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Murata offers new 6-degrees-of-freedom inertial sensor

March 24, 2021 - By

Murata has developed a new (micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) inertial sensor for GNSS positioning support, autonomous off-highway vehicles and dynamic inclination sensing. Murata’s new SCHA63T sensor is a single package 6DoF component. It can enable centimeter-level accuracy in machine dynamics and position sensing, and can assist in ensuring safe, robust and verified designs. The sensor enables further advancement in... read more

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OxTS offers tiny inertial navigation system for drone surveys

March 24, 2021 - By

Oxford Technical Solutions has released the xNAV650, the latest in its line of inertial navigation systems (INS), suitable for use on drones. INS provide surveyors with absolute position, timing and inertial measurements (heading and pitch/roll) that they can integrate into their survey projects. The measurements, when combined with data from other devices (such as lidar sensors and cameras), can greatly... read more

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Bad Elf, ProStar partner on utility data solution

March 24, 2021 - By

Mapping company ProStar Holdings Inc. and survey device company Bad Elf have partnered to produce a solution designed to gather the precise location of surface and subsurface utility data. PointMan combined with Bad Elf is designed to quickly and precisely, locate, identify and display critical surface and subsurface utility data. Bad Elf’s survey-grade GPS/GNSS receiver combined with ProStar’s flagship mobile-mapping... read more

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Advanced Navigation to create inertial solution for NASA’s Artemis

March 24, 2021 - By

Advanced Navigation, in partnership with quantum technology company Q+CTRL, will create a quantum-enhanced inertial navigation solution for space launch vehicles, satellites and landers. The design of this inertial navigation technology for long-endurance space missions will be pivotal to NASA’s space exploration initiative, the Artemis Lunar Exploration Program. The work will be done under a Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability... read more

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Regulating advanced drone operations

March 24, 2021 - By

Why permissions and regulations are an important part of workflows By Pierre-Alain Marchand Regulatory Compliance Manager, senseFly Now widely accepted as a mainstream commercial mapping tool, the benefits of using drones to make better-informed decisions and provide a robust return on investment are well understood. But progress in drone technology is shifting the focus to more advanced operations, a term... read more

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South Korean satellite uses navigation receiver from RUAG Space

March 23, 2021 - By

On March 20, a South Korean Earth Observation satellite will be sent to space, carrying a navigation receiver from RUAG Space to determine the satellite’s position in orbit. The Earth Observation satellite is being launched by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea’s space agency. The precision single-frequency low Earth orbit GNSS receiver, called LEORIX, is a GPS +... read more

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Sub-meter tracking coming to campuses with Link Labs’ AirFinder OnSite

March 22, 2021 - By

A new enterprise platform available this summer provides real-time location and asset tracking across a campus with Bluetooth technology. Link Labs’ AirFinder OnSite is an internet of things (IoT) asset-tracking platform for campus-based environments. Using a Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) radio to support both Bluetooth LE and phase ranging brings location accuracy with Bluetooth LE tags to the sub-meter... read more

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A matter of time: Ensuring precise time and synchronization for critical infrastructure

March 22, 2021 - By

Critical infrastructure services such as telecommunications, utilities, transportation and defense are of national strategic importance. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) lists 16 such sectors considered vital for security. Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21): Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience advances a national policy to strengthen and maintain secure, functioning and resilient critical infrastructure. Together, positioning, navigation and timing... read more

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