Xona Closes $170 Million, while Advanced Navigation Raises $110 Million to Scale GPS-Denied Navigation
Xona Space Systems announced Thursday it closed an oversubscribed $170 million Series C funding round to speed deployment of its Pulsar satellite constellation and scale manufacturing.
The round was led...
A coalition of organizations are opposing the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology’s recent grant of an experimental radio station construction permit and license to NextNav NN -2.56%↓. In a letter to the FCC, the entities say that the company risks endangering consumers, enterprises...
Google earlier this month unveiled a significant update to Google Maps powered by its Gemini AI models, introducing a conversational “Ask Maps” feature for personalized location queries and a redesigned “Immersive Navigation” experience described as the biggest transformation to the app’s driving guidance in...
The U.S. Space Force announced March 20 it is switching the launch provider for the final GPS III satellite from United Launch Alliance to SpaceX to prioritize timely delivery of critical positioning capabilities while an investigation into a Vulcan rocket anomaly continues.
The GPS III-8 mission, carrying the...
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L3Harris Surpasses 100,000 Deliveries of Modernized Military GPS Receivers
L3Harris Technologies LHX 0.18%↑ has delivered its 100,000th next-generation Military-Code GPS receiver to the U.S. military and its allied...
Photo: TomTom HQ (TomTom)
Mapping pioneer and other industry veterans to leave as company faces rocky financials...
Following an announced succession process, TomTom has announced that co-founder and CEO Harold Goddijn will step down. The company’s board has nominated CTO Mike Schoofs, who has been...
Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2026 concluded last week after attracting nearly 105,000 attendees from 207 countries and territories, marking the event’s 20th anniversary in the city despite global travel disruptions from geopolitical issues.
Outside of satellite connectivity panels, a key highlight...
More than 70 Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general to investigate whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other DHS agencies have resumed warrantless purchases of Americans’ cellphone location data from commercial brokers, potentially violating federal law...
South Korea’s government conditionally approved Google’s GOOG -0.62%↓ long-standing request to export high-precision 1:5,000-scale map data to overseas servers, reversing nearly 20 years of restrictions rooted in national security concerns and enabling a fully functional Google Maps service in the country for the first time.
The Ministry...
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Telit Cinterion Expands Satellite Navigation Portfolio for IoT Devices
Telit Cinterion has announced the expansion of its dual-band navigation portfolio Monday with the introduction of...
