TomTom [TOM2] and CARIAD have announced that the first models from Volkswagen Group brands, which feature the companies’ co-developed next-generation navigation solution, are hitting the roads. Starting with Audi premium electric vehicles, the new navigation solution is integrated into the vehicle platform, providing operation across infotainment and the most advanced driver assistance systems, the company said.
CARIAD, the software company of Volkswagen Group, developed the navigation UI/UX and map visualization, the company said. TomTom’s cloud-native navigation software offers lane-level routing and real-time, lane dependent traffic information, the company said.
Contact: TomTom, mediarelations@tomtom.com, www.tomtom.com.
Swift Navigation Partners With Sony Semiconductor Solutions
Swift Navigation has announced a joint solution developed with Sony Semiconductor Solutions that integrates Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service with Sony’s CXD5610 GNSS chipset. Markets for the chipset include logistics and supply chain, micromobility, asset tracking, wearables and others.
Swift’s Skylark corrects GNSS signal errors to deliver centimeter accuracy for autonomous vehicles, supply chain automation, and more, the company said. In more than 10 million ADAS-enabled and autonomous vehicles worldwide, Skylark is now available in three variants – Skylark Cx, Skylark Nx RTK and Skylark Dx.
Contact: Swift Navigation, www.swiftnav.com.
HERE Technologies Provides Navigation Solution for Kawasaki
HERE Technologies has been selected by Kawasaki Motors as the motorcycle manufacturer’s navigation solution provider for its smartphone mobile application, Rideology the App Motorcycle. The app connects motorcycles to riders’ smartphones via Bluetooth.
Kawasaki has integrated the HERE SDK (Navigate Edition) into the app to provide turn-by-turn navigation displayed directly on a motorcycle’s meter cluster. HERE SDK also provides voice-guided instructions via a connected headset to provide hands-free convenience, the company said.
Contact: Camy Cheng, HERE Technologies, 65 9088 4127, camy.cheng@here.com.
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Airgain Launches AT-Flight Asset Tracker
Airgain AIRG -0.93%↓ has released the AT-Flight asset tracker for the healthcare and life sciences IoT markets. Designed for high-value, temperature-sensitive assets, the AT-Flight offers a solution for real-time tracking across ground and air transportation, the company said.
The AT-Flight combines artificial intelligence with ambient sensor technology to detect a flight event and activate airplane mode to comply with FAA regulations, the company said. Airgain’s family of asset trackers use a range of location services, including GPS and real-time cellular and Wi-Fi triangulation, the company said.
Contact: Martyn Gettings, Airgain, 44 7831158416, pr@airgain.com, www.airgain.com.
Zeta Surgical Launches Surgical Navigation System
Zeta Surgical has announced that its Zeta Navigation System has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use with expanded instruments and enhanced hospital connectivity. The Zeta Surgical platform provides navigation for the 19.6 million annual neurological interventions currently unsupported by existing navigation systems.
Its GPS-like guidance system uses mixed reality and advanced motion-aware remote sensing to enable real-time patient tracking, providing unprecedented access to navigation across a wide range of neurological interventions, the company said.
Contact: Zeta Surgical, media@zetasurgical.com, www.zetasurgical.com.
AirData Launches Asset Management Suite Designed for Drone Fleets
AirData UAV has launched an Enterprise Asset Management suite tailored for commercial drone fleets. This software release, available as an add-on to the AirData Enterprise subscription, provides a platform for end-to-end management of drone assets, the company said. When a pilot scans an item, its location and the pilot’s AirData account are logged in a historical ledger, the company said.
Contact: Trevor Hall, AirData UAV, (916) 260-5910, www.airdata.com.
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- Maxar Technologies has named Matt Santangelo as CFO and Matthew Jenkins as chief space systems officer. Their appointments follow the addition of Peter Wilczynski as chief product officer earlier this summer.
- Transflo has appointed Chris MacDonald, formerly of ORBCOMM, as executive vice president of sales, telematics.
- Phunware PHUN -16.33%↓ has appointed Rahul Mewawalla as chairman of its board.
- Dan Colbert has started a new position as utilities, Americas sales manager at Trimble.
- Konstantin Raychev has started a new position as product development team lead at Visteon.
- Antonella Sgambati has been named LEO payload team leader at European Space Agency.
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