After a rigorous 10-month selection process involving 25 proposals from 24 states, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it has chosen six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test site operators across the country. According to the announcement, in selecting the six test site operators, the FAA considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, safety, aviation experience... read more
How will 3D printing and the geospatial community affect each other? Many of us in the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) business chuckled at the publicity stunt Amazon pulled by demonstrating UAV doorstep delivery of packages. This was smart marketing by Amazon, and although the technology may not be farfetched, the institutional issues are and will create a long, steep... read more
The implementation changes and first live tests of BeiDou and Galileo on Teseo-3 GNSS chips developed in 2013 are covered, bringing it to a four-constellation machine. By 2020, we expect to have four global constellations all on the same band, giving us more than 100 satellites — under clear sky, as many as 30 or 40 simultaneously. read more
The Business section from the January 2014 issue (Download the PDF). Includes: Raytheon Receives $16M Contract for Miniaturized Airborne Receivers; Loctronix Ships Software-Defined Radio Module; Amazon Demonstrates Drone Deliver; CHC Delivers 520 Receivers in Myanmar Contract; Qualcomm Chipset Offers 4G LTE World Mode; u-blox Launches Timing Module; Broadcom Offers Location Chip with BeiDou Support; more. read more
By Dana A. Goward Highly precise and free for use by anyone with an inexpensive receiver, GPS and other GNSS are great. Their navigation and timing signals have been incorporated into nearly every aspect of modern life, from synchronizing power grids to financial systems, the Internet, telecommunications, and transportation. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates that these signals are... read more
A December 12 contract modification provided Air Force funding to Lockheed Martin to complete the fifth and sixth GPS III space vehicles (SV 05-06). Lockheeed originally received funding to procure long-lead parts for satellites five through eight (SV 05-08) in February 2013. read more
From the GNSS R&D Discussion Group on LinkedIn Hello, everyone, I am looking for a tool/software which can generate a satellite geometry distribution map of Chinese BeiDou over Asia. Just like a GPS PDOP global map. Could anyone give me a help? Thanks a lot in advance. Comments Maybe this tool helps you: AVIGA Service Volume Simulator: www.navpos.de/Publications/AVIGA_Pro_Flyer.pdf We use... read more
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