The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded GMV a $218 million contract (200 million euros) to develop the Galileo Second Generation (G2G) ground segment. The G2G will introduce new services, improve accuracy, and increase system security, the company said.
GMV, which has a contract for the Galileo...
Kodiak Robotics has announced that logistics platform Loadsmith will equip 800 trucks with Kodiak’s self-driving technology, the Kodiak Driver. The companies say Kodiak-equipped autonomous trucks will serve as a foundation for the Loadsmith Freight Network (LFN), which is specifically for self-driving trucks.
Kodiak, which will start...
NextNav NN -1.64%↓ has announced the first European commercial testbed for its Pinnacle vertical location technology. Located in Paris, the testbed will demonstrate Pinnacle benefits for local emergency response agencies and integration with applications and devices from existing company partners.
The company said that the...
Qualcomm QCOM -1.02%↓ last week announced two chipsets that support its recently announced Qualcomm Aware platform that provides real-time asset tracking and device management in remote areas.
The chipsets, 212S Modem and 9205S Modem, are tailored to off-grid industrial use cases that require non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity or...
Topcon Acquires Satel
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced the acquisition of Finland-based wireless tech company Satel Oy. Satel offers connectivity to windmills, precision farming, port cranes, weather stations, racing cars and for other markets. Topcon said Satel’s chairman, J.T. Bergqvist, will remain in...
Company to compete in competitive industrial autonomy, precision agriculture, logistics and delivery, robots and autonomous vehicles markets
San Francisco-based Point One Navigation, along with European partner Septentrio, have expanded their GNSS positioning solutions throughout Europe. Point One Navigation is providing access to its Polaris RTK...
The Overture Maps Foundation has announced the Overture Reference System and Data Schema that allows developers to add such features as real-time traffic, road closures, construction information, reviews and ratings on top of the maps.
A structured, documented schema is...
Verizon Has NG911 i3 Deployment
Verizon VZ 0.11%↑ has announced an NG911 deployment, this time in Livingston Parish, La. Verizon’s i3-based and Real Time Text (RTT) service allows a 911 center (Public Safety Answering Point) to determine wireless call routing based on device location and local, real time conditions,...
But low-Earth orbit markets will be the hottest going forward...
Deloitte’s SpaceTech report, released June 14, says that GNSS, valued at more than $220 billion in 2021, is projected to reach $547 billion by 2031. The report said that as AI...
Hexagon-NovAtel have announced a successful test demonstrating their OEM7 GNSS receivers to track Xona Space Systems’ PULSAR signals, which are generated by a Spirent Communications simulator. This test shows that NovAtel GNSS receivers can track a Spirent simulated L-band signal identical to the PULSAR signal broadcast by...
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