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Orolia’s Sarbe Evo line meets new Cospas-Sarsat requirements

February 12, 2020 - By

Orolia is introducing the Sarbe Evo line at the Singapore Air Show, taking place Feb. 11-16 at the Changi Exhibition Centre. The line is being exhibited at Orolia’s Booth G10. The search-and-rescue (SAR) beacon range has been improved to deliver upgraded operational capabilities, to meet the latest Cospas-Sarsat testability and maintenance requirements. Part of Orolia since 2011, the Sarbe brand... read more

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Innovation: Integrity for safe navigation

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A key feature of a new high-accuracy GNSS correction service
The design, construction, operation and performance of the first safety-critical, high-accuracy augmentation service for autonomous applications. read more

Report: DoD drone spoofed GPS on small aircraft

February 12, 2020 - By

A small aircraft’s encounter with a likely military drone near Edwards Air Force Base resulted in navigation failure, according to a report filed with NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System. In October 2019, a single engine Piper P-46 Malibu was flying at 24,000 feet 36 miles north of Los Angeles en route San Diego. Defense drone overhead The pilot reported, “I... read more

Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled due to coronavirus concerns

February 12, 2020 - By

Mobile World Congress, which was set to take place Feb. 24-27 in Barcelona, has been canceled as a result of coronavirus concerns. The cancellation comes after several exhibitors backed out of the show. “With due regard to the safe and healthy environment in Barcelona and the host country today, the GSMA has cancelled MWC Barcelona 2020 because the global concern... read more

ADVA tackles GNSS jamming and spoofing with AI solution

February 12, 2020 - By

ADVA has launched a centralized GNSS monitoring and assurance tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for comprehensive predictive maintenance. The new customer-owned tool enables users to collect and analyze huge amounts of information from across the network to remotely identify issues and protect networks from GNSS vulnerabilities, including jamming and spoofing attacks. It also helps to... read more

L3Harris passes critical design review for digital GPS IIIF payload

February 12, 2020 - By

The design improves capabilities over the 70% digital payload used for GPS III space vehicles 1-10 L3Harris Technologies passed the critical design review (CDR) phase in development of a fully digital navigation payload for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III Follow-On satellites. CDR is a major milestone demonstrating the new payload’s design — specifically the fully digital Mission Data Unit... read more

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Routescene 3D mapping solution reveals hotspots at Chernobyl

February 12, 2020 - By

Researchers from the U.K.’s National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR) are using Routescene’s UAV lidar technology to map radioactive hotspots in Chernobyl’s Red Forest. Professor Tom Scott, from the School of Physics at the University of Bristol, U.K., led a group of researchers from NCNR to conduct surveys on multiple sites of interest, including the Buriakivka village, a settlement abandoned... read more

Xag creates fund for drones disinfection program to fight coronavirus

February 11, 2020 - By

Xag is setting up a 5-million-yuan fund on coronavirus response, calling for voluntary drone disinfection operations in China. According to Xag, the 5-million-yuan fund is committed to providing Xag’s agricultural drone users with technical support to properly carry out aerial disinfectant sprays that help curb the spread of virus, especially in rural villages with weaker health system and poorer sanitation... read more

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