Satellite positioning service to be delivered on Inmarsat satellites in 2027
Inmarsat Australia has won a $187.4 million contract for positioning and navigation service to benefit the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network’s (SouthPAN) satellite service. Inmarsat will provide the capability onboard...
Earlier this month, TRX Systems was awarded a seven-year, $402 million contract by the U.S. Army for the procurement of Dismounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System Generation II systems and services.
The TRX Systems solution, TRX DAPS II, allows...
Xona Space Systems said its on-orbit position, navigation, and timing demonstration satellite mission, Huginn, has successfully transmitted precision LEO PNT signals from space to ground. The satellite was launched one year ago as the first-ever, commercially funded LEO PNT mission.
Other...
BeWhere Launches Asset Trackers
BeWhere has launched its next generation of asset trackers, the BeSol+ and BeTen+. BeSol+ incorporates solar recharging, Low-Power 5G and 2G communications and GPS/GLONASS/ GNSS/Wi-Fi/BLE indoor and outdoor location technologies.
BeWhere’s new BeTen+ asset tracker (Image:...
Company has paid more than $500 million in location tracking fines
In another fine over misleading location tracking practices, Google GOOG -0.89%↓ will pay $39.9 million to Washington state. In addition, the company will be held to court-ordered reforms “to increase transparency” over its location tracking...
Hexagon’s Autonomy and Positioning division and Hitachi Zosen have announced an agreement to launch the TerraStar-X Enterprise correction service in Japan. Among other applications, TerraStar-X Enterprise will provide lane-level accuracy for automotive and consumer markets in the country, the company said.
Hitachi Zosen, which is...
U.S.-based Porsche Taycan owners can now use Apple Maps EV Routing to navigate and route-plan within Apple CarPlay. Drivers no longer have to exit the CarPlay ecosystem to plot a route—to include charging stops, the company said.
Because every Taycan comes with a Porsche Charging Planner,...
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules that allow the 60 GHz spectrum band to support such radar technology applications that alert drivers to children left in dangerously hot cars, improving mobility and health by detecting hand gestures and...
TomTom and Alteryx Launch New Location Intelligence Offering
TomTom (TOM2) has announced an expanded partnership with Alteryx to integrate TomTom’s Maps APIs into Alteryx products and location insights packages. These include the Alteryx Designer and the newly launched Location Intelligence offering on the Alteryx Analytics Cloud Platform.
TomTom and Alteryx expand...
More than 2 million customers had location data exposed...
Toyota Japan has admitted to exposing millions of drivers’ vehicle information, including location, on the internet for more than 10 years. The carmaker plans to notify more than 2 million customers whose...
