Quectel Wireless Solutions has launched a compact dual-band GNSS module, the LC79D, that supports the L1 and L5 bands from navigation satellites to improve positioning accuracy. Featuring concurrent multi-constellation GNSS receivers on dual GNSS bands, LC79D uses L1 and L5 bands for GPS, Galileo and QZSS satellites, L1 band for GLONASS and BeiDou satellites, and L5 band for IRNSS satellites. Compared... read more
Autonomous Driving Guidance
GNSS chip manufacturers and positioning systems developers are working on bespoke devices for autonomous driving. This month, we look at a development with embedded functional safety. read more
The second next-generation GPS III satellite — nicknamed “Magellan” by the U.S. Air Force — is encapsulated and ready for its planned July 25 launch. On June 26, Lockheed Martin Space and United Launch Alliance (ULA) technicians completed encapsulating GPS III Space Vehicle 02 (GPS III SV02) in its launch fairings at the company’s Astrotech Space Operations facility, where the... read more
“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GPS/GNSS industry. Galileo guides Madrid metro buses Galileo and EGNOS are helping EMT Madrid to improve its services, reports the European GNSS Agency. Madrid is one of the first cities using Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) with enhanced... read more
Viametris has launched the second-generation version of the vMS3D, its urban and road lidar scanner. The second-generation version of the 3D mobile vehicle scanner has been redesigned to be more compact. The system has been simplified considerably in both electronic and ergonomic terms to make it more robust and stable in adverse conditions and challenging environments. Despite being lighter, the second... read more
Raytheon Company has signed a strategic agreement with AirMap, an airspace intelligence platform for drones, to collaborate on projects to safely integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace system. This will help unlock the positive economic and social benefits of expanded commercial drone operations, the companies said. Unmanned air traffic control advances will unlock safe, efficient and scalable... read more
Collins Aerospace announced that its miniature PLGR engine – M-code (MPE-M) receiver has received approval from the GPS Directorate. Collins Aerospace’s Mike Shepherd talks more about the approval at Xponential 2019, which took place April 29-May 2 in Chicago. read more
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