January 10, 2024 How did Team Quantified bring home two SFC championships in a row? It comes down to the right equipment, the right preparation and a few curveballs for good measure. All Justin Drummond has ever wanted to do was fish. He grew up in South Padre Island in Texas, near the Mexican border, and his dad ran two charter boats. Fishing wasn’t just for fun. It was a livelihood, and he inherited the […]

Image: Inertial Labs Inertial Labs has launched the RESEPI lidar Gen-II remote sensing payload instrument. It comes in three modes to cater to users’ individual operational needs: aerial mode for comprehensive airborne data collection, mobile mode for dynamic vehicular data collection and a versatile handheld/backpack that aims to provide portability and ease of use for ground personnel. The RESEPI lidar Gen-II has a 175% increase in computing power, designed to speed up processing and enhance […]

January 18, 2024 Kirk Fryar, the President of Sarasota Avionics, is a busy man — but Garmin PlaneSyncTM Connected Aircraft Management helps him to spend less time worrying about the details. It’d be grand if your responsibilities as an aircraft owner started as you boarded your aircraft and ended as soon as you were back on solid ground, but that’s simply not the case. Properly managing your aircraft takes time, effort and preparation — a […]

Image: Fairview Microwave Fairview Microwave has launched its advanced military-grade antennas. The new products include ruggedized GPS, manpack omni and vehicle omni antennas designed for mission-critical applications such as vehicle navigation, personnel communications, vehicle communications, electronic warfare and jamming. The military-grade antennas meet MIL-STD-810 to offer durability while adhering to strict quality standards. The antennas are also compliant with the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), which makes them suitable for government and defense applications. Built to […]

February 20, 2024 Answer: Longer than most other smartwatch brands. If you have to charge your smartwatch every night while you sleep, your smartwatch is falling short. If your smartwatch battery life lasts only a day — or even just a couple — you’re missing out on tracking your body’s physiological metrics while you charge it. This means you’re getting a less complete picture of your overall health and fitness status, not to mention missing […]

Domo Tactical Communications (DTC) and Inertial Labs have partnered to develop an integrated uncrewed systems solution for UAV manufacturers and end users. The new solution combines technologies from both companies to create a single navigation, command and control (C2), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system. DTC’s Manet Mesh radio — with MeshUltra product family waveforms — aims to provide robust, high-bandwidth C2 and ISR links, which can allow uncrewed vehicles to operate successfully in hostile […]

February 13, 2024 Garmin users are intense — and we’ve got the data to prove it. Garmin smartwatches come packed to the brim with features dedicated to helping you take a more intentional approach to your health and wellness. One such feature is intensity minute tracking, designed to help you monitor your physical activity each week. Below we outline everything you need to know about intensity minutes — what they are, how many you should […]

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry. Mapping the melting Arctic Image: TT / iStock / Getty Images Plus / Getty Images According to the 2023 Arctic Report Card by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), new records have been documented showing that human-induced warming of the atmosphere, ocean and land is creating adverse impacts on […]

February 15, 2024 Using Garmin smartwatches, researchers have found that tracking activity levels in cardiovascular patients can help lead to better self-reported quality of life. The German Heart Centre in Munich, in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM), is at the forefront of cardiovascular care, particularly when it comes to congenital heart defects (CHDs). The two institutions have been using Garmin watches to monitor physical activity in patients for years, beginning in pediatrics […]

Earlier this week House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner sounded an alarm about a serious national security threat. It had to do with Russia, a weapon, space, and something nuclear. For many, these clues conjured up images of bombs falling to Earth from space, satellites destroyed by powerful electromagnetic pulses, shrapnel impacting the space station, and so on. Yet, putting nuclear weapons in space would be a clear violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty […]