Tag: GNSS
Raytheon Awarded FAA WAAS Enhancement Contract With $375 Million Ceiling Value
Raytheon Intelligence & Space RTX 0.53%↑ has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration contract, with a ceiling value of $375 million over the next 10 years, for upgrades to the agency’s Wide-Area...
Vodafone, Topcon Partner To Locate IoT Devices
Companies say new precise positioning system accuracy tops current GNSS
Vodafone VOD -0.08%↓ and Topcon Positioning Group signed an agreement this week to develop a new mass-market precise positioning...
Implications for Satellite Navigation Pervasive in T-Mobile-SpaceX Partnership
(Photo: SpaceX)
Big innovation coming for PNT, automotive industry
Last week’s announcement by T-Mobile TMUS 0.64%↑ president and CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to bring cell phone connectivity worldwide has implications for satellite...
PointPerfect GNSS Augmentation Service Launched in South Korea
Thalwil, Switzerland-basde u-blox has announced that its PointPerfect GNSS augmentation services launched today (Sept. 1, 2022). The company says it’s the first precise point...
Geotab Surpasses 3 Million Subscribers
Geotab has announced that it has surpassed 3 million subscribers worldwide, signaling a strong market for fleet telematics and data products. The 22-year-old company has...
Hoopo Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding
Israel-based Hoopo last week announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round, led by ZIM ZIM 5.72%↑ and theDOCK, brings the total funding raised to...
New Financing Round Brings Xona’s Funding to $25 Million
Xona Space Systems announced last week that they have raised “an oversubscribed financing round” that brings the company’s total funding to more than $25 million. ...
OneNav Smokes Leading Android Smartwatch in Tests
OneNav said it averaged six times better accuracy than “a leading Android smartwatch” in recent side-by-side test results that compared its pureL5 GNSS receiver customer evaluation system.
The...
OneWeb-Eutelsat Merger Dims Hopes of GNSS Buildout
U.K. May Need To Find Replacement for Galileo
The $3.4 billion merger of OneWeb and Paris-based Eutelsat may allow the companies to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, but may...
U-blox to Partner With Position Partners for PointPerfect GNSS Augmentation Services
Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox last week partnered with Position Partners to expand the company’s PointPerfect GNSS augmentation services to Australia and New Zealand.
Position Partners, a provider of intelligent positioning...