Verizon Business VZ -0.46%↓ and Livermore, Calif.-based Monarch Tractor, which offers the MK-V electric smart tractor, have partnered to support sustainable farming practices via autonomous tractors connected through Verizon’s network.
The companies say that by using Verizon’s technology, Monarch’s autonomous tractors will be able to be...
GEODNET Foundation Announces New Customers in Automotive, Drones, IoT, Farming and Surveying
The GEODNET Foundation, which offers the GEODNET RTK network, has announced OEM and distribution agreements with AllyNav, Bad Elf, bynav, Sensori Robotics, and Unmanned Life. The GEODNET ecosystem is growing at an average of 100...
The recent buzz around solar storms—and issues surrounding GNSS signal disruption—have prompted the industry to seek solutions for mitigation. Due to Solar Cycle 25, the world is experiencing higher-than-usual solar activity on Earth, which will peak through the remainder...
House subcommittee members turn down $77 million request for small sats that were supposed to make GPS more resilient.
The U.S. House Appropriations defense subcommittee says they aren’t sold on the Space Force’s plan to use small GPS satellites, dubbed Resilient GPS (R-GPS), to increase...
TomTom has partnered with auto tech supplier Marelli to offer an advanced in-vehicle infotainment system for global automakers. Marelli will pre-integrate TomTom’s Digital Cockpit SDK to offer navigation, traffic information and electric vehicle services.
For its part, Marelli offers its LeanConnect cockpit that combines the in-vehicle...
Second generation (G2) satellites for the European Galileo navigation system have been approved for the first 12 of the new fleet.
Two independent review boards have confirmed that the satellites meet mission and performance requirements, ESA said. The first board met in...
Saying its signal is 1,000 times more powerful than GPS, Iridium Communications IRDM -2.03%↓ has announced expanded commercial availability of its Satellite Time and Location (STL) service. STL, an alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) solution, will be sold by Iridium partners in parts of...
HERE, AWS Release Transportation and Logistics Whitepaper
HERE Technologies, with Amazon Web Services, has released a transportation and logistics whitepaper that reveals the challenges faced by fleet managers. The study, conducted by ABI Research, includes responses from 300 T&L decision-makers across the...
Company has burned through $8.2 billion since 2017, hopes to restart testing
There is hope for Cruise, the robotaxi company that was forced to cease operations after one of its driverless cars hit a pedestrian in San Francisco last October. That...
San Francisco area-based Life360 LIF 6.41%↑ last week announced the pricing of its initial public offering in the U.S. of 5,750,000 shares of common stock. The company owns Tile, which offers tracking devices with a mobile app to track people, pets and valuables.
The company, which...