Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The European Union-funded GNSS.asia H2020 project hosted a major roundtable discussion around the theme of “Europe Meets India” at the recent 2019 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit. The event was aimed at promoting cooperation between the GNSS research and industrial communities in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
By Inside GNSS
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is considering a contract for research and development of celestial-aided navigation technologies. The primary focus is to develop a Star Tracker that can reliably perform celestial sightings for sensor altitudes between 30,000 feet and 80,000 feet. The goal is to reduce the risks to guidance, navigation and control in GPS-denied environments, especially for operations over feature-poor terrain such as desert, water, snow and ice where existing terrain-aided methods may not be used for position, navigation, and timing (PNT) updates.
By Inside GNSS
Satellite navigation has become a global utility, but one that is vulnerable to interference. The European Space Agency’s new NAVISP research and development program is prioritizing research into countering jamming and spoofing of satnav signals, with partner companies exploring varied approaches.
By Inside GNSS
LORD Corporation, a global provider in sensing systems, has partnered with Emesent, an award-winning company in autonomous technology for industrial drones, to bring industry-leading inertial sensors to the Hovermap platform. Hovermap automates the collection and analysis of data in challenging GPS-denied environments, reportedly delivering revolutionary efficiency, safety and operational insights to various industries, including the underground industry. LORD inertial sensors enable Hovermap technology by providing precise position, orientation and velocity information in a small and lightweight package.
By Inside GNSS
When the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board meets June 6 and 7 in Virginia they will be hearing about an experimental enhancement to GPS signals that could thwart spoofing and make life harder for computer hackers.
By Inside GNSS
In a response to an inquiry by House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provided an outline of its process to implement a terrestrial timing system to complement and backup GPS signals.
By Dana A. Goward
CHC Navigation recently announced the release of the P2 GNSS Sensor Series providing high accuracy positioning and heading solution in a compact and rugged enclosure. The P2 GNSS Sensor series is a GNSS sensor suited for a wide variety of applications such as reference station, marine systems, unmanned navigation, industrial automation, robotics and machine control.
By Inside GNSS
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has designated positioning, navigation, and timing services (PNT) a “National Critical Function.” That is PNT is now officially a capability so vital to the United States that its “disruption, corruption, or dysfunction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety.”
By Dee Ann Divis
Washington, DC, May 6, 2019 – Orolia, a provider of Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions, announced today that its SecureSync time and synchronization servers have been selected to support enroute radar systems across the U.S.
By Inside GNSS
China’s stated goal is to have its BeiDou global navigation satellite system completed sometime in 2020, and the country made big advances toward that goal last weekend when it launched a 20th satellite late on Saturday.
By Stan Goff
The China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) is an open academic platform for academic exchanges that aims at enhancing academic innovation to promote cooperation and exchanges in the field of satellite navigation. The event, which opens May 22, also is designed at strengthening technological innovation to accelerate engineering construction of satellite navigation systems, intensifying theoretical innovation to facilitate theory progress of satellite navigation and reinforcing application innovation to boost development of the satellite navigation industry.
By Inside GNSS
The International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS) 2019 will take place in Nuremberg, Germany on June 4-6, 2019 and will feature a session on “Errors Mitigation for GNSS High Accuracy Positioning,” among other timely topics.
By Inside GNSS
Registration is now open for this Free Webinar on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET. This event is sponsored by Inside Unmanned Systems, Applanix and Trimble. Note: This webinar has taken place and soon will be available on-demand.
By Inside GNSS
Harris Corporation has inked a $243 million contract with GPS IIIF prime contractor Lockheed Martin to build all-digital payloads for the first two IIIF satellites.
By Inside GNSS
Organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Eidgenössische Techniche Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, the 7th International Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS is scheduled to take place this September in Zurich.
By Inside GNSS
