More launches planned for March and May Four new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) have passed tests in orbit and joined the system to provide positioning, navigation and timing services, according to China news service Xinhuanet. The…
Photo: Orolia Orolia Maritime has revealed the FastFind ReturnLink PLB with Return Link System (RLS) life-saving beacon system. Orolia worked closely with the European GNSS Agency (GSA) on the Galileo satellite system since the company was selected to lead development…
This month, the University of Texas at Austin became a major research hub for the U.S. Army Futures Command. On Oct. 12, the Futures Command broke ground on a $ 130 million research facility at the Texas A&M University System’s…
The Global Positioning System enterprise reached another major milestone on Oct. 21, when the GPS III Contingency Operations Program (COps) successfully connected with the first GPS III satellite on orbit. The COps system will allow the Air Force to operationally…
Photo: Allison Barwacz KVH Industries released its TACNAV 3D inertial navigation system, which includes an embedded GNSS and optional chip-scale atomic clock. According to the company, the TACNAV 3D’s modular tactical design and flexible architecture allow it to function as…
Photo: Robotic Research Robotic Research will showcase its RR-N-140 navigation system at Booth #407 at AUVSI Xponential 2019, which takes place April 29-May 2 in Chicago. The system provides accurate, absolute and relative 3D (six-degrees-of-freedom, or 6 DOF) localization information for ground…
Dragonfly (Image: CEVA) CEVA Inc. and Nurlink have introduced Nurlink’s NK6010 3GPP Rel.14 eNB-IoT system-on-chip (SoC) powered by the CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 IP solution. The companies made the announcement in advance of Mobile World Congress, which takes place Feb. 25-28 in Barcelona, Spain.…
The M.A.D.S. radomes track drones at the port, so they can be identified as beneficial or a threat. (Photo: Martek) The Port of Amsterdam has begun a four-week trial of a drone detection system. Martek Anti-Drone Systems is providing its…
This report covers a number of UAV topics, including the news of another U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to advance drone integration in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS); an initial effort towards Type Certification for a larger UAV/UAS;…
