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…
RIEGL, Schiebel team up for UAV-based airborne scanning

  Image: RIEGL RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH and Schiebel have successfully completed the integration of a laser scanning system, the RIEGL VQ-840-G topo-bathymetric lidar sensor, on the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS. The RIEGL VQ-840-G, combined with the technical specifications and performance of the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS, enables an efficient and secure…
Septentrio timing GNSS module now supports Fugro AtomiChron

Image: Septentrio Septentrio’s compact GNSS timing module, mosaic-T, now supports the AtomiChron timing service from Fugro. The mosaic-T module already includes several layers of security against GNSS jamming and spoofing with AIM+ integrated technology and OSNMA Galileo authentication; however, AtomiChron…