May 31, 2017
Ligado Focuses on Unmanned Sector in Push for Terrestrial Network
The Virginia firm that had been hoping to use satellite frequencies near the GPS band to support a terrestrial broadband network has changed its pitch to regulators. Ligado, previously named LightSquared, is working to convince the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that its frequencies are the way to provide connectivity to the broad internet of things (IoT) including unmanned aircraft, driverless cars and other unmanned systems. ( more)
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Satellite navigation signals from space are precariously weak and can easily be blocked, damaged, or compromised by a growing array of threats - including solar activity, man-made interference, malicious faking of GPS signals, and the manipulation of position and timing information. As we come to rely more and more on GNSS signals and data across a wide range of industries, understanding and mitigating against these threats will become a critical risk management activity for manufacturers, systems and applications providers, and end-users. 
 
BeiDou Driving Value of China's Satellite Navigation and Location Services Industry
The output value of BeiDou, China's satellite navigation and location-based service industry, increased more than 22% year on year and has topped 211 billion yuan (about 30.8 billion U.S. dollars) in 2016, according to news reports on a recently released industry white paper. ( more)
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The growing demand for precise location information, in combination with the ongoing evolution of GNSS technology, means that today's GNSS market is bigger than ever. In the recently released European GNSS Agency (GSA) 2017 GNSS Market Report -the fifth edition of the agency's popular report - it indicates the global GNSS market is expected to grow from 5.8 billion devices in use in 2017 to an estimated 8 billion by 2020. ( more)
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Ellipse roll & pitch accuracy has improved by a factor of two (now 0.1° on all sensors), new accelerometers tolerate very high vibration environments (up to 8g), Galileo has been added to the Ellipse-N.   
Raytheon Launches GEO 6 Payload to Improve GPS Accuracy for Safer, More Efficient Air Travel
 
With designs on providing a boost to navigation safety and efficiency for commercial and general aviation, Raytheon Company on May 18 launched its GEO 6 satellite payload into orbit for its 12-year mission. It is the latest payload to support the Federal Aviation Administration's Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) which enhances the reliability and accuracy of GPS signals for directing air travel.  ( more)
Galileo Engineering Team Members Nominated for Invention Award
 
The engineering team behind the signal technology underpinning Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system has reached the final of this year's European Inventor Award. The European Patents Office has nominated a team led by Spanish engineer José Ángel Ávila-Rodríguez - now part of ESA's Galileo team - and his French colleague Laurent Lestarquit from France's CNES space agency. Ávila-Rodríguez and Lestarquit are each regular contributing writers for Inside GNSS.  ( more)
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