Nick Hough, IMCA The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published “Guidelines on the use of GNSS for tide calculations” (IMCA S 027). It provides an overview of how GNSS can assist in more accurate real-time direct measurement of tidal…
UAV Navigation’s range of Vector-autopilots is now integrated with Power4Flight’s IntelliJect EFI, designed for use in small-engine aerospace applications. Using the robust and extensive communication capabilities of UAV Navigation autopilots, the IntelliJect EFI’s engine control unit can communicate and deliver…
On May 10, the General Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on navigation efforts n the Department of Defense (DOD). Among its findings were that the department regularly fails to establish validated navigation and timing requirements for systems and instead…
The FLIR M440 UAV. (Photo: Teledyne FLIR) A bill moving through the U.S. Congress would impose a five-year ban on United States government purchases of drones manufactured or assembled in China, reports The Associated Press. The measure reflects bipartisan concerns…
This column details the potential effects of crustal movement on published heights in various regions of the United States. In my last column (in the April 2021 Survey Scene), I mentioned that the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) announced that it…
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the June 2021 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM Grandmaster Clock Multi-constellation receiver Photo: Microchip The upgraded TimeProvider 4100 2.2 is now more redundant and resilient. It…
Geoflex, a geolocation company, won the Jury Award of SPRING 50, a competition of deep tech startups that took place on May 20 in Paris-Saclay, the largest French research cluster, located south of Paris. Geoflex is a cloud service operator…
While GPS will always be an integral and irreplaceable part of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technology, assured PNT must take a layered approach for true resiliency. A GPS World webinar sponsored by Spirent Federal Systems will explore this topic.…
DDK Positioning solutions use the Iridium satellite constellation to deliver 5-cm GNSS accuracy to industrial users of the internet of things (IoT). Iridium Communications Inc. has made a strategic investment in DDK Positioning, an Aberdeen, Scotland-based provider of enhanced GNSS…
