Category: GPS

Building the future of localization: how GNSS+IMU and VPS work together

Accurate localization underpins modern mobility, powering everything from precise rideshare pickups and efficient deliveries to augmented reality and autonomous systems. Yet achieving reliable sub-meter precision with commodity hardware remains one of the field’s central challenges. <p>A range of technologies are…
LuGRE mission: NASA and ASI release lunar experiment navigation data

During a public workshop at the Italian Space Agency on Oct. 14-15, the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) project team celebrated the closure of the project and released the data collected to the scientific community.  <p>LuGRE, developed in partnership by <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/" target="_blank"…

Artec 3D, a global 3D scanning lprovider, introduced its latest data capture and processing software, Artec Studio 20. <p>The all-in-one platform for 3D scanning, photogrammetry, reverse engineering and quality inspection now includes workflows that enable faster, fully automated data processing…
Implementing assured PNT for static and dynamic applications

Position, navigation and timing (PNT) services, derived primarily from GNSS constellations, have become a critical element underpinning the global economy, with a vast range of sectors depending on these signals. <p><em>This includes coordinating financial transactions, stabilizing power grids as well…
Advanced Navigation launches defense INS with electronic protection

Advanced Navigation, a global leader in assured positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and autonomous systems, has introduced a line of defense-ready inertial navigation systems (INS) featuring integrated electronic protection (EP) capabilities. <p>The systems are designed to counter electromagnetic warfare threats…
Turkish kamikaze drone unveiled

A new Turkish-made twin-jet kamikaze drone, showcased at the Ateş Serbest-2025 exercise, features GNSS-independent autonomy, with GNSS/GPS signals, supplemented by odometric data where necessary, reports Defence Turk and Defence Index. With specially designed avionics and onboard visual-odometry algorithms, the drone…

The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) Maritime Working Group is investigating GNSS jamming and spoofing in the maritime sector, starting with a survey. The survey is “aimed at anyone in the maritime sector who has experienced GNSS interference and who can provide…

U-blox has launched the UBX-M10150-KB chip and the MAX-M10N module, the first M10-platform GNSS hardware designed with firmware upgradeability. Both products run the new SPG 5.30 firmware, introducing Low Energy Accurate Positioning (LEAP) — a mode that reduces power consumption by up to 50 percent while maintaining…

GEODNET, provider of a decentralized real-time kinematic (RTK) network, has launched GEO-MEASURE, a survey-grade GNSS rover that delivers centimeter-level accuracy at a consumer-accessible price. <p id="pull-quote">For decades, survey-grade GNSS rovers have been essential tools for precision applications, but high costs…