UAV Navigation has developed a flight-control solution specifically for vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) fixed-wing drones. Interest in using VTOL platforms has grown in the past few years, according to the company. A hybrid between fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms, VTOLs provide operators with…
The Earth Archive Initiative is an unprecedented scientific effort to create a digital twin of the entire surface of the Earth – and everything on it. By scanning the planet’s land surface with very high-resolution lidar, the Earth Archive will…
Photo: pierivb/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Hexagon | NovAtel has released the GAJT-410MS in response to the increase of interference and jamming in marine environments worldwide. The GAJT-410MS is the company’s latest addition to its proven GPS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) for…
The new display can be easily read in sunlight. (Photo: Bad Elf) When survey receiver maker Bad Elf set out to make its new Flex device, they knew they had to make the battery last longer. But the device’s screen…
By Col. Ryan Colburn Director, Spectrum Warfare Division and Portfolio Architect, Space and Missile Systems Center The United States’ Global Positioning System is used now more than ever before. With an estimated four billion users worldwide, industries of all kinds…
Many have debated how the surveying profession has morphed into something less than what our predecessors would have called surveying. In earlier times, the surveyor was an honored figure in the community and held in high regard, like the local…
The European Space Agency has selected GMV to supply the radio-frequency constellation simulator (RFCS) for the Galileo second generation (G2G) program. According to GMV, this is the multinational’s largest contract in Portugal. From Portugal, GMV will lead a consortium to…
Ground antenna at Schriever Air Force Base, home of the 50th Space Wing. (Photo: Raytheon) The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded a $ 228 million contract to Raytheon Intelligence and Space for the GPS…
Partnership with Fujitsu will help city track bicycles, e-scooters and ridesharing companies The mobility department of Munich, Germany, has selected Hexagon Geospatial to implement a smart monitoring system to better manage and understand the impacts of shared mobility services in…
