The USX51 Computing Power Flight Controller by UTMSYS is a system architecture that combines the Pixhawk 6X flight controller with the D Robotics RDK X5 edge-computing module. <p>According to the development team, the goal of the <a href="https://meshnology.com/products/usx51-computing-power-flight-controller" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">USX51…
In my October 2025 GPS World Newsletter, I highlighted professional societies forming working groups for the new NSRS — the National Society of Surveyors (NSPS), the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), and the American Association for Geodetic…
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the core mate phase of GPS IIIF Space Vehicle 11 ( SV11), a critical production milestone that marks the satellite’s formal “birth.” <p>Continued manufacturing and deployment of these next-generation GPS spacecraft is essential to maintaining reliable global coverage, with the GPS IIIF block introducing a suite…
Using a wide range of sensors and an ultra-broadband network created by team members, emergency services can orientate themselves and coordinate effectively even without GNSS, light or external communication. <p>In the NIKE MATE project, the focus is on navigating tunnels…
A ceiling fan slowly churned, stirring the hot, humid air. Outside, warm rains pelted the muddy streets as distant langurs whooped in the thick jungle mists below. <p>An incessant fly caught the attention of the office’s lone occupant, hunched over…
We asked our Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) which emerging sectors are driving the most demand for advanced positioning and timing solutions right now? <p>Find their responses below.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <h5 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Paul McBurney, <a href="https://www.gpsworld.com/tag/onenav/" target="_blank" data-type="post_tag" data-id="40673" rel="noreferrer noopener">oneNav</a></strong></h5>…
Project Manager Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PM PNT) has announced the Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground award of two Other Transaction Authority (OTAs) via a C5 prototyping project for a mounted PNT NorthStar solution to IS4S and GPS…
Deepen AI has released its latest targetless calibration platform, built to simplify and accelerate calibration for complex autonomous vehicles, automotive ADAS and robotics sensor suites. <p>The platform supports a wide range of configurations including GNSS receives, multiple lidars, radars, cameras and…
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has successfully launched the GNSS Orbiting Situational Awareness Sensor (GOSAS), one of three advanced experimental payloads. <p>GOSAS was aboard the Space Test Program’s (STP) Satellite-7, which launched at 4:33 a.m. PDT on April 7…
