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CHCNAV: An autonomous boat surveys a bridge

April 15, 2024 - By

Bridges are essential components of our transportation infrastructure, facilitating seamless travel and connecting communities. The construction and maintenance of a bridge is an ongoing process, influenced by a variety of natural factors, including topography, geology, meteorology and hydrology. To protect the foundations and ensure the structural integrity of bridges, it is critical to continuously monitor bridge piers with a focus... read more

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Unicore: A little robot marks the lines

April 15, 2024 - By

For outdoor robotic applications, GNSS technology’s levels of accuracy range from sub-meter positioning to decimeter and centimeter levels in real time, depending on the specific application. read more

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Autonomy evolves

April 15, 2024 - By

Several technologies — ranging from very mature to nascent — are converging to make autonomous vehicles and devices more useful, efficient, and reliable than ever. read more

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Australian Space Agency funds development of aerospace-grade GNSS receiver

April 15, 2024 - By

The Australian Space Agency has funded the development of an Australian aerospace-grade GNSS receiver to use in rockets, satellites and aircraft. read more

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Inertial Labs to develop lidar system for Sony UAV

April 11, 2024 - By

Inertial Labs and Sony have partnered to integrate lidar technology into Sony’s Airpeak UAV. read more

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First Fix: Three recent articles that prove GNSS is constantly in the news

April 11, 2024 - By

In one way or another, GNSS is constantly in the news, even though it rarely makes the headlines. Three recent articles prove this point. read more

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Iridium partners with L3 Harris for FAA infrastructure protection

April 11, 2024 - By

Iridium has entered a five-year agreement with L3 Harris to provide satellite time and location (STL) service to more than three dozen L3Harris-operated communications network backbone nodes and a similar number of FAA facilities. read more

L5-first for improved resilience in mass market GNSS

April 11, 2024 - By

Current state of the art multi-frequency GNSS receivers operate by receiving L1 first and then L5. L5-first is a viable answer to the call for more resilience in GNSS as is being discussed in government and technical circles to protect vital national infrastructure. It is suggested as part of “Toughening Category 4: Signal Alternatives” to protect, toughen and augment (PTA)... read more

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