Robinson helicopter converted for UAV precision farming

UAVOS has added the R22-UV unmanned helicopter to its agriculture unmanned aircraft portfolio for spraying for diseases, weed and pest control, and vegetative control. The R22-UV is a manned Robinson-22 helicopter converted by UAVOS to an unmanned aircraft. (Photo: UAVOS)…
GSA stresses key role of GNSS at Intergeo workshop

GSA Market Development Innovation Officer Eduard Escalona speaks at the Intergeo Galileo workshop. (Photo: GSA) News from the European GNSS Agency (GSA) Galileo and EGNOS were the focus of attention at a special workshop at this year’s Intergeo in Stuttgart,…
FAA’s ADS-B rebates are all gone — install by Jan.1

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Oct. 11 that all 20,000 rebates offered to general aviation aircraft owners to equip their aircraft with Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Out have been issued and are no longer available.…
Army fields anti-jam GPS, plans for thousands more by 2028

By Thomas Brading, Army News Service REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Sixty-two of the first iteration of mounted anti-jam GPS devices were equipped into light armored vehicles in Germany over the past month, with thousands more scheduled to be installed into…

Septentrio and CORE partner up to develop a GPS/GNSS receiver which will make use of Japan’s Centimeter-Level Augmentation Service (CLAS). CLAS corrections are broadcast directly via QZSS constellation to enable high-accuracy positioning across Japan. Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS…

Raytheon plans to deliver the final phase of the GPS Ground Control System (OCX) upgrade to the United States Air Force by June 2021, despite past delays to the program. A report by the General Accountability Office (GAO), issued in…
US Department of Defense PNT strategy: ‘GPS is not enough’

GPS might be interfered with globally Multiple, diverse PNT sources, modular open system needed for receivers Civil use hampering military efforts to leverage GPS for military advantage DoD PNT efforts to be increasingly classified, not shared with civil users In…
Tallysman adds 3 more to Helical antenna line

Photo: Tallysman Tallysman GNSS has added three new antennas to its Helical antenna line. Released earlier this year, the helical antenna line provides unprecedented performance in a lightweight, compact form factor. The line now extends beyond dual-band GNSS and Iridium…