Arianespace on Wednesday successfully placed two Galileo navigation satellites, SAT 33 and SAT 34, into medium Earth orbit aboard its heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket, marking the 14th Galileo mission. The satellites lifted off at 2:01 a.m. local time from Europe’s Spaceport and were deployed about four hours later to...
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The Overture Maps Foundation is prioritizing the elimination of the geospatial industry’s longstanding “conflation tax” in 2026, aiming to slash the costly process of cleaning and matching external data sources that has long hindered innovation, said new Executive...
Luminar Technologies LAZR 9.23%↑, a prominent lidar maker once valued at nearly $3 billion, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas as it seeks to sell assets and restructure its business amid mounting financial pressure. The company, with at...
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HERE Technologies, Precisely Deepen Partnership to Deliver Location Data
HERE Technologies and Precisely said they are expanding their collaboration to deliver “trusted” location data for enterprise customers. The extended...
Company cites firefighter deaths in recent filing...urges action
NextNav NN 0.00%↑ this week urged the Federal Communications Commission to advance toward issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on its petition for 5G-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services in the...
European Union regulators are scrutinizing Apple Inc.’s AAPL 0.00%↑ Maps and advertising services for possible breaches of the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, marking the latest chapter in ongoing tensions between Brussels and the California-based tech giant.
The European Commission received...
America’s family farms, the bedrock of rural communities and national food security, are teetering on the edge of obsolescence without bold intervention from President Donald Trump, experts warn. Advocates urge a sweeping national action plan to harness precision agriculture...
TomTom released a report Monday analyzing road congestion around 11 major U.S. airports during peak travel periods, including the November 2025 federal government shutdown and 2024-2025 holidays, drawing on multi-year data from 600 million connected devices to identify national...
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RugGear, Swift Navigation Team Up to Bring High-Accuracy Location to Industrial Mobility
RugGear, a maker of handheld and wearable devices, has announced...
Government studies estimate a single day without PNT could cost the British economy up to $1.77 billion
Britain’s government unveiled a $196 million (about 155 million pounds) investment Wednesday to protect the nation’s positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services from...
