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Advanced Navigation webinar

December 13, 2021

INS Technology Advances LiDAR Surveying Capabilities

Join Adam Barnes, Head of Product at Advanced Navigation, and Ashley Cox, Chief Operating Officer at Cordel, to find out how the latest LiDAR and navigation technologies are revolutionizing surveying.

In this webinar, Adam and Ashley will deep-dive into LiDAR surveying and explain how Cordel leveraged innovative technology to push the boundaries of the industry. They will cover the challenges in UAV-based surveying, in balancing cost and altitude restrictions, with LiDAR point density and INS accuracy to achieve the best overall solution.

November 19, 2021

Inertial in the Field: Webinar Now Available On Demand

High standards for technology in the lab and in the factory are all very fine, but what matters most is how it works in industrial application. We take a close-up look at inertial measurement and inertial navigation in such real-world cases as
• oil and gas pipeline inspection,
• stabilization of optical camera platforms and
• autonomous cargo transport.

Nvidia hyperion

November 12, 2021

PwrPak7-E1 GNSS Receiver Rides Aboard NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion Autonomous Vehicle Development Platform

Hexagon | NovAtel announced that its PwrPak7-E1 GNSS receiver is now supported on the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion autonomous vehicle (AV) development platform. NVIDIA designs system on a chip units (SoCs) for the automotive and mobile computing markets

Indy Autonomous Challenge 2021

October 24, 2021

136 Driverless Miles per Hour to Win $1 Million: Technische Universität München Wins Indy Autonomous Challenge

“Ladies and gentlemen, start your software and crank your engines.”

Thus came the starter’s call from Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb at the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco (IAC), the first autonomous racecar competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS)

September 23, 2021

Webinar Examines Fastest-Ever Autonomous Vehicles Equipped with GNSS, Inertial, LiDAR and More

The fastest driverless speeds yet achieved will occur during the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) on October 23. The autonomous competition will award a $1.5 million grand prize for the most successful R&D team that programs their driverless, GNSS-, inertial- and multisensor-equipped racecar to clock the fastest fifty-mile distance around the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

August 5, 2021

GNSS Forecasting Takes Guesswork out of UAV BVLOS Mission Planning

Situational awareness and risk assessment are key to UAV mission planning in both dense urban areas and, surprisingly, in open-sky areas such as over ocean coastlines. Successful results depend closely upon scheduling for the most advantageous hours, or even minutes, to overfly particular areas.

June 7, 2021

New European Initiatives to Explore Galileo Integrity for Autonomous Applications

For autonomous transport to become a reality, its operations must be at least as safe as existing ones. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG-DEFIS) has awarded mission evolution studies to assess how the future evolution of European GNSS (EGNSS) could be beneficial for innovative and demanding autonomous applications.

June 3, 2021

GNSS-Equipped Driverless RaceCar for the Indy Autonomous Challenge Unveiled

On Memorial Day, just prior to the running of the legendary Indy 500 race, a new speedway star came out to shine. A driverless racecar, no less, aiming for track speeds above 120 mph with no human hands on the wheel.

May 20, 2021

New Automotive GNSS/INS Positioning Family for ADAS and Autonomy

Hexagon | NovAtel has introduced the PIM222A, part of a new family of automotive GNSS positioning products for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomy. The PIM222A delivers precise positioning, velocity and attitude in the most demanding applications for mass deployment in ADAS applications and autonomous vehicles.

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May 17, 2021

UAV Manufacturer Designs, Builds Own GPS for Transponder Product

uAvionix has added a new low size, weight and power (SWaP) transponder to its line-up of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) solutions. To make the device, the company took the unusual step, for a specialty OEM manufacturer, of designing and building its own GPS receiver.

April 13, 2021

When Ingenuity Flies on Mars, It Will Be an Extraplanetary Inertial First. A First for UAVs, Too.

The first powered, controlled flight on another planet, now re-scheduled for no earlier than April 14, will employ inertial technology to navigate Ingenuity.

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March 2, 2021

EMCORE Dual-Use IMUs and INSs Receive Non-ITAR Status

EMCORE Corporation announced that its dual-use SDI500/SDI505 Revision F inertial measurement units (IMUs) have received a U.S. Department of State determination that they are not subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

GPSdome fingers

February 25, 2021

UAV Jamming Resistance Boosted 400% in Flight Trials

InfiniDome Ltd., a GPS security company, demonstrated increased GNSS resiliency to hostile jamming by 400% in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flight trials sponsored by the Israeli government, according to the company.

December 28, 2020

New FAA Rule for UAVs Creates Significant GNSS Market

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.

By Alan Cameron

ANavS Multi-Sensor RTK Positioning System

November 18, 2020

New Multi-Sensor RTK GNSS/INS/+ Positioning Module for Autonomy, Automation and More

ANavS showcased its Multi-Sensor RTK Positioning Module with its modular and flexibly configurable sensor fusion software at the recent International VDI Conference Autonomous Trucks virtual conference.

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