China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 15:22 on Dec. 16. So far, 24 medium earth orbit (MEO) BDS-3 satellites have been successfully sent…
Photo by: aerogondo/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration issued a proposed rule that would require unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to be identifiable remotely. The rule, deemed the “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Remote Identification,”…
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the December 2019 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM GNSS Simulator Testing for signals and sensors Photo: Orolia The GSG-8 is an advanced software-defined simulator that offers…
“GPS spoofing circles” have been discovered at 20 locations along the Chinese coast, according to the non-profit environmental group Skytruth. Of the locations observed, 16 were oil terminals; the others were corporate and government offices. GPS spoofing in Shanghai that…
Hitec Commercial Solutions LLC has acquired Straight Up Imaging (SUI). Hitec stated in a press release, “SUI’s experience in engineering and manufacturing small unmanned aircraft systems contributes perfectly with our expanding unmanned product platforms and progressive mapping and data acquisition…
UAVs are finding places in the lives of many more people — farmers employing crop-spraying drones to counter a locus infestation in Pakistan, finding the way towards useful inspection tasks at an operating airport in the U.K., large airborne vehicles…
Image: Orolia Year-End Message from Orolia In 2019, military forces witnessed the global threat of GPS/GNSS interference grow, with more sophisticated threats and increasing military demand for assured operations in Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) and GPS-denied environments. Enemy forces are deploying…
Yury Urlichich, First Deputy Director General, Roscosmos. (Photo: Roscosmos) By Yury Urlichich, First Deputy Director General of ROSCOMOS State Space Corporation Sergey Karutin, Designer General of GLONASS Nikolay Testoedov, Director General, Information Satellite Systems Roscosmos keeps concentrating on user needs…
Yang Changfeng, Chief Architect, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. (Photo: BeiDou) By Yang Changfeng Chief Architect, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System As one of the core Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) providers, the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (“BDS”) has been developed steadily…
