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GPS World White Paper: Honeywell

October 11, 2017 - By

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Spoofing in the Black Sea: What really happened?

October 11, 2017 - By

Between June 22-24, a number of ships in the Black Sea reported anomalies with their GPS-derived position, and found themselves apparently located at an airport. read more

Swift Navigation showcases Piksi Multi, Duro

October 11, 2017 - By

Swift Navigation’s Rob Hranac gives GPS World an overview of the company’s Piksi Multi RTK GNSS receiver and Duro, a ruggedized version of the Piksi Multi, at Intergeo 2017, which took place Sept. 26-28 in Berlin, Germany. read more

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Topcon announces connectivity enhancements with Bentley Systems

October 10, 2017 - By

Topcon Positioning Group announces advances in its direct communication between the Bentley Systems design applications and the Topcon suite of software solutions with the release of MAGNET 4.3.1. The MAGNET Enterprise Data Manager is designed to allow operators to directly access Bentley ProjectWise data with MAGNET Field, MAGNET Office or MAGNET Enterprise applications. “The updates are part of our commitment... read more

U.S. Air Force declares first GPS III ‘available for launch’

October 10, 2017 - By

The U.S. Air Force has declared the first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite “available for launch,” (AFL) ushering in a new era of advanced GPS technology. The Air Force’s “AFL” declaration is the final acceptance of Lockheed Martin’s first GPS III Space Vehicle (GPS III SV01) before its expected 2018 launch. GPS III SV01 will bring new capabilities to U.S.... read more

DigitalGlobe selects Raytheon as satellite imaging payload provider

October 10, 2017 - By

Solution doubles DigitalGlobe’s capacity to collect 30-centimeter commercial satellite imagery. Raytheon Company has been selected by DigitalGlobe as the next-generation WorldView Legion satellite imaging constellation payload provider. Under the contract, Raytheon will deliver the telescopes, detectors and combined electronics to Space Systems Loral, the WorldView Legion space vehicle integrator. Raytheon’s new payload doubles DigitalGlobe’s capacity to capture multispectral and 30 cm... read more

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Apply now for methane leak detection technology competition

October 10, 2017 - By

Just over three weeks remain to apply to the Mobile Monitoring Challenge (MMC), led by Stanford and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) with technical advice from ExxonMobil. There’s a big push to develop mobile technologies to monitor and quantify methane leaks at oil and natural gas sites. Mobile monitoring offers the promise of surveying highly dispersed industrial facilities — including... read more

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System of Systems: M-code contract awarded

October 9, 2017 - By

Air Force awards M-code early use contract 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 GPS. MCEU will provide command and control of M-code capability to eight GPS IIR-M and 12 GPS IIF satellites on orbit, as well as future GPS III satellites, which the Air... read more

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