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New multi-rotor UAV can lift 200 pounds

Mobile Recon Systems is offering an unmanned aerial vehicle that can lift more than its own weight. At 78 pounds, the Dauntless multi-rotor UAV has lifted an additional payload of 100 pounds as a tethered quadcopter. It is designed to…
Out in Front: Your future revealed

Graphic: NicoElNino/Shutterstock.com As in, your future reading, in these pages. Changes are in store, and soon to become real. (Isn’t that always the way?) But truly, while continuing to cover every front of GNSS and PNT development, both businesswise and…

Javad GNSS’ Javad Ashjaee gives GPS World an overview of the company’s J-Mate at Intergeo 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany. According to Javad GNSS, the J-Mate is a total solution that features a camera that can automatically identify targets, a laser…
Registration open for 35th Space Symposium

Registration has opened for the 35th Space Symposium, sponsored by the Space Foundation and taking place April 8-11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Space Symposium provides a forum to discuss, address and plan for future achievements in space. According to…
Iridium asks FCC to remove ‘outdated’ rules

Iridium Satellite Communications Inc. filed comments to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Oct. 29 regarding outdated Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) rules. The company, operator of the Iridium satellite constellation — 66 low-Earth orbit satellites used for global voice…
Javad GNSS tracks new BeiDou AltBoC signals

Recently launched satellites of BeiDou Phase 3 program have started broadcasting new signals. Javad GNSS announced successful tracking of these signals and provided the adjacent figures. Interface control documents (ICDs) for B1C and B2A signals are available, while an ICD…
FAA program advances drone integration in National Airspace System

This report covers a number of UAV topics, including the news of another U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to advance drone integration in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS); an initial effort towards Type Certification for a larger UAV/UAS;…