Trimble has announced the availability of Trimble RTX Auto, a GNSS software library written for use in safety critical automotive applications. The RTX Auto library can be integrated with any GNSS device and enables the decoding of Trimble’s RTX correction stream for centimeter-level absolute positioning accuracy, the company said. RTX Auto works with other on-vehicle sensors to deliver a positioning solution... read more
The final presentations of ESA’s second Galileo smartphone app competition will take place April 18. The public is invited to watch the awards ceremony via livestream. The competition’s goal is to develop an app capable of performing fixes using raw Galileo satnav measurements. Members of the public can also vote for their favorite app. Five teams are competing this year.... read more
Harris Corporation has received a $243 million contract from Lockheed Martin to provide fully digital navigation signals for the first two GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites — to deliver stronger signals, with greater operational flexibility. Harris’ GPS IIIF fully-digital Mission Data Unit (MDU), the heart of the satellite’s navigation payload which generates the GPS signals, will provide more powerful signals,... read more
Hemisphere GNSS has launched a single-frequency, multi-GNSS Vector V200 smart antenna with integrated Atlas L-band designed for general marine applications and markets. The V200 is being featured in the Hemisphere/Saderet stand (K12) at Ocean Business 2019 in Southampton, UK, from April 9 through 11. Powered by Hemisphere’s Crescent Vector technology, the V200 is a multi-GNSS compass system that utilizes GPS,... read more
A black hole has been imaged for the first time. The image was captured by a world-spanning network of radio telescopes that together create the Event Horizon Telescope. It zeroed in on the supermassive monster in the galaxy M87 to create the image. For GNSS experts, black holes demonstrate the extremes of relativity. Time and space warp and bend in... read more
The GPS Week Number Rollover, which took place April 6, has grounded the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) weather balloons. The fault was caused by the rollover of the time stamp in GPS signals, reports ABC news, which caused a “technical fault with the equipment’s communications systems.” The weather balloons carry a radiosonde that includes GPS tracking. The radiosondes measure various atmospheric... read more
Rolling out Military Code Much development has been necessary to enable the new M-code capability on more than 700 weapon systems that require it. This article overviews M-code, the updates to antenna and receiver technology to make these varied platforms M-code ready, and perspectives from key stakeholders in the M-code community. December 23, 2018, marked an important milestone for GPS.... read more
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