Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Here, in no particular order save vaguely chronological, are the editor’s picks for Top Twelve GNSS and PNT Tech Stories of 2020: those that heralded technical breakthroughs significant for their time, that will continue to roll out wide-reaching developmental advances in 2021 and beyond.
By Alan Cameron
The Federal Aviation Administration has released its final Remote Identification (RID) Rule for unmanned aircraft (UA). While GPS/GNSS has been used to advantage aboard many UAVs, this means that a satnav receiver will be mandated aboard all UAVs governed by the Rule that wish to fly in U.S. airspace. Thus a promising potential market opens up into a virtually “guaranteed” — and very significant — market for the GNSS industry.
The latest release from Hexagon promises precise point positioning (PPP) convergence in less than a minute for centimeter-level accuracy on land, air and marine applications around the world.
By Inside GNSS
Korea will inaugurate its own satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS), the Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS), sometime in 2022, with signals broadcast over the East Asian region from adjunct payloads aboard two geostationary communications satellites.
By Inside GNSS
Hexagon | NovAtel introduces GNSS Resilience and Integrity Technology (GRIT), a suite of firmware features enabling trusted situational awareness and interference mitigation tools across applications and environments.
By Inside GNSS
Dual-frequency GNSS and recent advances in inertial technology combine with advanced software algorithms to deliver high-performance real-time positioning in robotics, UAV survey, photogrammetry and intelligent vehicles — at a level only achievable previously with survey-grade equipment.
By Inside GNSS
Septentrio, a provider of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, expands its GNSS module portfolio with mosaic-H heading receiver.
By Inside GNSS
In September, the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) started broadcasting a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) signal over Africa and the Indian Ocean. This marks the first SBAS open service in the region, modeled based on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
By Inside GNSS
Hexagon | NovAtel has announced a firmware release for its OEM7 and PwrPak7 receivers that enables tracking of BeiDou B2b GNSS signals on Phase III satellites. The 7.08.00 (OM7MR0800RN0000) release allows the receivers to track all of the new BeiDou B1C, B2a and B2b signals.
By Inside GNSS
The high-accuracy tactical-grade STIM277H Gyro module and STIM377H Inertial Measurement Unit are based on experiences and requirements from serving customers in the space segment during the last decade.
Market-leading SPAN technology from Hexagon | NovAtel delivers precise positioning, attitude, velocity and heave measurements.
Hexagon | VERIPOS is proud to introduce SPAN GNSS+INS technology from NovAtel, also part of Hexagon, into the offshore oil and gas marine market. NovAtel and its SPAN technology accelerated development in GNSS positioning, sensor fusion and inertial navigation systems for over 15 years.
By Inside GNSS
Autonomy has become the new goal of off-road machine control. Collaboration between NovAtel and AutonomouStuff, both part of Hexagon, has produced sensing and positioning kits to accelerate autonomous development for off-road applications.
By Inside GNSS
GMV Innovating Solutions Limited, the UK aerospace company belonging to the Spanish technology multinational GMV, has signed a merger agreement with Nottingham Scientific Limited (NSL).
By Inside GNSS
The launch of a GLONASS constellation next-generation K satellite is scheduled for October, announced Nikolai Testoyedov, general director of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company. An exact date will be set by a state commission.
By Inside GNSS
VectorNav Technologies, the world leader in embedded navigation solutions, introduced today a groundbreaking new line of inertial products: the VectorNav Tactical Embedded. Featuring a tactical-grade IMU and a multi-band GNSS receivers, the Tactical Embedded delivers milliradian attitude accuracy and centimeter-level positioning capability in a miniature 15 gram package.
By Inside GNSS
