The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to McLean, Va.-based Iridium Communications IRDM 3.93%↑ through its Complementary Positioning, Navigation and Timing (CPNT) Action Plan to deploy PNT services across the U.S., marking a step forward in the department’s long-standing effort to bolster resilience beyond the Global Positioning System.
Iridium will work...
Point One Navigation has announced a partnership with TOTEM and Orange to deploy what will become Europe’s largest real-time kinematic (RTK) correction network.
Leveraging TOTEM’s more than 27,000 telecommunications towers across France and Spain and Orange’s M2M SIM and 4G/5G connectivity, the collaboration will enable...
Spanish satellite operator Sateliot has launched its first research and development project with the European Space Agency (ESA) to test a new satellite IoT system that operates independently of traditional navigation systems such as GPS. The initiative, called FreeGNSSNetwork, aims to improve the resilience...
The Washington, D.C.-based Bull Moose Project recently released a new report detailing America’s dangerous, near-total reliance on GPS, which the organization says is “a single point of failure underpinning critical infrastructure, security and modern technology.” Location Business News interviewed BMP President Aiden Buzzetti about the crisis and...
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Advanced Navigation Unveils Defense-Grade Navigation Systems to Counter GNSS Threats
Advanced Navigation has launched a new line of inertial navigation systems (INS) featuring Electronic Protection (EP) technology...
Dutch mapmaker says deal will affect millions of Hyundai Motor Group vehicles across Europe
TomTom has signed a multi-year agreement with Hyundai AutoEver to integrate its real-time traffic and newly acquired speed camera services into the navigation systems of Hyundai Motor Group’s European vehicle...
Geotab announced it has acquired Verizon Connect’s VZ 0.55%↑ international commercial operations in Australia, the U.K., Ireland, Italy, France, Portugal, Poland, the Netherlands, and Germany, substantially enlarging its presence in small- to mid-sized fleets across key global markets. Financial details were not disclosed.
The deal...
Topcon Positioning Systems is launching a new dedicated Geomatics Sales Unit to deliver high-precision hardware, software, and services under a unified business structure focused on geospatial and surveying workflows.
At INTERGEO 2025 this week in Frankfurt, Germany, the company unveiled new scanning tools—including handheld, backpack,...
Radar has announced the launch of its “Location OS,” a unified AI-powered geolocation platform designed to help enterprises manage fraud, customer engagement, logistics, and operations from a single interface, the company said.
Optimize is a next-gen location tracking solution for pickup, delivery,...
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Airtel, Swift Navigation Launch India’s First Cloud-Based Centimeter-Accuracy Positioning Service
Airtel Business has announced it is partnering with Swift Navigation to launch “Airtel-Skylark,” an AI/ML-powered, cloud-based positioning...
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