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Spirent Federal showcases GSS6450, GSS7000 at Xponential 2017

May 12, 2017 - By

Spirent Federal Systems‘ Kalani Needham discusses the company’s GSS6450 RF record and playback system and GSS7000 signal generator at Xponential 2017 in Dallas, Texas. read more

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Live from AUVSI’s Xponential 2017

May 12, 2017 - By

The GPS World and Geospatial Solutions staff reported live from the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI’s) Xponential 2017 May 8-11 in Dallas. The event convenes the global community of commercial and defense leaders in intelligent robotics, drones and unmanned systems. NEWS Inertial Sense to release tiny GPS-aided INS for drones (5/15) Hemisphere GNSS launches latest Vector Eclipse board, the... read more

The sky’s alive at AUVSI’s Xponential 2017

May 12, 2017 - By

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Xponential 2017 show, May 8-11 in Dallas, convened a global community of commercial and defense suppliers in intelligent robotics, drones and unmanned systems. It showcases the broad forefront of autonomous vehicles generally, but in-flight in particular, and there were plenty of expanded capabilities and expanding applications on display. In one of several... read more

Swift, Carnegie release Duro for ground robots

May 11, 2017 - By

Swift Navigation and Carnegie Robotics released their first joint product at AUVSI’s Xponential: the Duro, a ruggedized version of Swift Navigation’s Piksi Multi dual-frequency RTK GNSS receiver. Built for outdoor operations, Duro combines a rugged enclosure with centimeter-accurate positioning. Leveraging design principles typically used in military hardware, the GNSS sensor is protected against weather, moisture, vibration, dust, water immersion and... read more

Congress increases funding for UAS research, airspace integration

May 11, 2017 - By

More than $20 million for research on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) was included in an appropriations package that Congress passed and the president signed into law last week to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The funding for UAS research is $2.67 million more than last year’s budget request by the Federal... read more

UAV testing facility selects Harris for BVLOS support

May 11, 2017 - By

Grand Sky Airfield Operations, a 217-acre UAS test facility in North Dakota, has selected Harris Corporation to provide an advanced solution to support beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flight operations, reducing the need for chase planes to provide constant visual surveillance during flight. Grand Sky tenants will have the ability to conduct BVLOS UAS flights, enabling commercial and government... read more

Traffic management systems for UAS requested by UN agency

May 11, 2017 - By

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), announced a Request for Information (RFI) on traffic management systems for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). ICAO announced the RFI at AUVSI’s Xponential 2017, the  trade show for the unmanned systems and robotics industry. As UAS operations become more... read more

VectorNav supplies IMU for military bomb-disposal robot

May 11, 2017 - By

VectorNav Technologies, a provider of embedded navigation solutions, announced at AUVSI’s Xponential that it will supply its surface mount VN-100 inertial measurement unit/attitude and heading reference system (IMU/AHRS) to Neya Systems for a custom version of that company’s UxAB module. Neya Systems will in turn deliver its custom version of the UxAB platform to Northrop Grumman for that company’s Advance... read more