Category: GPS

Robotic Research provides navigation system for GPS-denied areas

Photo: Robotic Research Robotic Research will showcase its RR-N-140 navigation system at Booth #407 at AUVSI Xponential 2019, which takes place April 29-May 2 in Chicago. The system provides accurate, absolute and relative 3D (six-degrees-of-freedom, or 6 DOF) localization information for ground…
FlytBase to launch FlytGCS for BVLOS drone operations

FlytBase Inc., an enterprise drone automation company, has launched of FlytGCS, a cloud-based remote drone operations solution, at AUVSI Xponential 2019. FlytGCS is built for subject matter experts, drone operations managers and UAV operators who wish to automate, simplify and…
Harris and Grand Sky partner on UAS BVLOS super corridor

Photo: IStock.com/valio 84sl, via FAA Grand Sky Business and Aviation Park and Harris Corp. have joined forces to enable the country’s first and largest unmanned aerial system (UAS) airspace to support beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight operations and…

SBG Systems will present its Quanta UAV series at AUVSI’s Xponential show, which takes place April 30-May 2 in Chicago. The Quanta UAV series is a line of inertial navigation systems (INS) dedicated to UAV-based surveying integrators. Because SBG Systems wants UAV…
UAvionix partners with CubePilot on ADS-B IN for carrier board

Photo: uAvionix uAvionix has announced a partnership with autopilot maker CubePilot to integrate ADS-B IN receive capability into its carrier board. uAvionix is the designer and manufacturer of communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) equipment for unmanned and manned aircraft. CubePilot is the…
What’s coming to AUVSI Xponential + UAV misHAPS

AUVSI Xponential 2019 — the huge exhibition and conference built around unmanned everything — will run at the West Building, McCormick Place Convention Center, April 29 to May 2 in Chicago. This is the premier show for the Association for Unmanned…

Detailed 3D maps of the iconic and historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris hold out hope for accurate reconstruction after it was devastated by a massive fire Monday. Both the ceiling and the spire were destroyed, as well as internal…
Fallout from GPS rollover includes NOAA, Samsung, NYC, Boeing

The GPS Week Number Rollover, which took place April 6, has caused several automated NOAA stations to go offline. Some of the outages could last until November. Photo: NOAA According to the EOS website, 19 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) coastal…