Photo: Xag Xag is setting up a 5-million-yuan fund on coronavirus response, calling for voluntary drone disinfection operations in China. According to Xag, the 5-million-yuan fund is committed to providing Xag’s agricultural drone users with technical support to properly carry…
On a test track in Sweden, a truck successfully merged between two cars driving alongside it in a fully automated maneuver. The live demonstration took place at the AstaZero test site near Borås, Sweden, on Nov. 21, 2019, showing automotive…
Vexcel Imaging, a leader in aerial imagery data, large-format aerial cameras, and photogrammetry software, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the imagery sourcing group from Verisk’s Geomni business. The acquisition will combine Geomni’s imagery surveying and content-related teams and…
While often an underestimated component of a positioning and navigation system, a GNSS antenna is critical to a receiver’s success in acquiring all available GNSS signals while rejecting unintentional interference, jamming, multipath and spoofing. GNSS antennas come in as many…
Photo: E-Compass E-Compass Science & Technology (also known as e-Survey) is offering a new dynamic GNSS receiver, the E300 Pro. The interface adopts a concealed design for better protection, and USB type-C charging and transmitting is a two-in-one function. The…
Decawave announced today that Qorvo, a provider of RF solutions, is acquiring the company, as well as Custom MMIC. Financial details have not been disclosed. “This acquisition is by far the biggest in the indoor location industry,” according to Bruce…
Denver’s RTD light-rail system has bragged that “RTD is one of the few transit agencies, nationally, to meet Congress’ original Dec. 31, 2015 deadline” for instituting Positive Train Control (PTC). Yet reception of the GPS signals upon which their PTC…
Artist’s rendering of a Glonass-K satellite. (Image: ISS-Reshetnev) ISS-Reshetnev Company — the primary GLONASS contractor — has a backlog of orders for navigation satellites up to 2025, according to General Director Nikolay Testoyedov. Testoyedov discussed GLONASS production on Dec. 30,…
Audi of America, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. are planning for initial deployments of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communication on northern Virginia roadways. C-V2X employs advanced wireless communications to enhance vehicle safety by using the same…
