For 30 years, Spirent Communications has built GPS/GNSS simulators, operating at the radio frequency (RF) level and building a broad customer base. Now, with the launch of SimIQ — which starts shipping at the end of October — the company is providing simulation at the I/Q level. (When talking about frequency mixers, the “I” stands for “in phase” and the “Q” stands... read more
GNSS augmentation solution targets North America and Europe with safe and precise centimeter-level accuracy performance from two geostationary satellites. Sapcorda Services GmbH is now testing its GNSS augmentation services for the L-band signal in North America and Europe. The testing lays the foundation for a Dec. 1 launch of what Sapcorda said will be the strongest, most reliable GNSS augmentation... read more
Members of the GPS World Editorial Advisory Board share their memories and thoughts about the GPS industry over the past 30 years. Find out what they had to say. • Stuart Riley: GPS: Obscurity to ubiquity • John Fischer: Modern miracle brings timing to the ‘Information Superhighway’ • Terry Moore: Transiting to GPS and beyond • Ellen Hall: History of... read more
UAVOS Inc. has performed a series of successful flight trials with High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) ApusDuo, testing its unique control system. The test flights confirmed that UAVOS’s control system allows aircraft with a large-wing elongation to fly in unstable atmospheric conditions. The ApusDuo aircraft successfully copes with turbulence, actively changing the bend of the wings. The total flight time... read more
Robotic Research LLC has added Retrotraverse to its AutoDrive-M autonomy kit. The autonomy kit is equipped on the U.S. Army’s Palettized Load System (PLS) logistics trucks. Robotic Research demonstrated the Retrotraverse capabilities with three of the U.S. Army’s PLS trucks, each towing trailers. “This is a major step forward for our company and has broad application both in autonomy and... read more
Javad GNSS introduced a new solution, Real-Time Post-processed Kinematics (RTPK), at Intergeo Digital 2020. With the new option, the Javad Triumph-LS combines the strengths of RTK and PPK into a system that can post-process RTK data and verify its results in parallel and real time. If RTK fails, RTPK is available in a fraction of a second, the company said.... read more
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