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Sensofusion’s counter-UAS Airfence preps for production with DOD

June 7, 2018 - By

In the spring of 2017, the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) — via the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) — engaged in a one-year prototype contract with Sensofusion to develop a ground-based mobile counter-UAS solution stemming from Sensofusion’s pre-existing core product Airfence. Sensofusion acted as lead integrator and further advanced Airfence to integrate radar and optics systems... read more

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Harris Corporation delivers fifth GPS III satellite navigation payload

June 7, 2018 - By

Harris Corporation has provided Lockheed Martin with its fifth of 10 advanced navigation payloads contracted for the U.S. Air Force GPS III satellite program. The GPS III navigation payload features a Mission Data Unit (MDU) with a 70-percent digital design that links atomic clocks, radiation-hardened computers and powerful transmitters — enabling signals three times more accurate than those on current... read more

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China to launch 11 more BeiDou-3 satellites this year

June 6, 2018 - By

China will launch 11 more BeiDou-3 satellites by the end of 2018, according to the Xinhua News Agency, the official state-run press agency. China has already launched eight BeiDou-3 satellites for its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. The satellites will provide initial services for countries and regions along the Belt and Road by the end of the year, said Wang... read more

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TomTom adopts what3words addressing system

June 6, 2018 - By

TomTom and what3words will collaborate to bring what3words addressing to TomTom’s customers globally. what3words addressing will roll out to TomTom consumer and automotive customers in the second half of 2018. TomTom made the announcement at TU Automotive Detroit. what3words is a simple way to talk about location. The world is divided into a grid of 3 x 3-meter squares, and each... read more

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Dewberry to update lidar for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands after hurricane

June 6, 2018 - By

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has selected Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, to collect and process Quality Level 1 topographic lidar data of Puerto Rico, including the islands of Culebra, Vieques and Isla de Mona; and the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas. The new data will be used to identify the impact... read more

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Microsemi debuts chip-scale atomic clock for space

June 6, 2018 - By

Microsemi Corporation has launched its SA.45s Commercial Space Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC), a commercially available radiation-tolerant CSAC suitable for low Earth orbit (LEO) applications. The device provides the accuracy and stability of atomic clock technology while achieving significant breakthroughs in reduced size, weight and power (SWaP) consumption, the company said. As the newest member of Microsemi’s CSAC product family, the... read more

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Topcon’s new data controller offers better speed and power

June 6, 2018 - By

Topcon Positioning Group has introduced the T-18 handheld controller, which is designed to drive geopositioning, construction, mapping and vertical construction applications. The controller includes a 3.7-inch sunlight-readable display with a 1-GHz processor, 1 GB of internal storage and up to 10 hours of battery life, the company said. For data collection using Topcon’s MAGNET Field software, the T-18 controller offers a... read more

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ION JNC early bird registration deadline is June 15

June 6, 2018 - By

The Institute of Navigation’s (ION’s) Joint Navigation Conference (JNC) 2018 early bird registration deadline is Friday, June 15. The JNC, sponsored by the Military Division of the Institute of Navigation, will be held July 9-11 in a U.S. only, For Official Use Only (FOUO) environment at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach in Long Beach, California. The U.S.-only classified sessions will be... read more

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