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LizardTech to launch GeoExpress 10 with expanded lidar functionality at GEOINT 2018

April 17, 2018 - By

LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial data, will launch Version 10 of its GeoExpress data manipulation and compression software at the 2018 GEOINT Symposium. GeoExpress 10 includes significantly expanded lidar data handling capabilities and improved interface communication. LizardTech will demonstrate GeoExpress 10 in booth #1245 at the GEOINT Symposium, which is being held April 22-25, 2018,... read more

Teledyne Optech to showcase survey systems at GEOINT 2018

April 17, 2018 - By

Teledyne Optech will exhibit at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s GEOINT Symposium April 23-25 in Tampa, Florida. Technology partners from Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, Teledyne DALSA and Teledyne CARIS will exhibit together as part of Teledyne Imaging – Space & Defense in booth 1148. At GEOINT 2018, visitors can discover the advanced capabilities of the Optech Galaxy PRIME, the latest... read more

F-35 fighter gets Raytheon missile with GPS-inertial positioning

April 17, 2018 - By

Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy completed the final developmental test to integrate the Joint Standoff Weapon C onto the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s C variant, keeping the low-cost, air-to-ground missile on track for full deployment in 2019. The JSOW glide weapon uses a GPS-inertial navigation system with an imaging infrared seeker that can identify and track targets autonomously. JSOW... read more

Lockheed Martin submits proposal for U.S. Air Force GPS IIIF program

April 17, 2018 - By

Lockheed Martin has submitted a competitive and fully compliant proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) program, which will add enhanced capabilities to the most advanced GPS satellites ever designed. The GPS IIIF program intends to produce up to 22 next-generation satellites. The U.S. Air Force’s first 10 GPS III satellites, now in full production... read more

Xsens INS module uses GNSS for positioning

April 16, 2018 - By

Xsens has expanded its MTi product portfolio with the introduction of the MTi-7, a miniature inertial navigation system (INS) module that uses input from an external GNSS receiver to provide an accurate, real-time position, velocity and orientation data stream. The module has a compact 12 x 12-millimeter footprint, weighs less than 1 gram and consumes under 100 milliwatts, making it... read more

Cohda V2X-Locate system beats GPS black spots

April 16, 2018 - By

Australian company Cohda Wireless has released a vehicle positioning system to eliminate GPS black spots in “urban canyons” between high-rise buildings. Using Cohda’s expertise in developing collision avoidance systems for mines, the vehicle-based system, V2X-Locate, can identify vehicle position to sub-meter accuracy in environments that degrade GPS accuracy, such as tunnels, underground carparks and between high-rise buildings. As well as... read more

Harxon smart antenna provides RTK positioning for agriculture

April 13, 2018 - By

Harxon Corporation is launching the single-frequency, multi-GNSS real-time-kinematic (RTK) enabled Smart Antenna TS300 series, designed for manual guidance and autosteer agriculture applications that benefit from scalable performance in positioning accuracy. The TS300 series is a multi-GNSS compatible system using GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and Galileo for simultaneous satellite tracking to offer RTK positioning. It is able to track any visible satellites... read more

UASTrakker to showcase search-and-rescue drone system at AUVSI Xponential

April 13, 2018 - By

UASTrakker LLC is offering a new guidance system to enable first responders and maritime rescue units to use fully autonomous drones to help locate people lost at sea or in the wilderness. The company will showcase the system at AUVSI Xponential, scheduled for April 30-May 4 in Denver, Colorado. The emergency RF beacon tracking system for drones is based on the company’s core... read more