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KVH Introduces Fiber-Optic Gyro IMUs for Demanding Applications

September 19, 2014 - By

KVH Industries, Inc., has introduced the 1725 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and the 1775 IMU, advanced sensors designed to be integrated into the most demanding stabilization, pointing, and navigation applications. These two new products complement KVH’s successful 1750 IMU and create a complete range of choices for advanced six-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) sensors with enhanced performance. All three products utilize the E•Core ThinFiber technology of KVH’s DSP-1750... read more

ION GNSS+ 2014: Loctronix

September 19, 2014 - By

Michael B. Mathews, Ph.D., CEO and founder of Loctronix, details the company’s Interference Detection System (IDS) at the ION GNSS+ September 9-12 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. read more

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Langley’s Student Wins ION Parkinson Award

September 18, 2014 - By

Simon Banville, a Ph.D. geodesy and geomatics engineering student at the University of New Brunswick, was awarded this year’s Institute of Navigation Bradford W. Parkinson Award. The $2,500 honorarium and plaque was presented recently during The Institute of Navigation’s GNSS+ meeting in Tampa, Florida. The Parkinson Award recognizes an outstanding graduate student in the field of global navigation satellite systems,... read more

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IFEN Officially Launches SX3 Software Receiver

September 18, 2014 - By

IFEN has launched the SX3 receiver. The company’s previous scientific software receiver, the SX‐NSR, was subject to major upgrades, while the respective hardware front-end was completely redesigned. Together, they build the new SX3 GNSS software receiver. IFEN’s most important innovation of the year was introduced at the ION GNSS+ Conference September 9-12 in Tampa, Florida. One of the SX3’s key features is four RF frequency... read more

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CTIA SMW Features Large Connected Car Presence

September 18, 2014 - By

CTIA’s Super Mobility Week featured machine-to-machine technology, connected vehicle vendors, and a few location-based services companies. While combining its spring and fall conferences, which drew a big crowd, CTIA also tried to be everything to everyone in wireless. Meeting planners also placed the conference with conflicting dates — as the Institute of Navigation, Berlin IFA and ITS World Congress were... read more

What Mattered at CTIA

September 18, 2014 - By

To those attending CTIA’s Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas September 9-11, it was clear that we’ve entered a period of divergence. Sensors, multiple platforms, all sorts of devices, computing in clouds, processing in clouds, car companies, connected houses, smart watches and indoor location positioning are being touted as part of the “Internet of Things” that will work together seamlessly.... read more

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ION GNSS+ 2014: KVH Industries, Inc.

September 18, 2014 - By

Jay Napoli, vice president of FOG/OEM sales for KVH Industries, Inc., chats with GPS World about fiber-optic gyros (FOGs) while at the ION GNSS+ Conference September 9-12 at the Tampa Bay Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. read more

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ION GNSS+ 2014: NavtechGPS

September 17, 2014 - By

Carolyn P. McDonald, president and CEO of NavtechGPS, catches up with GPS World at the ION GNSS+ Conference September 9-12, 2014, at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. Franck Boynton, vice president and CTO of NavtechGPS, also shares about simulators with software, the company’s OEM presence and more. read more

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