The U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs YouTube channel is hosting streaming files for virtual meetings of the U.S. Government’s Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC), held Sept. 21-22. This link leads to the CGSIC page of GPS.gov. On that page are additional links for the Sept. 22 morning and afternoon speakers at the CGSIC Plenary Session as well as links for the three subcommittee sessions held Sept 22. The subcommittees are: International Information Subcommittee Timing […]

October 29, 2020 Once an ultrarunner and adventurer, in his retirement Len DeMoss decided bike touring the world would be his way to keep up his active lifestyle. DeMoss’ son had one stipulation for him, though: He had to carry an inReach® satellite communicator. “He called me and he said, ‘I want you to buy one of these,’” DeMoss said. “He said, ‘I worry about you going all over the world by yourself. And that […]

TCarta Marine, a global provider of hydrospatial products, has announced development of new Machine Learning-based bathymetric mapping technologies – including creation of two software packages and commercial application of NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite – with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). “The NSF grant has brought value to the bathymetric mapping arena in many ways,” said TCarta President Kyle Goodrich. “We have applied the newly developed satellite-derived bathymetric (SDB) mapping techniques in […]

Photo: lakshmiprasad S/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images The first drone of Europe’s U-space TRACE project took its maiden flight Sept. 23. It carried an EGNOS-enabled beacon that allows the identification of the aircraft while guaranteeing accurate, robust positioning. The drone lifted off at the ATLAS experimental flight center in Jaén, Spain, an aerodrome equipped for flight tests with unmanned aircraft systems. The Regional Minister for Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities, Rogelio Velasco said, […]

October 30, 2020 Runners are always in pursuit of their personal best, and Garmin’s new on-device daily workout suggestions are a great way to prepare for an upcoming race or training cycle. This new feature was first introduced on the Garmin Forerunner® 745 and aims to improve fitness levels while building a foundation for future performances. While this article specifically talks about running with the daily suggested workout feature, cyclists can find a similar system […]

Credit: B. Hayes/NIST NIST’s new cybersecurity profile is designed to help mitigate risks to systems that use positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data, including systems that underpin modern finance, transportation, energy and other critical infrastructure. While its scope does not include ground- or space-based PNT source signal generators and providers (such as satellites), the profile still covers a wide swath of technologies. Taking another step toward strengthening the nation’s critical infrastructure, the National Institute of […]

Partnering with the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN), U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin Space have released the GPS IIR/IIR-M satellite antenna patterns for worldwide public use. Additionally, the Institute of Navigation has offered a related ION journal article free to the public to accompany the antenna patterns. The files now available from NAVCEN include: The GPS Block II Replenishment (IIR) space vehicle (SV) began improving upon its baseline design in 2003 with the launch […]

October 29, 2020 Our G500 TXi™ and G600 TXi flight displays can now bring more capabilities to cockpit upgrades. Cirrus SR20/SR22 aircraft equipped with either legacy Avidyne flight displays or original flight instruments can now upgrade to the G500 TXi to display engine information. Additional enhancements to the TXi flight display series include DFC90 autopilot compatibility, new multi-function display (MFD) configurations, the display of additional engine parameters such as percent power and more. GFC™ 500 autopilot […]

Image: metamorworks/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images U‑blox has launched a commercial internet of things (IoT) Security-as-a-Service offering. Available on both the u‑blox SARA-R4 and SARA-R5 series of LTE-M cellular IoT modules, the service protects data from malicious third parties, both on the device and during transmission from the device to the cloud, u-blox said in a press release. Both the SARA-R4 and R5 have integrated M8 GNSS receivers. The IoT Security-as-a-Service provides an out-of-the box onboarding process […]

October 20, 2020 By Mark Zepp, Garmin Regional Sales Manager When I am at large hound events and updating software on Garmin products, I often hear people say, when referring to their Alpha® 100, “How could you possibly improve this product? It is the best thing ever invented for hunting dogs.” Well, Garmin answered that question this month when it introduced in the United States the new Alpha® 200i. I have been lucky to get […]