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The first Lockheed Martin-built next generation GPS III satellite has been launched in a demonstration of the potentials of new technology and capabilities in the GPS constellation. The satellite was launched by the US Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in late December. Following the successfully … Continue reading First GPS III satellite launched →

When a remote cattle station needed its pivot sprinkler to operate in a safe manner, Ocean Controls provided a great solution. The KTA-291 GPS Modbus gateway is a versatile tool to provide accurate values of time and position including: Universal Time Coordinated time (accurate to 60 nanoseconds); latitude and longitude (accurate to 2.5 metres); altitude … Continue reading Accurate Modbus positioning and time sensing with GPS →

The world’s most precise clock has been fine-tuned to boost radar and quantum computing capabilities.

A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside has developed a reliable and accurate navigation system that exploits existing environmental signals such as cellular and Wi-Fi, rather than the Global Positioning System (GPS).

Advantech will be demonstrating its application-ready building blocks for satellite navigation seconded video processing solutions at Innotrans; the world’s largest trade fair for rail transport.

MEMSIC has announced the launch of the INS380 to its portfolio of Inertial Systems enabled with SmartSensing technology targeted to a broad range of precision motion sensing applications.