“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry. Photo: Mt. Qomolangma/miljko /E+/Getty Images Chinese surveyors take BeiDou to the top On May 6,…
Photo: InifiDome The national time system at Israel’s National Physics Laboratory (INPL) in Jerusalem is now protected by a GPSdome unit for cyber protection of GPS/GNSS signals, according to Israel’s Homeland Security, a private company established in 2012. Microchip partner…
L3Harris’ Jason Hendrix discusses the company’s latest developments, including the delivery of its GPS III payloads, at ION GNSS+ 2019, which took place Sept. 16-20 in Miami. GPS World
Particle — an edge-to-cloud internet of things (IoT) platform — is offering a new tracking system that allows organizations to track the locations of a wide variety of mobile assets. Particle’s Tracker SOM (system-on-module) builds on its tracking services foundation.…
Thirty-two United States senators wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on May 15 expressing concerns with the commission’s determination on Ligado Networks. The senators also asked the FCC to address these concerns and stay their order while they were doing…
Photo: Leica Geosystems Pointfuse and Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, have established a global cooperation and entered into a development agreement. According to the companies, the agreement aims to streamline the use of reality capture in established digital construction, space…
Photo: Fortem Technologies Fortem Technologies has completed the first phase of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) in North Carolina. As part of the program, Fortem is conducting tests to monitor the airspace…
Ruggedized GNSS antenna HX-CVX600A. (Photo: Harxon) Harxon has launched a ruggedized GNSS antenna for applications subject to high shock and vibration environments such as i-construction machining applications. Integrated with reliable signal tracking and strong anti-interference performance, the IP69K ruggedized HX-CVX600A…
