In response to the recent wildfires in Southern California, Topcon Positioning Systems is now offering free access to its GNSS correction services network for emergency recovery efforts. The company is offering a 90-day subscription to its Topnet Live service, which…
From Dec. 4-5, 2024, the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board met to discuss GPS-related topics. The PNT Advisory Board provides independent advice to the U.S. government on GPS-related policy, planning, program management and funding profiles in…
The 2025 Los Angeles Geospatial Summit will be held Feb. 28 at the USC Hotel in Los Angeles. <p>Each year, leading organizations in geospatial science — including Esri, Eclipse Mapping and GIS, NV5 Geospatial, HRL Laboratories — gather to explore innovative…
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has changed the regulatory status of Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas (CRPAs) for position, navigation and timing (PNT). Starting September 2025, CRPAs will no longer be subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations…
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded a $ 1.9 million contract to Slingshot Aerospace to enhance its GPS jamming and spoofing detection capabilities. This contract, Positioning, Navigation and Timing – Secure Electronic Navigation Threat Intelligence and…
Saying the government must focus on “delivering an operational resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) system for the United Kingdom as soon as we can,” the British Science Minister, Lord Patrick Vallance, announced several initiatives in his opening remarks to…
(Photo: Jirapong Manustrong/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images) In February 1991, two Russians joined this magazine’s Editorial Advisory Board: Nocolay Ivanov, Ph.D., research and development director of the USSR’s Institute for Space Device Engineering, and Gennady Gromov, Ph.D., chief designer…
Iran is in the process of initial field testing of a new drone aircraft carrier — the Shahid Bagheri — a converted container ship. <p>Featuring an angled flight deck and ski-jump ramp, the ship seems well-equipped to launch large drones.…
HERE Technologies and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have entered a cloud infrastructure agreement aimed at advancing the development of software-defined vehicles (SDVs). This partnership combines HERE’s mapping solutions with AWS technologies to accelerate the creation of advanced driver assistance systems…
