The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been adopted in more than 10,000 unmanned farm tractors and spraying drones in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the regional agriculture and husbandry machinery administration. Xinjiang has been promoting tractors, harvesters and other agricultural machinery equipped with BDS in recent years, and techniques such as precision sowing, fertilization, and pesticide spraying, based on the system to improve the working quality of the […]

U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo: RNTF) Last week, 27 members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Ajit Pai. In it, they urged him to reconsider the FCC’s decision to allow Ligado Networks to operate a terrestrial nationwide network that the executive branch says will cause harmful interference to GPS signals for many users. This concern and opposition from a sector not traditionally engaged in GPS or positioning, […]

July 20, 2020 Written by Rehan Nana Garmin’s mission statement is “To be an enduring company by creating superior products for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and sports that are an essential part of our customers’ lives.” That statement speaks to different people in different ways. I have always focused on the last eight words – that our products “are an essential part of our customers’ lives.” Each product Garmin designs and builds has to create […]

Honeywell is introducing the HGuide n380, a new inertial navigation system that communicates position, orientation and velocity of an object – such as an autonomous vehicle or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – even when global navigation satellite signals are unavailable. Smaller, lighter and lower-priced than previous Honeywell inertial navigation systems, the HGuide n380 is built using Honeywell’s rigorous design standards to withstand harsh environments in the air, on land or at sea. […]

Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global supplier of cellular and GNSS modules, has released the LC29D module. Photo: Quectel The LC29D is a sub-meter level GNSS module that integrates dead reckoning (DR) and multi-band (L1/L5) real-time kinematic (RTK) algorithm technologies with fast convergence times and reliable performance. The module supports dual-band GNSS raw data output and integrates 6-axis IMU sensor to deliver high-accuracy positioning performance in seconds. Based on the Broadcom BCM47758 GNSS chip, the LC29D […]

July 15, 2020 Our G500 TXi and G600 TXi series touchscreen flight displays can now bring even more capabilities and advanced features to cockpit upgrades. For Cirrus SR20/SR22 aircraft equipped with either legacy Avidyne flight displays or original flight instruments, owners can now upgrade to the G500 TXi to display engine information. Additional enhancements to the TXi flight display series include DFC 90 autopilot compatibility, new multi-function display (MFD) configurations, the display of additional engine parameters […]

Syntony GNSS, a designer and manufacturer of software-baed navigation and GPS coverage extension, has partnered with Ramjack Technology Solutions, a specialized system integrator for advanced technologies in the global mining market, with the goal of driving connectivity in global mining operations. Syntony innovations extend GPS coverage into previously inaccessible spaces, giving mining operations relentlessly reliable connectivity. This partnership will allow Ramjack Technology Solutions to further introduce enhanced connectivity into even the most rugged of global […]

July 15, 2020 Our aviation team continues to roll out autopilot approvals for a variety of aircraft for the GFC 500 and GFC 600 autopilots. Several popular aircraft such as the Bonanza B36TC, Cessna T210, Cessna 421C and Piper PA-46 are among the latest additions to a growing list of aircraft approvals, allowing these aircraft owners to experience the superior benefits of a modern Garmin autopilot. In just three years, we have completed 42 Supplemental […]

On June 26, the United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded three separate Rapid Prototyping agreements to Collins Aerospace, Raytheon Intelligence and Space and Technology Advancement Group, Inc. for a total of $41.1 million. The firm-fixed price agreements are for the development of a basic working prototype of the Joint Modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) Handheld device. The contract provides the Government with innovative solutions demonstrated via hardware and […]

The ApusDuo project is the second generation of UAVOS’ HAPS solar airplane. (Photo: UAVOS) UAVOS has joined the High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) Alliance to promote the use of high-altitude solar-powered autonomous aircraft for facilitating global research missions, communication, connectivity, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance from the stratosphere. UAVOS joined HAPS to collaborate with member companies towards accelerating the development and adoption of HAPS technology into the evolution of the high-altitude unmanned platforms market. UAVOS’s HAPS […]