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NAVCEN website redesign now live

June 8, 2022 - By

The NAVCEN website upgrade and redesign is now live. “This is an exciting moment for our team,” said Stephanie Southwick, NAVCEN web team. “Thank you again for your patience as we move forth with this transition to improve user experience and to provide the public with timely and reliable maritime safety information.” As a reminder, while the primary URL will... read more

NASA moon mission set to break record in navigation signal test

June 8, 2022 - By

Collaboration powers GPS and Galileo navigation experiment By Danny Baird ​NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center As the Artemis missions journey to the Moon and NASA plans for the long voyage to Mars, new navigation capabilities will be key to science, discovery and human exploration. Through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, will deliver an... read more

BAE unveils advanced M-code receiver at ION Joint Navigation Conference

June 7, 2022 - By

New M-code GPS receiver enables precision strike capabilities in contested environments BAE Systems unveiled its newest advanced M-Code GPS receiver for guided weapons and other small applications at the ION Joint Navigation Conference, taking place this week in San Diego. The Strategic Anti-jam Beamforming Receiver – M-Code (SABR-M) enables precise geolocation and strike capabilities in highly contested battlespaces. It delivers... read more

Companies join on E112 caller location compliance for Europe

June 6, 2022 - By

Collaboration supports emergency services across the European Union Keysight Technologies Inc. is collaborating with DEKRA to ensure that chipset and device vendors can validate E112 caller location (universal European emergency number) functionality in compliance to a new European Union (EU) regulation. The collaboration leverages GNSS and c (LBS) to verify E112 regulatory test cases used to validate mobile phones sold into... read more

Emlid Studio released for GNSS post-processing

June 6, 2022 - By

Emlid has released Emlid Studio, a new post-processed  kinematic (PPK) application designed specifically for post-processing GNSS data. The app is free and available for Windows and Mac users. Emlid Studio features a simple interface to make post-processing easy. The app allows users to convert raw GNSS logs into RINEX, post-process static and kinematic data, geotag images from drones (including DJI... read more

OSNMA anti-spoofing tech now on PolaRx5 GNSS reference receivers

June 6, 2022 - By

Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, has launched Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) on its high-end PolaRx5 reference receiver series. OSNMA offers end-to-end authentication on Galileo’s civilian signals, protecting receivers from GNSS spoofing attacks. OSNMA adds another layer of security to Septentrio’s existing AIM+ anti-jamming and anti-spoofing technology. This high level of resilience is especially important for... read more

Spirent Federal announces guest speakers for July training seminar

June 6, 2022 - By

Representatives from the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Army will present Spirent Federal, a leading provider of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) test equipment, has announced the guest speakers for the 2022 Spirent Federal PNT Training Seminar. Guests include Stephen Burke from Space Systems Command and Ivan Franklin from the Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space (APNT/Space) Cross-Functional Team (CFT). The... read more

BAE Systems broadens compatibility of anti-jam GPS receiver

June 6, 2022 - By

BAE Systems has expanded the capabilities of its Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receiver (DIGAR) by enabling beamforming with Trimble receivers, in addition to its own receivers. DIGAR’s beamforming capabilities increase the level of GPS jamming protection for aircraft by a million-fold, helping pilots execute their missions in contested environments. BAE Systems’ engineers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, developed software to ensure the... read more