Trimble tech enables cm-accurate 3D model of disappearing glaciers

Data provides baseline measurement for tracking change at one of Earth’s last tropical ice fields in Puncak Jaya, Papua, Indonesia. <p><a href="https://www.trimble.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Trimble</a> is supporting Project Pressure by providing advanced GNSS positioning technology and research funding for the nonprofit…

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Trust Automation a $ 490-million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the rapid research, development, prototyping, demonstration, evaluation, production and transition of unmanned and counterunmanned aircraft system (CUAS) capabilities. <p>As Trust Automation looks…

OEM products are vital to many industries. Companies such as Septentrio and SBG Systems design and produce a variety of OEM devices for many different applications. (Image: sankai/E+/Getty Images) OEM devices are an integral part of many applications requiring precise…
Israel opens advanced navigation center for non-GPS tech

The inauguration of the Navigation Technologies Center took place in March. (Photo: IAI) The new center will focus on developing and producing navigation systems for the battlefield, and plans to implement a co-developed, non-GPS accurate navigation technology A Navigation Technology…
LORAN-5G: Paper envisions new use for venerable tech

Image: KENGKAT/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images A new paper by two Qualcomm engineers imagines restructuring Loran technology to more easily incorporate timing signals into telecommunication systems. The paper, titled simply “LORAN-5G,” was authored by Guttorm Opshaug and Dave Tuck. It envisions…
Vodafone tests remote centimeter-level tracking tech

New tech can track vehicles, drones and cargo remotely within centimeters — key to safe adoption of autonomous vehicles, flying objects and machinery Vodafone has successfully used new precision positioning technology to remotely track a vehicle to within 10 centimeters…
Shell and DJI partner on drone tech for energy industry

2,300-acre Shell Deer Park Refinery provides complex testbed for aerial inspections and incident response Photo: SimonSkafar/E+/Getty Images DJI is partnering with Shell Oil Company to create, test and deploy DJI drone technology at its Deer Park Manufacturing Complex to improve efficiency…