Launchpad: Software updates, defense radar, fleet tracking and more

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the October 2024 issue of GPS World magazine. SURVEYING & MAPPING Updated CAD Software With enhanced features and workflow improvements Topcon Positioning Systems has released a new version…
oneNav’s L5-direct safeguards defense and location services

Photo: oneNav oneNav has released the results of a test evaluating the resilience of its technology to widespread GPS interference. The testing was conducted in and around Haifa, Israel and focused on the performance of its L5-direct GPS receiver compared…
Launchpad: Timing antennas, defense UAS, infrastructure mapping

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the January 2022 issue of GPS World magazine. Surveying Base Station Receives all available GNSS signals Photo: Trimble The Trimble R750 GNSS modular receiver is a connected base…
Defense Innovation Unit seeks GNSS interference solutions

A surveillance system is demonstrated during a Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) exercise. (Photo: Rick Naystatt/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is asking for commercial solutions to fight GNSS disruptions, including jamming and spoofing. DIU is particularly asking for…

Senate joined House to override Trump’s veto, making bill into law The U. S. Congress, especially the Armed Services Committees, have long been concerned about GPS and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) issues. Over the past two decades, Congressional hearings,…
US Department of Defense PNT strategy: ‘GPS is not enough’

GPS might be interfered with globally Multiple, diverse PNT sources, modular open system needed for receivers Civil use hampering military efforts to leverage GPS for military advantage DoD PNT efforts to be increasingly classified, not shared with civil users In…