Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Abstracts are now being accepted for the IEEE/ION Positioning, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS) 2020. The conference will take place April 20-23, 2020 at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon. The deadline for submitting abstracts is October 30, 2019.
By Inside GNSS
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has opened a call for proposals for implementation of Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OS-NMA) and/or Integrity Navigation Message (I/NAV) features in close-to-market receivers and/or GNSS user terminals. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2019.
By Inside GNSS
Regulus Cyber, an Israeli firm that provides a solution for smart-sensor security, has introduced a breakthrough software-only cybersecurity solution designed to protect global navigation satellite system users (GNSS, also known as GPS) from spoofing attacks.
By Inside GNSS
At last week’s INTERGEO expo and conference in Stuttgart, Germany and the ION GNSS+ conference in Miami, Florida, Hemisphere GNSS announced its next-generation multi-frequency, multi-GNSS S621 GNSS survey smart antenna. The all-new S621 is a complete redesign of the previous generation version (S321+) and offers added benefits and value to an already impressive range of features and functionality, according to the manufacturer.
By Inside GNSS
Rochester, NY – Orolia Defense & Security announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Talen-X, a U.S. company specializing in advanced Global Navigation Simulation System (GNSS) solutions and Interference, Detection and Mitigation (IDM) technologies.
By Inside GNSS
Septentrio now provides GPS/GNSS receivers to rail equipment manufacturer Wabtec, also a provider of digital solutions and services to the train industry. Wabtec is implementing the receivers in its GoLINC Edge platform to provide positioning, connectivity, data storage and Positive Train Control (PTC) enhanced with the adoption of higher-precision positioning technology.
By Inside GNSS
Satellite Innovation 2019, which presents real time market data and technical knowledge from the world’s preeminent experts, is scheduled for Oct. 8-10, 2019 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
By Inside GNSS
WASHINGTON – Today, the GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) announced the addition of four national organizations representing a variety of sectors: The American Council of the Blind (ACB), the U.S. Geospatial Executives Organization (U.S. GEO), NENA: The 9-1-1 Association, and the Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Association.
By Inside GNSS
The Institute of Navigation’s Cognizant Autonomous Systems for Safety Critical Applications (CASSCA) Conference kicked off this year’s ION GNSS+ conference today in Miami.
By Stan Goff
The 25th year of the INTERGEO conference will take place Sept. 17-19 at Messe Stuttgart in Stuttgart, Germany. The event is organized by DVW – German Society for Geodosy, Geoinformation and Land Management e.V., and sponsored by Hexagon, Trimble and Autodesk.
By Inside GNSS
The basis of all precision positioning and navigation is precision timing. Timing comes first. GPS Time is defined on the basis of a set of atomic clocks orbiting aboard the satellites and on the ground in monitoring stations; similarly for the other GNSS systems.
By Inside GNSS
Leuven, Belgium-based Septentrio, a global supplier of high-accuracy positioning technology for demanding applications, unveiled this week AsteRx SBi, a new housed GNSS/INS receiver. Within its rugged, waterproof enclosure a high-performance GPS/GNSS is coupled with an industrial-grade inertial sensor to provide high-accuracy, reliable positioning and 3D orientation (heading, pitch, roll).
By Inside GNSS
Spirent Communications plc, a leader in global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) test solutions, will unveil its enhanced GSS9000 Series GNSS Constellation Simulator at ION GNSS+ 2019 in Miami next week (September 16-20). It joins Spirent’s already impressive range of test solutions on display at the world’s largest showcase of GNSS technology, products and services.
By Inside GNSS
Shanghai, China-based CHC Navigation today announced the release and immediate shipment of its i90 GNSS Series powered by the latest CHCNAV IMU-RTK technology designed to provide robust and accurate GNSS positioning, in any circumstances. The i90 IMU-RTK GNSS Series is also designed to dramatically increase GNSS RTK availability and reliability.
By Inside GNSS
Minimizing rack space was a key factor for ViaLite when designing its new Local Integrated GPS Splitter, which has a height of only 1RU. The system is suitable for feeding timing/sync signals to single or multiple floors or rooms through 8 to 32 optical fiber links with no system loss.
By Inside GNSS
