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Raytheon, NOAA win award for unmanned hurricane tracker

March 5, 2018 - By

Raytheon Company and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration received Aviation Week magazine’s Laureate Award for using the Raytheon Coyote unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to provide near-real-time, potentially life-saving data during hurricanes. Developed for the military, Coyote is a small, expendable UAV that’s air- or ground-launched into environments too dangerous for manned aircraft. The system can fly for more than an... read more

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The System: Accuracy from LEO birds improves

March 5, 2018 - By

Accuracy from LEO Birds Improves Results from new tests of the Satellite Time and Location (STL) service, using equipment configurations with a differential source and with a more accurate OCXO clock, show timing accuracy of 160 nanoseconds. The STL service uses a signal from the low-Earth orbit (LEO) Iridium constellation. In 2016, Satelles demonstrated sub-microsecond timing using a stand-alone TCXO-based... read more

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PNT Roundup: Positioning integral to system design of 5G cellular networks

March 2, 2018 - By

The cellular 5G standard targets latencies under 1 millisecond, data rates of up to 10 gigabits per second, extremely high network reliability and better accuracy in positioning. With location awareness becoming an essential feature in many new markets, positioning is considered as an integral part of the system design of upcoming 5G mobile networks. The cellular industry is currently implementing... read more

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Blade Runner 2049 special effects powered by Esri CityEngine get Oscar nod

March 1, 2018 - By

UPDATE: Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 took home the Oscar for Achievement in Visual Effects on March 4. Visual effects supervisors John Nelson, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover, plus special effects supervisor Gerd Nefzer, took the stage to accept the award. Framestore, a visual arts studio in Montréal, Québec, has received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects made... read more

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