Septentrio’s mosaic-T is built specifically for resilient and precise time and frequency synchronization under challenging conditions. (Photo: Septentrio) Septentrio has launched the mosaic-T GPS/GNSS receiver module, built specifically for resilient and precise time and frequency synchronization under challenging conditions. According to the company, its multi-frequency, multi-constellation GNSS technology — together with AIM+ Advanced Interference Mitigation algorithms — allows mosaic-T to achieve maximal availability even in the presence of GNSS jamming or spoofing. This compact surface-mount […]

July 2, 2020 Believe it or not, the future of aviation is in America’s heartland — Ottawa, Kansas, to be exact. Ottawa is located on the outskirts of Kansas City, on the Kansas side of the border, some 30 miles southwest of the Garmin International headquarters. There a determined group of students are on a mission to give an aviation icon a 21st century makeover. The icon: a 1967 Piper Cherokee. The students — not […]

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE – EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The U.S. Space Force and its mission partners successfully launched the third Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III satellite at  4:10 p.m. EDT, June 30 from Space Launch Complex – 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite was carried to orbit aboard a Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle. “Our team is committed to achieving excellence and reaching […]

New patented PIC Inside technology is designed to enhance inertial sensor performance and reliability for the growing autonomous market Photo: KVH KVH Industries has launched the P-1775 inertial measurement unit (IMU), featuring KVH’s new PIC Inside photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology. KVH has been developing and testing the technology for more than three years and is now incorporating it into existing product lines. The first units have started shipping. One of the first customers has […]

SMC Public Affairs / Published June 26, 2020 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. — The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Lockheed Martin-built GPS III SV03 satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech on June 21 in preparation for its upcoming launch on June 30 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Encapsulation of the satellite within the payload fairing protects the satellite against the impact of dynamic pressure and […]

A new Esri mobile app, ArcGIS Field Maps, will be released in its first beta in July, with the final version expected to be released in September. According to Esri, Field Maps will combine the following capabilities into a single app: Simple map viewing and markup High-accuracy field data collection and inspection Battery-optimized location tracking Work planning and task management Turn-by-turn navigation Field Maps also will include a new web app, integrated with ArcGIS, that […]

June 24, 2020 Photo credit: Getty Sports In the sport of cycling, suffering paves the path to victory. But everyone’s tolerance for pain is different. While physical fitness represents the ceiling of your physical limits, just how close you get to that limit is dictated by your mental fitness. The good news is that just like physical fitness, your mental fitness can also be trained. For those who aren’t blessed with freak genetics but still […]

China’s domestically developed Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been widely used in many public sectors and business fields at home and abroad, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office. By the end of 2019, more than 100 million Beidou-based navigation chips, modules and other products had been sold. The system had by then been applied to nearly 6.6 million taxis, buses and trucks around China as well as more than […]

Altitude Angel and Inmarsat are collaborating to develop and deliver advanced flight tracking and management capability for UAVs. According to the companies, they will build on Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM platform to jointly develop a “pop-up UTM” capability that can be deployed anywhere it is required to manage beyond visual line of sight UAV flights, without the need for ground-based communications infrastructure. By utilizing Inmarsat’s global network of satellites and leveraging its experience in air traffic […]

June 26, 2020 Sean Silvera was hunched in his upside-down truck at the bottom of the valley after it had gone down a steep hillside — tumbling side over side, front over back, when he began to smell the fumes of leaking gas from the small tank tucked in the cab. A lot had happened in a matter of moments, but all he knew was that he had to get out. Silvera — a contractor, […]