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…
ADVA offers embedded timing for third-party hardware

ADVA has introduced its OSA 5400 SyncModule embedded timing solution, designed to enable technology suppliers to integrate precise synchronization into their hardware. Its M.2 form factor can add crucial timing capabilities to switches, routers, open compute servers and other IT…
RNT Foundation proposes attributes for resilient timing RFP

A National Resilient Timing Architecture should include delivery by fiber and RF along with space-based, according to the RNT Foundation. (Image: RNT Foundation) The Resilient Navigation and Timing (RNT) Foundation has published a white paper proposing attributes for a government…
UK takes £6.7M step toward resilient timing architecture

The United Kingdom’s National Timing Centre will conduct a two-phase series of funded studies and demonstrations focusing on “innovation in the dissemination and application of resilient time, frequency and synchronisation.” The first round now being advertised is for feasibility studies…

In separate letters to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and new Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg, influential members of Congress have urged the Biden administration to take prompt action and establish a backup timing capability for GPS. Danger and…

The UK’s emergency service responders and other critical services could be set for more resilient time systems through the National Timing Centre. The United Kingdom has established a new timing center to reduce reliance of public services and its economy…
ADVA introduces multi-band GNSS receiver for 5G timing accuracy

Pluggable line card enables easy transition to precise ePRTC (enhanced primary reference time clock) and PRTC-B based synchronization Adva’s new multi-band GNSS receiver improves nanosecond timing accuracy to 5G networks (Photo: Business Wire) Adva has launched a modular multi-band GNSS receiver…