NextNav enhances positioning and timing capabilities

Image: NextNav NextNav has entered an agreement to acquire additional spectrum licenses in the lower 900 MHz band (902 MHz to 928 MHz) from Telesaurus Holdings and Skybridge Spectrum Foundation. This acquisition, valued at up to $ 50 million, significantly…

Read Richard Langley’s introduction to this article: “Innovation Insights: Falcon Gold analysis redux” Figure 1: Diagram of cis-lunar space, which includes the real GPS sidelobe data collected on an HEO space vehicle. (All figures provided by the authors) As part…
Topcon invests in DDK Positioning

  Credit: DDK Positioning Topcon Positioning Systems has made an investment in DDK Positioning, a UK-based GNSS receiver and precise point positioning correction services company. DDK Positioning delivers services over the Iridium network to provide global precision positioning services that…
HERE and AWS provide device positioning services to developers

Image: HERE Technologies On Jan. 6, HERE Technologies, a location data platform, announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading cloud platform. This collaboration will deliver improved performance for indoor and outdoor positioning capabilities, enabling AWS third-party developers…
Point One Navigation launches positioning engine for autonomous vehicles

Image: Point One Point One’s FusionEngine software, which is rated for automotive safety integrity level (ASIL), is now compatible with STMicroelectronics’ Teseo ASIL Precise Positioning GNSS chipset (TeseoAPP). This assures functional safety as ASIL-B, a requirement for Level 3+ advanced…
Launchpad: Rescue beacon, satellite imagery, z-axis positioning

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the November 2022 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM GNSS Module For UAV, precision agriculture and autonomous machines Photo: Unicore Communications The UM982 GNSS module is a high-precision,…
Trimble: Positioning engine optimized for fusion

An interview with Chris Trevillian, director of product management, geospatial GNSS at Trimble about recent GNSS receiver innovations. Trevillian What was the most significant technical innovation in your GNSS receivers in the past five years? In 2019, Trimble broke ground…