Fallout from GPS rollover includes NOAA, Samsung, NYC, Boeing

The GPS Week Number Rollover, which took place April 6, has caused several automated NOAA stations to go offline. Some of the outages could last until November. Photo: NOAA According to the EOS website, 19 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) coastal…
Hemisphere GNSS acquires Outback Guidance from AgJunction

Hemisphere GNSS Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase all of the assets of the Outback Guidance business from AgJunction Inc., along with a new technology licensing agreement. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter, contingent on…
GNSS receiver, drone developments from AUVSI Xponential 2018

As the dust from this year’s AUVSI Xponential show, which took place May 1-4 in Denver, begins to settle, we complete the overview we began last month and wrap up our coverage of the show. Septentrio Septentrio introduced its AsteRx-i…
ADS-B system for helicopters gets boost from Becker Avionics

Becker Avionics Diversity Mode S Transponder with ADS-B certified. Avionics technology provider Becker Avionics has received certification for the company’s BXT6500 family Mode S transponder, designed for the rigorous flying environment characteristic of helicopter operations. Paired with a FreeFlight Systems’…

A security center for the European Union’s Galileo satellite system will be moved from the United Kingdom to Spain as a result of Brexit, according to numerous press reports. A committee of representatives of member states voted by a large…

The first advanced GPS III satellite successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the next-generation Operational Control System (OCX), further validating the U.S. Air Force’s modernized GPS is ready to launch its first satellite. On Nov. 2, GPS III Space…

WiscNews Baraboo corn maze draws inspiration from Circus WorldWiscNews“It's very complicated because you have to plot it out on a grid.” After Karalee finished the design, Tyler took the GPS coordinates from the computer program and plotted them in the…