Iridium Communications Inc., a provider of global voice, data and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aireon LLC. <p>Aireon is operator of the space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system.…
U-blox has expanded its automotive GNSS portfolio with the launch of two highly specialized modules: the ZED-X20K and the ZED-A20K. This dual release addresses engineering needs of both mass-market advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and safety-critical autonomous architectures. <p>Both modules feature pin-to-pin compatibility,…
The European Union PAVE-SCAN project aims to build European GNSS-based and AI-driven technologies to detect and assess roadway pavement problems. <p>The proposed project aims for the development to market (TRL8-9) of European GNSS-based integrated low-cost sensor technologies and artificial-intelligence-driven open-architecture software solution…
Photo: Oundum / iStock / Getty Images Plus / Getty Images The increasing prevalence of GNSS spoofing in commercial aviation poses significant safety concerns and highlights the need for robust alternative positioning, navigation and timing (A-PNT) sources. This form of…
Where have all the SBAS gone? Space Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) – known in North America as the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) – have been fully operational in one form or another for several years. The…
By Yanming Feng and Charles Wang, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and Charles Karl, Australia Road Research Board, Australia / Presented at ION International Technical Meeting 2018 Connected vehicle safety and traffic applications depend on communication, position and velocity information…
Assisting safer autonomous driving, STMicroelectronics has introduced a multi-frequency GNSS receiver chipset suitable for safety-critical automotive applications and high-accuracy positioning at the decimeter and centimeter-level for precise point positioning (PPP) and real-time kinematic (RTK) applications. Traditional in-car navigation systems help…
Q: How will safety issues raised by increasing autonomous traffic — in the air and on roads — affect the GNSS industry? Sanchit Agarwal, VP, Field Operations, Nearmap A: Due to increasing autonomous traffic, the GNSS industry will have…
