Thales awarded GSA grant for GIANO Galileo receiver

Photo: Canetti / iStock / Getty Images Plus News from the European GNSS Agency (GSA) Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a grant under the European GNSS Agency’s (GSA) Fundamental Elements funding mechanism for the development of the GIANO (Galileo-based TIming…
Galileo picks itself up and moves on

Galileo Ground Control Center, Fucino. Photo: GSA Galileo Initial Services have now been restored, according to a statement released on July 18 by the European GNSS Agency (GSA). “Commercial users can already see signs of recovery of the Galileo navigation and…

The entire Galileo system suffered an unexpected and hitherto unexplained signal outage, beginning on Thursday, July 11 at 1:00 pm Central European Time. At about that time, users noticed that all ephemeris stopped broadcasting, and then a Notice Advice to Galileo…
Seen & Heard: Buses use Galileo, stopping the bad guys

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GPS/GNSS industry. Galileo guides madrid metro buses Galileo and EGNOS are helping EMT Madrid to improve its…
Orolia’s new aircraft emergency beacon uses Galileo service

Orolia’s Kannad Ultima-S emergency locator uses the Galileo Return Link Service. (Photo: Orolia) Orolia is introducing a new product for commercial aircraft safety, the Kannad Ultima-S emergency locator transmitter (ELT). The Kannad Ultima-S is designed to be installed in the…
CGI joins with Thales on Galileo security software

Protective radome housing for the Galileo ground station on desolate Jan Mayen Island in the Norwegian Arctic. The site is housing a Galileo Sensor Station plus satellite link to pass data back to the Galileo ground system. (Photo: ESA/Fermin Alvarez…
GNSS chip manufacturers gear up for Galileo roll-out in U.S.

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…
Skydel updates SDX GNSS simulator with Galileo AltBOC, more

Skydel Solutions has updated its SDX GNSS simulator to version 19.1. The new version adds Galileo AltBOC signal generation, new atmospheric errors, SBAS improvements and SV antenna patterns. Galileo AltBOC. SDX now supports Galileo AltBOC as a new GNSS signal type.…

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote in November on whether to allow U.S. devices to access Galileo. The Galileo Order is tentatively on the agenda for the Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15: Galileo Order – The…