Launchpad: Mobile mapping, timing modules and UAVs

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the July 2023 issue of GPS World magazine. TIMING PTP Firmware To synchronize accurate time from GNSS The 7.09.00 firmware with a precise timing protocol (PTP) feature…
More Ukraine/Russia war UAV attacks

Image: JARAMA/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Russia released a large number of attack UAVs targeting Kyiv, Ukraine, in the early morning of June 20, reported the New York Times. The UAV attack on Kyiv was the first in several weeks after…
Turkish-built combat UAV to take flight in new countries

Image: Turkish Aerospace Industries Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) will begin distributing Anka, its medium-altitude long-endurance class UAVs, to several countries this year, reported the Daily Sabah. Chief Product Engineer, Ziya Dogan, added that an export deal was signed with another…
Mapping air quality from Canada’s wildfire smoke

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires continues to pollute the air across the United States, mainly affecting cities in the northeast, including Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo. According to the New York Times, in early June, the level of particulate…
Microchip cesium atomic clock provides autonomous precise time

  Image: Microchip Technology Microchip Technology has released the 5071B cesium atomic clock that can perform autonomous timekeeping for months in the event of GNSS denials. The 5071B is the next-generation commercial cesium clock to the 5071A. The 5071B is available in a…
NavIC ninth navigation satellite launched

The Indian geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) launched on May 29, carrying the first of the Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) second-generation navigation satellites. This brings the NavIC satellite total to nine. The GSLV, dubbed NVS-01, has a mission life…