Android Smartphone app that allows written text to be placed at any GPS location, was the audience favorite of five USA Challenge GNSS application idea contest finalists profiled at the September ION GNSS 2011 conference in Portland, Oregon.

By Inside GNSS

September 14, 2011

Locata Passes USAF CDR, Technology Adopted by Leica, Launches at ION GNSS 2011

Locata Corporation and the U.S. Air Force have announced that the Australia-based company has successfully completed the critical Design Review (CDR) contract phase for a Locata network that will enable the U.S. Air Force to deploy a new ground-based, centimeter-accurate "truth-reference level" positioning system for use in GPS-denied environments.

By Inside GNSS

August 31, 2011

2010 USA Challenge Winner to Test Mobile Voting App at ION GNSS in September

The 2011 USA Challenge will give ION GNSS participants a chance to pick their favorite satellite navigation application from this year’s contest using eVotz, a mobile voting platform that won the competition last year.

By Inside GNSS

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European Commission Rolls Out Free Software for EGNOS Developers...

LightSquared Postpones International Expansion Effort

Spirent Launches TestDrive-GNSS Automation Software

ITT Excelis, Chronos Technology Team Up for GNSS IDM Offerings

True3D HUD Wins Global SatNav Competition

NavX-NCS Essential: IFEN Begins Shipments of New Multi-GNSS Constellation Simulator

Nov Atel Launches GNSS Iono Scintillation and TEC Monitor Receiver

GPS Coalition To FCC: LightSquared Must Not Use Upper 10-MHz Band

Spirent Adds Compass/BeiDou-2 Capability to GSS8000 Simulator

Augmented Reality System Wins Top Prizes in 2011 European Satellite Navigation Competition

LightSquared Interference to GPS Reports Pack the Room at ION GNSS 2011

Historical Monument App Wins USA Challenge “People’s Choice” Award at ION GNSS 2011

Locata Passes USAF CDR, Technology Adopted by Leica, Launches at ION GNSS 2011

2010 USA Challenge Winner to Test Mobile Voting App at ION GNSS in September