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GSA, Public Safety sign BroadGNSS agreement on critical infrastructure

November 20, 2020 - By

Agencies plans commercial procurement of innovative solutions The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is joining with Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) to coordinate the BroadGNSS Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) program. BroadGNSS will procure innovative solutions for applications, synchronization and monitoring of critical mobile broadband communication infrastructure and information assets for public protection and disaster recovery (PPDR) Operations. The project brings together three... read more

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Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Advancing bathymetry

November 20, 2020 - By

Which recent GNSS/INS innovations have been most helpful in advancing bathymetry? Which upcoming ones will be? “Development of PPP removed reliance on shore-based RTK base stations, allowing operation almost anywhere on the oceans. Continued performance improvement in FOG and MEMS INS, along with bathymetric sensors, provide cost-effective solutions while also providing more accurate seabed maps. The future will see increased... read more

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Innovation: A multi-sensor navigation system for outdoors and indoors

November 20, 2020 - By , , and

Getting the Best in Both Worlds
GPS alone won’t cut it. Thankfully, other navigation sensors can be used to supplement or replace GNSS when the going gets tough for GPS alone. read more

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Hexagon’s ‘RTK from the Sky’ brings instant GNSS accuracy worldwide

November 19, 2020 - By

New service provides PPP convergence for centimeter-level accuracy on land, air and marine applications around the world Research from Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division has resulted in breakthrough innovations in precise point positioning (PPP) that enable nearly instant global centimeter-level accuracy. These developments pave the way to bring “RTK from the Sky” performance to worldwide users through correction service products... read more

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Daewoo E&C partners with SPH Engineering for AI platform

November 18, 2020 - By

SPH Engineering has partnered with Daewoo Engineering and Construction (E&C). Through the partnership, SPH will support Daewoo’s data management projects through its Atlas artificial intelligence (AI) platform, which enables aerial imagery storage, map creation, change tracking, object detection and territory segmentation. Photogrammetry data is expected to become one of the key components for storage and processing, SPH added. According to... read more

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Drone developments: flying into a volcano, tethered drone advantages

November 18, 2020 - By

Just a couple of pieces of drone news this month — who would imagine flying a fixed-wing drone into the plume of a volcano? And some new advances in tethered drone capability. Global warming/climate change — a collection of words which can sometimes lead to disputes, disagreements and dismay. These words can fill people with enthusiasm for change and in... read more

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Belgian company Seafar pioneers barge automation technology

November 18, 2020 - By

Seafar has integrated Septentrio’s AsteRx-U dual-antenna, multi-frequency, multi-constellation receivers into its autonomous vessels to provide sub-meter positioning for navigation and control. AsteRx-U’s robust enclosure is equipped for harsh outdoor marine environments. The dual-antenna set-up provides precise heading information along with reliable positioning. A captain in a Remote Operating Center monitors several unmanned ships simultaneously, and can take over navigation control... read more

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Cobham to supply anti-jam GPS solution for US Army UAS

November 17, 2020 - By

Cobham Aerospace Connectivity has been selected by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Army to provide the anti-jam GPS systems for the MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) platform. As part of a multi-domain operation equipment suite that is compatible with existing GE-ER aircraft, the DACU-8 capability provides assured positioning, navigation and... read more

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