2022 Public Interface Control forum set for Sept. 28

The 2022 Public Interface Control Working Group and Open Public Forum will take place virtually on Sept. 28, the U.S. Air Force has announced. It is hosted by Space Systems Command, Military Communications and Positioning, Navigation, Timing Directorate. The following…
REFAG 2022 abstract submission and registration opens

The IAG International Symposium on Reference Frames for Applications in Geosciences (REFAG 2022), which is organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki under the scientific coordination of Commission 1 of the International Association of Geodesy, will be held in Thessaloniki,…
Magnetic Navigation 2022 – Freedom from GNSS? 

Dana Goward, President, Resilient PNT Foundation In a world where GPS and other GNSS signals can be easily denied or, worse, spoofed, interest in other forms of navigation has rebounded. Imagine being able to locate yourself within a couple of…
YellowScan to host Lidar for Drone 2022

Image: Yellowscan YellowScan will host its fourth conference for drone users June 13-14, 2022, at Domaine de Verchant, Montpellier, in the south of France. Attendees at Lidar for Drone 2022 will be able to meet and link up with YellowScan customers,…
Registration open for JNC 2022

Registration for the Institute of Navigation’s (ION) Joint Navigation Conference (JNC) 2022 is open and the technical conference program is now available online. The JNC, sponsored by the Military Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION), will be held June…
ION ITM/PTTI 2022 virtual meeting portal now live

The ION ITM/PTTI 2022 virtual meeting portal is now available at ion.org. Register today to attend the ION’s co-located International Technical Meeting (ITM) and the Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting, being held January 25–27, 2022,…
Directions 2022: BDS enters new era of global services

Yang Changfeng is BeiDou’s Chief Architect. (Photo: BeiDou Navigation Satellite System) Construction of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) has been completed. The system was formally commissioned on July 31, 2020. In 2021, BDS continued to improve performance, expand applications…