The theme for this year’s Intergeo, taking place Oct. 16-18 in Frankfurt, Germany, is “Geoinformation — The DNA of digitalization.” According to event organizers, this year’s event will focus on the digital transformation of business and society. The event, hosted…
Tony MurfinContributing Editor, Professional OEM & UAV, GPS World As the days tick down towards the always-anticipated Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Xponential convention in Denver May 1-3, the unmanned vehicle industry is preparing once more for one…
By Tommaso Panicciari, Mohamed Ali Soliman and Grégory Moura A real-time system combining a simulator and a GNSS propagation model reproduces an authentic multipath environment. The propagation model relies on a 3D-model reconstruction of the urban environment, which generates a…
Tersus GNSS is now offering its Davis real-time kinematic (RTK) GNSS receiver with seven new base/rover kits. Tersus GNSS is a provider of centimeter-accuracy GNSS RTK solutions. The Tersus David GNSS receiver with its components create an affordable solution delivering…
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a GPS III satellite launch contract to SpaceX. This is the third GPS III launch contract awarded; the previous two also were awarded to SpaceX. SpaceX will receive a $ 290,594,130 firm-fixed-price contract for launch services to…
Japan-based Aerosense Inc. has commercialized its AEROBO marker solution for drone surveying using the u‑blox NEO‑M8T timing module. Conceived to compute absolute time to within 20 nanoseconds using incoming GNSS signals, the NEO-M8T lets users access raw GNSS data output,…
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has officially launched the Equipment for dual frequency Galileo, GPS and EGNOS project (EDG²E) with a consortium led by Thales. The four-year project intends to develop a dual-frequency multi-constellation receiver, enabling enhanced navigation capabilities, support…
A software-based GNSS receiver from Galileo Satellite Navigation (GSN) is now available for the Cadence Tensilica Fusion F1 digital signal processor (DSP). The software-based GNSS receiver allows customers to add full GPS functionality with design flexibility and long-term upgradeability at a…
Fleet management company Omnitracs LLC has partnered with Peloton Technology, a developer of connected and automated vehicle systems for U.S. and global freight carriers. Omnitracs and Peloton will collaborate to bring Peloton’s truck platooning technology to Omnitracs customers. The partners…
