search and rescue

The first G2 receiver prototype "breadboard" is now running in ESTEC's Navigation Lab. (Photo: ESA)

September 15, 2022

Galileo Second Generation technology tested in ESA labs

By Tracy Cozzens

Galileo Second Generation Batch#1A satellites. (Image: ESA).

January 18, 2022

Directions 2022: Galileo FOC, G2 on the horizon

By Guerric Pont, Marco Falcone, and Miguel Mantiega Bautista

Yang Changfeng is BeiDou’s Chief Architect. (Photo: BeiDou Navigation Satellite System)

January 14, 2022

Directions 2022: BDS enters new era of global services

By Changfeng Yang

Arctic Mass Rescue Operation in 2021 tested the rescue of 200 cruise-ship passengers using Galileo SAR. (Photo: EUSPA)

October 26, 2021

Mass rescue operation takes place in Arctic Circle with Galileo SAR

By GPS World Staff

April 27, 2021

Parrot partners with Rapid Imaging on live AR mapping

By GPS World Staff

Photo: Image: ConceptCafe/iStock/Getty Images Plus

March 17, 2021

Search-and-rescue drone debuts, FAA issues remote ID rule

By Tony Murfin

February 24, 2021

Russian UAV maker launches new VTOL drone

By Tracy Cozzens

Authors Javier Benedicto (ESA), left, and Rodrigo da Costa (GSA). (Image: ESA)

December 8, 2020

Directions 2021: Galileo expands and modernizes global PNT

By Javier Benedicto and Rodrigo Da Costa

Cospas-Sarsat rescue beacon activated. Its signals are picked up by satellites in orbit, including Galileo. (Photo: GSA)

October 26, 2020

First Galileo personal emergency beacon coming to 19 European countries

By Tracy Cozzens

June 29, 2020

New DJI map tracks drone-assisted rescues worldwide

By Tracy Cozzens

Galileo Second Generation technology tested in ESA labs

Directions 2022: Galileo FOC, G2 on the horizon

Directions 2022: BDS enters new era of global services

Mass rescue operation takes place in Arctic Circle with Galileo SAR

Parrot partners with Rapid Imaging on live AR mapping

Search-and-rescue drone debuts, FAA issues remote ID rule

Russian UAV maker launches new VTOL drone

Directions 2021: Galileo expands and modernizes global PNT

First Galileo personal emergency beacon coming to 19 European countries

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