Click for report. A committee of the UK’s House of Commons issued a report Oct. 8 calling for greater drone regulations, including registration, drone ID transmission, and geofencing around sensitive locations. In the 73-page report “Commercial and Recreational Drone Use in the UK,” the Science and Technology Committee made numerous recommendations to the government. In its summary, it recalls drone sightings at Gatwick Airport in December 2018, which caused “significant disruption and highlighted the need […]

October 10, 2019 At Garmin, we talk a lot about beating yesterday and accomplishing your fitness goals. But we also know that your mental health plays a huge part in your overall wellness. Check-in with yourself today, and take some time for your mental well-being. Here are some tips for managing and improving your mental health: Record how you’re feeling For those of you using the menstrual cycle tracking feature, you can easily log any […]

Satelles, Inc. has raised $26 million in Series C funding. C5 Capital led the round, with participation from Iridium Communications and existing investors. This new investment brings Satelles’s total funding since the launch of its platform to $39 million and will help the company expand its sales and marketing efforts, broaden its partner network, and accelerate product development. Industry and government requirements for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) are expanding at a […]

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Oct. 11 that all 20,000 rebates offered to general aviation aircraft owners to equip their aircraft with Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Out have been issued and are no longer available. Aircraft owners who have already reserved their rebate, but not claimed it yet with installation, will be allotted the specified time needed to complete the requirements for the rebate. Image: FAA Starting Jan. 1, 2020, […]

October 10, 2019 Garmin is proud to announce our involvement in the national Runners Alliance, an advocacy initiative to help fight the harassment that female runners experience while exercising. Garmin proudly announces its involvement in the national Runners Alliance, an advocacy initiative to help fight the harassment that female runners experience while exercising. The Runners Alliance, launched by Runner’s World and Women’s Health, is committed to altering perceptions about what it means to be a […]

Septentrio and CORE partner up to develop a GPS/GNSS receiver which will make use of Japan’s Centimeter-Level Augmentation Service (CLAS). CLAS corrections are broadcast directly via QZSS constellation to enable high-accuracy positioning across Japan. Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS technology, and CORE, a Japanese system integrator with extensive experience in GNSS, are jointly developing a receiver that can use the Centimeter-Level Augmentation Service (CLAS) of Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS). Septentrio’s multi-frequency GPS/GNSS receiver […]

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The Russian Space Systems company, together with the Polar Initiative scientific and information centre, have developed requirements for receivers of satellite navigation systems for use in the Arctic, the company, which is a part of State Space Corporation Roscosmos, said. “The relevant state standard (GOST) is planned to be submitted to Rosstandart [Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology] for approval before the end of this year. Its adoption will become the […]

Raytheon plans to deliver the final phase of the GPS Ground Control System (OCX) upgrade to the United States Air Force by June 2021, despite past delays to the program. A report by the General Accountability Office (GAO), issued in May, said the Air Force has yet to develop full cost estimates for the new ground system, as well as the user equipment needed to access the expanded capabilities of GPS III. In the report, […]

September 24, 2019 Take the guesswork out of planning your workouts. Now all Garmin Connect users have access to free, premade workouts with step-by-step instructions you can download to your watch1. The range is incredible, offering a variety of difficulty levels, durations, muscle groups and activity options. You can also view easy-to-follow yoga, Pilates, cardio and strength workout animations on your phone or in a web browser — even on some watches2. If you don’t […]