The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has published a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver Whitelist Development Guide and a new release of the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Integrity Library to protect against the spoofing, or deceiving, of GPS devices through false signals. These resources advance the design of PNT […]
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ViaLite Supports Raytheon With Mission Critical, Extended Length, GPS Over Fiber
ViaLite is supplying Raytheon Technologies with its cutting edge ‘GPS over Fiber Extension Kit’ for Microsemi GPS servers. The Kit provides mission critical GPS timing and synchronization for systems requiring extremely accurate clock signals. Standard transmission distances for the extension kit can be up to 10 km, while solutions are available for distances as long […]
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink… As A GPS System?
A study from the Ohio State University and its ‘CARMEN’ project (Center for Automated Vehicles Research with Multi-modal Assured Navigation) has stated that SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system could be used as an alternate supplier of a new global positioning system (GPS). The CARMEN findings, shared at the Institute of Navigation GNSS annual meeting in St. […]
An Alternative RF Navigation Simulator Debuts From Spirent Federal Systems
Spirent Federal has launched an alternative RF navigation simulator. As GPS jamming and spoofing continue to rise, interest in complementary sources of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) data has likewise increased. Recent government directives recommend a layered, multi-source approach, with much of the attention focused on non-GNSS radio frequency signals. These RF signals, coined alternative […]
Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY-178 tuMP RTOS Selected For Military GPS Equipment
Green Hills Software has announced the selection of their INTEGRITY®-178 tuMP™ real-time operating system (RTOS) by Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) for their offering of the Military Global Positioning System User Equipment (MGUE) Increment (Inc) 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) with Next-Generation Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). RI&S is developing one MSI card for aviation […]
BAE Systems Unveils Their New, Ultra-Small, GPS Receiver With M-Code Military GPS Signals
BAE Systems, Inc. has unveiled their ultra-small MicroGRAM™-M global positioning system (GPS) receiver that is compatible with next-generation, M-Code military GPS signals that are resistant to jamming and spoofing. About the size of a postage stamp, MicroGRAM-M is, according to the company, the world’s smallest, lightest, and most power-efficient M-Code embedded GPS receiver – delivering […]
USSF’s SSC Declares Three GPS III Satellites Are Available For Launch
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command recently declared the eighth GPS III satellite as “Available for Launch.” This significant accomplishment officially marks the third space vehicle within the GPS III program to be declared available for launch in the past three months. GPS III SV06, SV07, and SV08 are now awaiting official call up […]
Two New GNSS Receivers Enter The Market From Eos Positioning
Eos Positioning Systems® (Eos) has released two, new Arrow Series® GNSS receiver models: the Arrow Gold+™ and Arrow 100+™. These plus model receivers expand upon the features of Eos’ two most popular GNSS standard receiver models, the Arrow Gold® and Arrow 100®. The Arrow Gold+™ includes all the features of the standard Arrow Gold® GNSS […]
Globalstar SPOT Gen4 Selected By France’s Federation Of Free Flight
Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), has announced that Fédération Française de Vol Libre (FFVL), the French Free Flight Federation, has procured SPOT Gen4 satellite GPS messengers to track and safeguard people who participate in free flight sports, from under-18 trainees, to elite athletes competing on […]
USSF’s SMC Transfers Satellite Control Authority For GPS III SV 05 To 2nd Space Ops
The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has transferred Satellite Control Authority of the Global Positioning System III Space Vehicle 05 to the 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever Air Force Base. Less than one day after SCA, on June 29, 2021, GPS III SV05 received Operational Acceptance approval, marking the first GPS […]