Acquisition Expands Orolia’s Global Footprint into Canada. Orolia has acquired Skydel Solutions, a GPS/GNSS signal simulation company based in Montreal, Canada. Orolia made the announcement at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Exhibition in Huntsville, Alabama. Orolia is…
U.S. manufacturers are eager to take advantage of the added accuracy that Galileo offers. (Image: GSA) News from the European GNSS Agency (GSA) Following a waiver by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of its rules in November 2018, in which…
The Coast Guard Navigation Center has published a special notice to mariners that use GPS equipment. The special notice outlines the details of the GPS Week Number Rollover that will occur April 6-7. To best prepare for the rollover event,…
Few commercial UAV operations would be able to inspect transmissions lines, pipelines or train tracks without beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) capability, but these key pieces of infrastructure often situate close to or transit across population centers. Further, many population centers…
BroadSim Wavefront Simulator at work. (Image: Talen-X) Talen-X has added the BroadSim Wavefront Simulator to its software-defined platform. The BroadSim Wavefront further extends the capabilities achieved by BroadSim Anechoic, incorporating support for controlled radiation pattern antenna (CRPA) and multi-element receiver testing. Powered by…
A year-long project aboard a commercial cargo ship collected tens of thousands of snapshots of radio-frequency interference in the GNSS band on a passage from Spain to Korea and back. Most interference was detected in busy port areas, less interference…
In honor of 3.14.2019. Here is what GPS World’s Innovation column editor Richard Langley wrote about π in an article (“A Sideways Look at How the Global Positioning System Works”) 9 years ago: 3.1415926…. π. Every nerd’s favorite number. It…
Photo: Trimble Trimble has introduced its Groundworks Machine Control System, a solution for drilling and piling operations. The next generation system that enables contractors to perform drilling and piling operations quickly, safely and accurately: with centimeter-level accuracy. Using the large touch-screen display, operators can personalize the interface…
Image: Celebrating200years.noaa.gov Everywhere we turn today, the term “smart” is attached to an item or to a process. Smartphones, smart cars, smart electricity grids, smart home appliances; you name it, someone is making it a “smart” item or process. Advancement…
