Category: GPS

Some airlines miss ADS-B Jan. 1 deadline

Photo: icholakov/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus BahamasAir has missed the U.S. deadline for the new ADS-B mandate and is now forbidden from flying certain three of its four jets in United States airspace. The airline said it has adjusted its aircraft…
Septentrio partners with NXP, Analog Devices for high-precision

Septentrio’s GNSS devices are being used for high-accuracy positioning solutions by two companies. Compact multi-frequency GPS/GNSS receiver module provides robust centimeter-level positioning for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) provided by NXP. Septentrio and Analog Devices collaborate on high-performance GNSS/INS solutions.…
Two new BeiDou satellites complete BDS-3 constellation

China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 15:22 on Dec. 16. So far, 24 medium earth orbit (MEO) BDS-3 satellites have been successfully sent…
FAA issues proposed rule on remote identification for drones

Photo by: aerogondo/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration issued a proposed rule that would require unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to be identifiable remotely. The rule, deemed the “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Remote Identification,”…
Launchpad: 3D data, Ford telematics

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the December 2019 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM GNSS Simulator Testing for signals and sensors Photo: Orolia The GSG-8 is an advanced software-defined simulator that offers…
Chinese GPS spoofing circles could hide Iran oil shipments

“GPS spoofing circles” have been discovered at 20 locations along the Chinese coast, according to the non-profit environmental group Skytruth. Of the locations observed, 16 were oil terminals; the others were corporate and government offices. GPS spoofing in Shanghai that…
Hitec Commercial Solutions acquires Straight Up Imaging

Hitec Commercial Solutions LLC has acquired Straight Up Imaging (SUI). Hitec stated in a press release, “SUI’s experience in engineering and manufacturing small unmanned aircraft systems contributes perfectly with our expanding unmanned product platforms and progressive mapping and data acquisition…
The rise of UAVs in agriculture, airports, more

UAVs are finding places in the lives of many more people — farmers employing crop-spraying drones to counter a locus infestation in Pakistan, finding the way towards useful inspection tasks at an operating airport in the U.K., large airborne vehicles…
Staying ahead of NAVWAR and resilient PNT in 2020

Image: Orolia Year-End Message from Orolia In 2019, military forces witnessed the global threat of GPS/GNSS interference grow, with more sophisticated threats and increasing military demand for assured operations in Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) and GPS-denied environments. Enemy forces are deploying…