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Spirent Federal Training Seminar returns in person this July

April 12, 2022 - By

Spirent Federal Systems is hosting its annual training seminar in person for the first time in two years. The event will take place July 12-13 in Huntsville, Alabama. At the seminar, experts in positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) will share the latest GNSS and alternative radiofrequency navigation developments and provide advanced training on Spirent’s test equipment. The two days of... read more

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CHC Navigation introduces AlphaAir 1400 and AlphaAir 2400 airborne lidar series

April 12, 2022 - By

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV) has released the AlphaAir 1400 (AA1400) and AlphaAir 2400 (AA2400) lidar systems. Both lightweight, compact airborne laser scanners are easily installed on various UAV platforms or small survey aircraft and helicopters. They are adapted to high-density point corridor mapping applications, day or night, under leaf-on and leaf-off conditions or with dense vegetation to provide reliable results. “Nowadays, it is critical... read more

China hack breaches satellite security, Symantec reports

April 11, 2022 - By

Hackers in China managed to gain entry into satellite operators, defense contractors and telecommunications companies in the United States and southeast Asia, reports Reuters. Reuters spoke with security researchers at Symantec Corp. ahead of public release of a security report. The hackers have been removed from infected systems. The hackers breached computers that controlled the satellites, including access to orbital... read more

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LIFT Aircraft advances to Phase 3 contract with US Air Force

April 11, 2022 - By

LIFT Aircraft Co. has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to continue experimentation and flight test efforts around its HEXA copter. LIFT Aircraft Co. has been awarded a Phase 3 contract through the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime Program to continue experimentation and flight test efforts around HEXA, LIFT’s all-electric, single-seat vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft. Since 2020, LIFT Aircraft has... read more

More than 100 experiments planned for NTS-3

April 11, 2022 - By

More than 100 experiments will be conducted with the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), set to launch next year, according to a U.S. Air Force official and reported by FedScoop. “We’re really excited to push the state of the art with more than 100 experiments on this little [NTS-3] spacecraft and we’re looking at ways that we can solve warfighters’ problems... read more

10 answers about eLoran

April 11, 2022 - By and

By Alan Grant and Dana Goward  In my “First Fix” editorial in the January 2022 issue of this magazine, I listed 10 questions about eLoran I had received from a PNT expert in response to an article about eLoran I wrote for the November 2022 issue. I encouraged eLoran proponents to address these questions. Two well-known authorities, neither of whom... read more

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Fixposition releases Vision-RTK 2 centimeter-level positioning sensor

April 8, 2022 - By

Fixposition, a Swiss technology company providing high-precision positioning solutions, has released a centimeter-level positioning sensor, the Vision-RTK 2. The low power and compact, industrial-grade device is suitable for autonomous delivery and logistics vehicles, agriculture, mowing and landscaping machines, as well as any other application where precise, uninterrupted positioning must always be available everywhere. “As vehicles and machines become increasingly autonomous, they... read more

Hexagon helps Ghana utility modernize electricity distribution

April 8, 2022 - By

Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division successfully deployed an advanced utility geographic enterprise asset management (EAM) system for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The smart EAM, featuring Hexagon’s G/Technology, will allow ECG to plan, manage and efficiently operate its distribution network to meet the growing needs of 4.5 million customers. The enterprise system from Hexagon unifies data from a... read more