July 14, 2020 Our GI 275 electronic flight instrument can now be interfaced with the GFC 500 autopilot, delivering superior in-flight performance and added redundancy when multiple GI 275’s are installed in an aircraft. In addition to GFC 500 compatibility, GI 275 can now serve as a replacement attitude indicator and/or horizontal situation indicator (HSI) to legacy Century II/III autopilots. The GI 275 upgrade also includes the display of outside air temperature, groundspeed, true airspeed […]

The newly-launched last satellite of China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) successfully entered the long-term operation mode on July 1, announced the Xi’an Satellite Control Center. It marked that all 30 satellites of the BDS-3 system have been operating in the long-term mode, a major step forward for BDS to provide full services to the world, said the center. The last satellite of the BDS was launched on June 23. […]

The Government of Nepal has completed fieldwork for measuring Everest’s height using GNSS equipment from Trimble, including the robust R10 receiver. The Survey Department of the Government of Nepal has completed fieldwork for the National Initiative for the Measurement of the Height of Sagarmatha (Mount Everest). The Nepali survey team summited at 3 (local time) May 22, 2019 (by the Nepali calendar, that’s २०७६ जेठ ८, or June 8, 2076). The summit team of Chief […]

July 14, 2020 To slow down and help make sense of their lives, some people turn to prayer or yoga. Others find time to meditate while they’re on a cycling smart trainer. Bringing some mindfulness to your smart trainer regime is easier than you might think. And it’s a great way to give both your mind and your legs a thorough workout. Train Your Brain and Your Legs French mathematician Blaise Pascal once said that […]

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been adopted in more than 10,000 unmanned farm tractors and spraying drones in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the regional agriculture and husbandry machinery administration. Xinjiang has been promoting tractors, harvesters and other agricultural machinery equipped with BDS in recent years, and techniques such as precision sowing, fertilization, and pesticide spraying, based on the system to improve the working quality of the […]

U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo: RNTF) Last week, 27 members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Ajit Pai. In it, they urged him to reconsider the FCC’s decision to allow Ligado Networks to operate a terrestrial nationwide network that the executive branch says will cause harmful interference to GPS signals for many users. This concern and opposition from a sector not traditionally engaged in GPS or positioning, […]

July 20, 2020 Written by Rehan Nana Garmin’s mission statement is “To be an enduring company by creating superior products for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and sports that are an essential part of our customers’ lives.” That statement speaks to different people in different ways. I have always focused on the last eight words – that our products “are an essential part of our customers’ lives.” Each product Garmin designs and builds has to create […]

Honeywell is introducing the HGuide n380, a new inertial navigation system that communicates position, orientation and velocity of an object – such as an autonomous vehicle or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – even when global navigation satellite signals are unavailable. Smaller, lighter and lower-priced than previous Honeywell inertial navigation systems, the HGuide n380 is built using Honeywell’s rigorous design standards to withstand harsh environments in the air, on land or at sea. […]

Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global supplier of cellular and GNSS modules, has released the LC29D module. Photo: Quectel The LC29D is a sub-meter level GNSS module that integrates dead reckoning (DR) and multi-band (L1/L5) real-time kinematic (RTK) algorithm technologies with fast convergence times and reliable performance. The module supports dual-band GNSS raw data output and integrates 6-axis IMU sensor to deliver high-accuracy positioning performance in seconds. Based on the Broadcom BCM47758 GNSS chip, the LC29D […]

July 15, 2020 Our G500 TXi and G600 TXi series touchscreen flight displays can now bring even more capabilities and advanced features to cockpit upgrades. For Cirrus SR20/SR22 aircraft equipped with either legacy Avidyne flight displays or original flight instruments, owners can now upgrade to the G500 TXi to display engine information. Additional enhancements to the TXi flight display series include DFC 90 autopilot compatibility, new multi-function display (MFD) configurations, the display of additional engine parameters […]