Q: How can positioning technology ensure safety for passengers of autonomous cars and for others on or near the roadway? Paul Perrone, Founder/CEO, Perrone Robotics A: Satellite-based and local beacon-based positioning technologies offer the best opportunity for reliable and precise location…
Intel’s Anil Naduri discussed some of the company’s updates at Xponential 2018. Photos by Allison Barwacz Intel shared a number of updates at a presentation during AUVSI’s Xponential 2018, which took place April 30-May 3 in Denver. Among the company’s…
Phase One Industrial’s Steve Cooper offers a rundown on the company’s iXM-100MP metric camera at AUVSI’s Xponential in Denver. According to the company, the iXM-100MP was engineered for for UAV-imaging missions. Read more about the camera here. GPS World
The U.S. Army has awarded to Orolia subsidiary McMurdo a $ 33,986,800 contract to manufacture Personnel Recovery Devices (PRD) for warfighters. The contract is for indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, with an estimated completion date of March 6, 2022. The PRD is a dual-mode,…
U-blox , a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, has announced the ZED-F9P multi-band GNSS module with integrated multi-band real-time kinematics (RTK) technology for machine control, ground robotic vehicles and high-precision unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) applications. The…
For several months, Talen-X engineers have been working with the proper channels to develop MNSA (Modernized Navstar Security Algorithm). Talen-X is designing the implementation of MNSA for its flagship products: BroadSim and BroadSim Anechoic. BroadSim is a software-defined GNSS simulator…
Northrop Grumman has declined to bit on the U.S. Air Force GPS III Follow On contract, reports SpaceNews, making it the second company after Boeing not to bid. The decision means Lockheed Martin is all but assured the contract. Lockheed…
The ninth Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies, NAVITEC 2018, will be held Dec. 5-7 at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The workshop is organized by the Radio Navigation Systems Implementation & Verification Section of…
Phoenix Lidar’s Scout System features NovAtel SPAN GNSS/IMU equipment and a pinwheel antenna. Combined with Phoenix’s hardware and software, this lightweight UAV lidar system serves in agriculture, construction and other general mapping applications. Here the Scout is integrated with the…
