Mobile brand Xiaomi has launched a dual-frequency GNSS smartphone. Fitted with a Broadcom BCM47755 chip, the Xiaomi Mi 8 provides up to decimeter-level accuracy for location-based services and vehicle navigation, the company said. The Mi 8 smartphone represents a breakthrough in GNSS technology as the first commercial deployment of Broadcom’s dual-frequency BCM47755 chip designed for the mass market and introduced in... read more
Rebecca Lasica, director of enterprise platforms and partners at Harris Geospatial Solutions, offers a rundown on the company’s PrecisionPass solution at Xponential 2018. According to the company, PrecisionPass enables UAV pilots to quickly determine in the field if a data collection meets the required criteria or if it needs to be collected again. read more
A free GPS World webinar, sponsored by Orolia and taking place at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 21, will discuss “Defense PNT in Challenged Environments.” The webinar will consider the reliance on GPS in modern land-warfare systems, as well as the potential effects of GPS disruption on their operations and ways to protect their ability to continue operating in... read more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has established temporary unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight restrictions over federal penitentiaries and U.S. Coast Guard bases. The restrictions, which take place June 20, are for drone flights up to 400 feet within the lateral boundaries of the facilities. The restrictions came at the request of federal security partners the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland... read more
Airbus Defence and Space is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Eagle Vision, its lightweight deployable imagery downlink ground station designed to process and distribute commercial satellite imagery in near-real time to support U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard missions in homeland security, combat and disaster relief. Eagle Vision allows downloading and processing of unclassified commercial satellite imagery directly in... read more
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