Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The debut Innovation Vanguard Awards from Inside GNSS sister publication Inside Unmanned Systems highlights cutting-edge innovations, technological advancements, product design and breakthroughs across multiple categories of specific unmanned and autonomy application segments.
By Inside GNSS
The Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) will demonstrate GNSS-based spacecraft navigation in transit to the Moon and on the lunar surface. This will open the door to operational use of existing Earth-based GNSS signals for real-time onboard positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) around the Moon, increasing mission capability while reducing reliance on ground networks for PNT.
By Inside GNSS
L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to design concepts for Phase 0 of the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program.
By Inside GNSS
Hexagon has announced an agreement to acquire Septentrio NV, a leading OEM provider of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technologies, to drive innovation and expand the market reach of Resilient Assured Positioning solutions.
By Inside GNSS
At the recent SAE conference in Brussels, during a roundtable discussion moderated by Christina Anagnostopoulou of the National Technical University of Athens, talk turned to the role of GNSS and other positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies in urban drone operations.
By Peter Gutierrez
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the Telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India has signed an agreement with Silizium Circuits Pvt Ltd a fabless Semiconductor IP & SoC Startup under FABCI (Fabless Chip Design Incubator) for the “Design and Development of LEO Satellite Components and GNSS RF Front End ASIC”.
By Inside GNSS
After delays due to weather, on 16 December, U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Space Operations Command executed an accelerated timeline to meet a specific warfighter need through a Rapid Response Trailblazer launch.
By Inside GNSS
Viavi Solutions Inc. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inertial Labs, Inc. for initial consideration of $150 million at closing and up to $175 million of contingent consideration over four years. VIAVI intends to fund the transaction through cash on hand.
By Inside GNSS
Hexagon | NovAtel has announced its lowest SWaP (size, weight and power) GNSS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) with the launch of the GAJT-310. The GAJT line is a battle-proven solution for assured positioning, navigation and timing (A-PNT) that protects against hostile radio frequency interference on land, at sea and in the air.
By Inside GNSS
WAVENET RF Engineering, a Spanish company dedicated to the design and development of radio frequency systems and specializing in unmanned vehicle systems, with the collaboration of UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, a Spanish company in advanced guidance, navigation and control systems for unmanned aerial systems, are developing a positioning and navigation system, called KEPLER ADVANCE.
By Inside GNSS
Advanced Navigation, a provider of assured positioning navigation and timing (APNT) technologies and autonomous systems, has finalized a multi-million dollar deal with Rheinmetall Defense Australia to supply fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) inertial navigation systems (INS), for integration into Rheinmetall’s Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV), currently in service with the Australian Army.
By Inside GNSS
ArkEdge Space Inc., a Japanese space start-up based in Tokyo, has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) under its Space Strategy Fund to lead the development of advanced lunar navigation technology.
By Inside GNSS
Set to launch in late 2024, the NTS-3 satellite system developed by L3Harris together with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) is the Department of Defense’s first experimental, integrated navigation satellite system in 50 years.
By Richard Thomas
