The annual Munich Satellite Navigation Summit has been canceled. Organizers stated, “In light of the current situation caused by the coronavirus as well as related travel restrictions and resulting cancellations we unfortunately are forced to cancel the Munich Satellite Navigation…
On April 2, a new museum exhibit will open that focuses on the U.S. Air Force’s role in the management of GPS satellite systems. The National Museum of the United States Air Force is holding a grand opening event for…
The 6th Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems Interoperability Working Group (SBAS IWG) recently took place in Delhi, India. During the meeting, SBAS developers and operators were joined by users of the systems, with representatives of airlines, aircraft makers and avionics manufacturers. About…
Steve Malkos, Android Context Group, Google We’ve come a long way since the inception of GPS. Today, location often is taken for granted, but that’s true of every mainstream technology. It’s absolutely remarkable how far the technology has evolved. From…
Photo: Quantum Reversal Quantum Reversal has released the QR100, a novel L1/L2 GPS anti-jamming unit, and the QR101, an L1/L2 GPS anti-jamming antenna, designed for the commercial market to solve the issue of unintentional RF interference or jamming. The QR100…
More launches planned for March and May Four new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) have passed tests in orbit and joined the system to provide positioning, navigation and timing services, according to China news service Xinhuanet. The…
Photo: u-blox U-blox, a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, has extended its SARA-R4 family of LTE-M / NB-IoT and EGPRS cellular modules to include variants with the hardware and software features necessary to enable end-to-end security…
Robotic Research LLC, a leading provider of autonomy and robotic technologies, will begin testing fully autonomous low-speed shuttles that are totally unmanned in the second quarter of this year. Current commercial applications of low-speed shuttles use onboard safety attendants to…
Dana Goward, President, Resilient PNT Foundation On Feb. 12, the White House released an “Executive Order on Strengthening National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services.” It is gratifying to see White House attention to this issue.…
