Kansas receives approval for first beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone flight in the nation using only onboard detect and avoid. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has received permission to conduct the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation in the nation leveraging only onboard detect-and-avoid systems. This is the first U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorized operation to fly without a requirement for visual observers or ground-based radar. It is the result of the 31-member Kansas UAS Integration Pilot […]

For a week that was preceded by torrential rainstorms and flooding, causing saturated aircraft parking areas and uncertainty among pilots, the 2019 edition of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh generated the best attendance in the event’s long history. Approximately 642,000 people and more than 10,000 aircraft attended the event, marking the 50th year it was held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. There was just as much excitement at our display along Celebration Way. The exhibit featured four aircraft: a […]

Screenshot: EU Science & Innovation video The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is looking for experts with a high level of expertise in navigation satellite systems to assist it with tasks related to the implementation of the Fundamental Elements funding mechanism. The GSA is interested in experts with professional experience in specific market segments such as aviation, location-based services, agriculture, surveying, rail, road, maritime, and timing and synchronisation and/or with hi-tech business building skills. Specifically, the […]

Podcast: Play in new window Our Feature Story: Dorothy Beal is a writer, a mother of three and a marathon runner. She’s also a body positive activist who believes that runners come in all shapes and sizes and that if you run, you have a runner’s body. She owns the brand “I Run This Body” and is the creator behind #ihavearunnersbody and #irunthisbody social movements. Listen in as we talk to her about her journey […]

The GNS 355 is a GPS navigator with localizer performance with vertical (LPV) approach guidance and a built-in communications radio. (Photo: Garmin) Garmin International Inc. has launched the GNC 355 — a GPS navigator with Localizer Performance with Vertical (LPV) approach guidance, with a built-in communications radio. With the GNC 355, pilots can take advantage of the benefits of WAAS/SBAS GPS guidance, while also incorporating a modern comm radio into their existing avionics stack. Intended […]

Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, has announced it has managed the procurement, integration, and mission management services for three spacecraft on Rocket Lab’s next mission aboard an Electron rocket. This mission, called “Look Ma, No Hands” by Rocket Lab, represents Spaceflight’s second of several launches scheduled with Rocket Lab this year, and follows the launch of seven spacecraft on its inaugural “Make it Rain” mission with Rocket Lab […]

Image: uAvionix uAvionix is developing and testing skyBeacon X, a wingtip mounted 1090MHz Mode S ADS-B OUT transponder designed to meet the update rate performance required when used in conjunction with the Aireon satellite-based global ADS-B air traffic surveillance system. According to the company, skyBeacon X is similar to the original skyBeacon in that it is an ED position light replacement with an integrated 1090MHz transponder, GPS position source, barometric altimeter, and LED position and […]

Lockheed Martin presented the 2nd Space Operations Squadron with a GPS Block III model satellite to celebrate the successful on-orbit testing of the new GPS III satellite at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, July 29. Staff Sgt. Joseph Wood, 2nd SOPS mission chief, said the model is a physical representation of the modernization underway. “The GPS III provides improved capabilities over the legacy vehicles,” he said. “The vehicle has some […]

Galileo is on the march with a new generation of satellites bearing improved atomic clocks. The first of the Batch 3 navigation payloads was delivered in June by Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) in the UK to OHB System AG in Bremen, Germany. SSTL’s payload for Batch 3 is a recurrent build of the existing FOC payload, with an evolution of the atomic clocks to incorporate advances made under the European GNSS Evolution Programme. The earlier […]

ENC logo The 28th edition of the European Navigation Conference (ENC 2020) will be held May 11-14 at the International Congress Center in Dresden, Germany. The conference is hosted by the German Institute of Navigation (DGON). Because of the rapid development of analog and digital technologies, there is increasing progress in performance of GNSS. The conference brings together scientists, engineers and international experts to discuss new ideas, latest research results, future developments and new applications. […]