Image: HAVELSAN The Turkish Armed Forces have added the BAHA autonomous sub-cloud UAV to their reconnaissance capabilities. The UAV can be used for tracking, detection, area protection, intelligence and electronic warfare. The BAHA, developed by Turkish defense company HAVELSAN, is…
Image: EUSPA The European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA), in collaboration with the European Commission, has published a new version of the Galileo Open Service Signal in Space Interface Control Document (OS SIS ICD). The latest version, denoted…
Image: Inertial Labs Inertial Labs and BayesMap have partnered to release PCMasterPro software updates for Inertial Labs’ Resepi. The collaboration aims to provide users with fast, automated point cloud alignment to enhance UAV lidar systems. The software is designed to…
Image: Xinhua News Agency China has launched two satellites into medium-Earth orbits (MEO) for its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, reported the China Satellite Navigation Office. The satellites were carried by a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch…
Deep Sand Technology (DST), an autosteering and precision agriculture company, and the GEODNET Foundation have partnered to bring precision agriculture real-time kinematic (RTK) services to rural North America. GEODNET-compatible RTK bases will be immediately available, which support centimeter-accurate operations without…
“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: Milos Bjelica/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Drawing with GPS According to Guinness World Records, a 982.53-mile, seven-day…
It may be hard to remember — or imagine — life without the Global Positioning System (GPS). From finding the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts to making ATM withdrawals, GPS is part of everyday life. It makes global finance possible, first responders…
