Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Earlier this year, FocalPoint Positioning announced a collaboration with General Motors on the possible application of the UK GPS software company’s Supercorrelation software in future vehicles, including potential enhancements and operational expansion of its Super Cruise hands-free ADAS (advanced driving assistance system) and its upcoming higher-tech sibling Ultra Cruise.
By Kevin Jost
For passenger car companies developing advanced driver assistance and automated driving systems, absolute positioning is critical to the overall solution. However, providing cost-effective systems is key for high-volume applications from price-conscious automotive OEMs.
By Kevin Jost
Northrop Grumman recently flew its advanced airborne navigation solution for the first time.
By Inside GNSS
ION’s JNC brings industry together to solve PNT challenges
Reliable access to PNT is critical for the warfighter, but that’s becoming more difficult as threats like jamming and spoofing continue to grow.
By Renee Knight
The new NavGuide GPS receiver from BAE Systems, an assured-positioning, navigation and timing (A-PNT) device, will serve as a field-installable replacement for the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR), providing the warfighter with access to assured M-Code PNT data.
By Renee Knight
Australia and New Zealand recently signed a $187.4m AUD contract with Inmarsat for the company to provide the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) satellite service from one of its three new I-8 satellites.
By Inside GNSS
The Pentagon has requested $1.3 billion in its fiscal 2024 budget for bolstering the GPS system, preparing new satellites for launch and moving to a new control system. The biggest changes will come with the new GPS IIIF satellites, still a few years away.
By Brett Davis
Positioning is the fundamental prerequisite for autonomy—and both absolute (global) and relative (local) information is required. While a critical piece, GNSS and inertial need to be combined with other sensors, like cameras, to perceive the surrounding environment to enable autonomous navigation.
By Renee Knight
Because of its vulnerabilities to spoofing and jamming, critical infrastructure can no longer rely on GNSS alone for PNT. Alternative sources must be part of the equation, which is why Adtran recently partnered with Satelles to add Satellite Time and Location (STL) capabilities to its Oscilloquartz synchronization products.
By Renee Knight
NATO arms for Ukraine are constantly grabbing headlines – American and German Patriot missiles defend against Russian cruise missiles, Norwegian surface-to-air missiles are shooting down drones, America is ramping up High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) production to get more precision rocket and missile systems to Ukraine and Germany, the US, and the UK will send main battle tanks.
By James Poss, Maj Gen (Ret)
Through recent test results, Satellite Time and Location (STL) from Satelles, a globally available alternative PNT service from low Earth orbit (LEO), has again proven to be a reliable timing source.
By Inside GNSS
GPS, even when encrypted, is susceptible to spoofing and jamming and cannot be a single point of failure in critical PNT services such as military applications. Secure, resilient and assured PNT with six 9’s reliability is required, and is what ADVA and Brandywine Communications will provide through a new collaboration.
By Renee Knight
A few weeks after its successful January launch aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, the GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS III SV06) received Operational Acceptance.
By Inside GNSS
NASA’s Ames Research Center will leverage NextNav’s TerraPoiNT commercial grade network to capture inflight data on drone navigation, detection and collision avoidance as part of BVLOS testing for its urban air mobility (UAM) program.
By Renee Knight
L3Harris Technologies recently delivered the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) space vehicle to an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) integration test facility at the Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico—an important step toward the satellite’s anticipated late 2023 launch.
By Inside GNSS
