Taoglas is launching a new RF Filter division specifically developed for Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile applications. Taoglas, a provider of IoT and M2M antenna products, made the announcement at at Mobile World Congress Americas this week. Taoglas aims to provide high-quality, small-form-factor, cost-effective and easy-to-implement RF filters. The new filter division will feature a range of off-the-shelf filters... read more
By Christopher Ball, 412th Test Wing Public Affairs What happens when GPS isn’t available? A collection of U.S. Department of Defense units and universities found out when they gathered at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to evaluate various aerial platforms in a degraded GPS environment this summer. The week-long test event called DT NAVFEST — short for Developmental Test Navigation... read more
Arianespace will launch four new satellites for the Galileo constellation, using two Ariane 62 versions of the next-generation Ariane 6 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The contract will be conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the European Commission (DG Growth) and the European Union. This is the first ESA first contract to... read more
QZS-2 signal analysis, QZS-3 launched The second satellite of Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) has started transmitting navigation signals. QZS-2, or Michibiki-2, was launched on June 1, 2017, and joins its predecessor QZS-1 (Michibiki-1), which has been in orbit since September 2010. Both satellites have been placed into inclined geosynchronous, elliptical orbits, which enable extended satellite visibility periods over Japan... read more
Skydel Solutions has released SDX Release 17.8, which offers a host of improvements, according to the company. The 17.8 release offers an advanced jamming feature, as well as improvements for Gaussian noise, spectrum view and the graphical user interface (GUI). The new advanced jamming option provides unique interference testing capabilities for SDX users. It leverages the power of the GPU/SDR... read more
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $45.5 million contract to provide military code (M-code) early use (MCEU) capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS). Part of the Air Force’s overall modernization plan for the GPS, M-code is an advanced, new signal designed to improve anti-jamming and protection from spoofing — as well as increased secure access —... read more
Report from the National Association of Counties (NACo) Annual Conference, July 21-24, Columbus, Ohio. After retiring from the Navy in 1993, my first GIS-related position was with the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). I was tasked with building the agency’s GIS and promoting GIS within the 10 member counties. Some of our counties were excited about building their own GIS capability.... read more
EagleView Technologies is actively flying to acquire post-storm imagery in Florida following Hurricane Irma. With more than 20 planes staged or in the air, EagleView is continuously capturing high-resolution aerial imagery to enable rapid assessment and response to Hurricane Irma relief efforts. EagleView is a provider of aerial imagery and property analytics for the government, insurance and commercial sectors. Using... read more
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