CGI has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop conceptual navigational capabilities for airspace users in areas where traditional navigation systems cannot provide regulated performance. Financial details were not disclosed.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and innovative air...
The BMW Group has been building companion mobile applications for its entire fleet of BMW and MINI vehicles that integrate advanced location services from HERE Technologies. The BMW Group uses the 4.x HERE SDK (software development kit), available with the Flutter API (application programming interface).
BMW’s Mobile App with HERE Integrated...
Bird has rolled out its Smart Sidewalk Protection technology, along with partner u-blox , which will be integrated into the company’s electric vehicles. Smart Sidewalk Protection will combine u-blox’s ZED-F9R high precision dead reckoning module with centimeter-level sidewalk mapping and Bird’s suite of onboard vehicle sensors.
Thalwil,...
HAMBURG, Germany—While conference organizers say this week’s 2021 ITS World Congress here is breaking attendance records with more than 13,000 attendees, some contend that the show lacks a focus as it is a gaggle of autonomous vehicles, tolls, drones, government traffic...
Polte has partnered with VMware to enable an Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) product for what it calls global “5G Precise Positioning,” the company said. The deal, which leverages Polte as a xApp on VMware’s RAN Intelligent Controller...
Phantom Space Corporation has signed an agreement with IoT provider Ingenu to build and launch a 72-satellite constellation called AFNIO that would provide smart city and asset tracking capability.
Ingenu will host their Random Phase Multiple Access (RPMA) IIot payloads on the satellites...
NextNav and Satelles have partnered on an alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) testbed in the San Francisco Bay Area. The testbed, which is designed and managed by NextNav with a timing source from Satelles, will create PNT testing scenarios and conditions...
Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox has announced that Facebook has chosen its ZED-F9T GNSS receiver module for their timekeeping product. Facebook’s Time Card, by improving synchronization of network computers, can speed up performance of data centers and distributed databases, the company said.
Facebook Selects u-blox GNSS Receiver...
New Satellite Navigation Service Could Create 60,000 Jobs
While South Korea’s Korean Positioning System (KPS) has been planned for years, recent press and government announcements signal that the local satellite navigation constellation will soon be a reality.
The KPS project, estimated to cost...
San Mateo, Calif.-based Xona Space Systems has raised $8 million for its proposed independent LEO satellite navigation services. The new funding round, led by Seraphim Space Investment Trust and MaC Venture Capital, will support Xona’s first orbital mission, scheduled for mid-2022, the company...
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