October 2, 2019 Missing has always just been a part of life for a clay shooter. A part of life that has been, frankly, infuriating. How many times have we stood there, after we’ve pulled the trigger, watching an intact clay spinning into the horizon, scratching our head, asking “How on earth did I miss that?” Or worse yet, having one or two misses, going on tilt, and ultimately crumbling on the line as zeros […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $1.39 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force for its embedded GPS system. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, includes production, sustainment and engineering technical services in support of its Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation System Modernization, EGI/EGI-M, system. The open-systems architecture of EGI/EGI-M incorporates a military code GPS receiver to add clarity to GPS signals, with the primary lead platforms for the new technology expected to […]

LORD Corporation has released the latest version of its SensorConnect sensing software, featuring significant updates that support sensor management and data collection and visualization for MicroStrain inertial products. The update is designed to fully replace the inertial data collection and visualization capabilities in MIP Monitor. MIP Monitor will continue to be available on the website, but will no longer be updated to support new products. “We’re excited to support users with a desktop software solution […]

Podcast: Play in new window David Burnham, a paleontologist from the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, has traveled the globe documenting the natural history of dinosaurs. He has published extensive studies on some of earth’s most fearsome predators — the Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor. His team uses Garmin products extensively in his field work, and Burnham recently unearthed a juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex skull that may completely change how we perceive the […]

SBG Systems has announced a major firmware update for the Ellipse product line. New features have been added to version 1.7 to enhance performance of the sensor. Automotive package. New features were developed to better answer needs of the autonomous testing and driving markets. These features include: CAN odometer. Users now have the choice to connect an external odometer (DMI) with pulses or use their car odometer with velocity information. During the installation, users can […]

David and Cheryl Byng originally bought inReach® satellite communication devices simply because their lifestyle called for it. Hiking through the backcountry on long wilderness trips, trotting around the world and traveling by motorcycle to remote locations were just some of their typical activities. “We were going places where there was limited capability for medical response,” David said. “So having the ability to communicate with friends and family when we were far afield and there were […]

China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 5:10 a.m. Monday. Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, the two satellites entered orbit. They are the 47th and 48th satellites of the BDS satellite family. The new satellites and the carrier rocket were developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and the […]

The Royal Institute of Navigation: International Navigation Conference takes place Nov. 18-21 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh, UK. Navigation and Societal Benefits: From Animals to AutonomyThe International Navigation Conference (INC) offers a unique format, with keynotes morning and afternoon each day, to set the scene for the more in-depth session papers. Resilient position and precise time are enabling the modern world. INC enables sharing of knowledge and experience to maximize the potential […]

By Fitness Ambassador Jacky Hunt-Broersma In August I had the amazing experience of running the TransRockies stage race in Colorado.  I became the first female amputee to take on this race.   The race has two options:   A six-day race, which covers 120 miles of running with a 20,000 ft elevation gain and a three-day option, which covers 60 miles with an 8,000 ft gain.  This race is challenging not only because of the terrain and […]

Photo: Digital Matter Digital Matter’s Oyster2 4G battery-powered GPS receives PTCRB approval, AT&T certification and redesigned housing Digital Matter’s Oyster2 is now PTCRB approved and certified for use on the AT&T Network in the United States. With PTCRB certification, operators and device manufacturers are confident of a device’s interoperability with mobile networks. Designed for tracking non-powered assets for extended periods of time, common applications of the Oyster2 include tracking trailers, bins, hire and rental equipment, […]