Image: loveguli/E+/Getty Images Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the European Commission for a new strategic contract to assess the feasibility of an integrity service to complement the European Global Navigation Satellite System (EGNSS) High Accuracy service, which will pave the way for use in autonomous vehicles. Thales Alenia Space will focus on the development of a sensor-fusion approach, including and complementing evolutions of EGNSS […]

June 2, 2021 Most cyclists put a lot of effort in their rides, training schedules, bike maintenance and more. But are you putting enough focus on what you’re putting into your body? Pro cycling team Jumbo-Visma credits nutrition as a big contributor to their current success. Read on to learn more about the importance of nutrition and how it can contribute to becoming a better cyclist. Back to Basics According to Martijn Redegeld, head of […]

Geoflex, a geolocation company, won the Jury Award of SPRING 50, a competition of deep tech startups that took place on May 20 in Paris-Saclay, the largest French research cluster, located south of Paris. Geoflex is a cloud service operator that enhances GPS/GNSS-based applications to provide 4-centimeter positioning on land, at sea and in the air. Geoflex was initially selected among the 10 most promising companies within the 50 startups promoted at the event. All […]

May 26, 2021 Now through June 18, 2021, Garmin is offering select dual GI 275 bundles at a special price. There are several reasons to upgrade a traditional six pack with our GI 275 electronic flight instruments. It’s a modern, reliable and lightweight solution that lets you ditch the older, maintenance-prone, vacuum-style instruments. After the success of our G5 electronic flight instrument, we developed the GI 275 — building on what a small, cost-effective digital […]

While GPS will always be an integral and irreplaceable part of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technology,  assured PNT must take a layered approach for true resiliency. A GPS World webinar sponsored by Spirent Federal Systems will explore this topic. Registration is now open for the free webinar, which will be held June 24. Join experts from Spirent and Northrop Grumman as they examine the future of inertial navigation in assured PNT and GPS augmentation […]

May 28, 2021 Looking to start training? Get expert coaching and a dynamic training plan for a 5K, 10K or half marathon race with Garmin Coach. It can be intimidating and often takes lots of research to find a plan that meets your needs — from distance to goal to accountability. Garmin Coach does all that for you. Whether you’re looking to run your first race with hopes of finishing or aiming for a PR […]

May 27, 2021 If you love the Garmin Connect Badges and the hard work that goes into earning the newest one, you’re going to love our new Garmin Connect Badge Challenges. This new Garmin Connect feature offers a way for you to keep acquiring new badges all month long. You can rise to the challenge every day, pushing yourself further to beat yesterday.  You need to opt-in and join each Badge Challenge to earn the […]

The GNSS Software Defined Radio Metadata Standard document has been published in NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation’s Spring 2021 issue, Volume 68, No. 1, pp. 11-20. The metadata standard is the product of a three-year long effort of the ION GNSS SDR Standard Working Group and defines parameters and schema to express the contents of SDR sample data files. The standard promotes the interoperability of GNSS SDR data-collection systems and processors. In the […]

May 25, 2021 Rohan Grace is no stranger to being off the beaten path. An Australian who grew up off-roading, he is a member of two Land Rover Clubs and founded Off Road Oregon, a four-wheel drive tour company based in Oregon. More often than not, Rohan can be found on multiday or multiweek trips to out-of-the-way destinations in high-clearance vehicles. It was on one such trip that Rohan and his partner, Hannah, were suddenly […]

Photo: Javad GNSS Javad GNSS has launched the TRIUMPH-3 receiver for surveyors and geodesists. It is capable of efficient tracking even in difficult conditions. It can track all current signals and is ready for any future satellites. TRIUMPH-3 is designed to operate as a base together with TRIUMPH-LS and TRIUMPH-LS Plus to efficiently accomplish any geodetic job. Its real-time kinematic (RTK) system communicates via integrated UHF, 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth channels, and eliminates the need […]