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Murata, Xona Space Partner on LEO Navigation for Industrial Markets
Murata Manufacturing and Xona Space Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the use of low-Earth orbit satellite navigation services for industrial applications, a move aimed at improving positioning accuracy and resilience beyond traditional GNSS systems. The companies said they will evaluate how Xona’s commercial LEO navigation network can be integrated with Murata’s positioning technologies to support applications requiring high-precision navigation and timing. The collaboration will focus on sectors such as autonomous systems, industrial automation, robotics and other applications where reliable positioning is critical.
Contact: Murata Manufacturing, 81-75-955-6502, www.corporate.murata.com.
HERE Technologies Integrates German Transit Data to Provide Real-Time Truck Parking Updates
HERE Technologies has integrated real-time parking data into its professional navigation application to help commercial truck drivers find available spaces along Germany’s highway network. The company incorporated data from Toll Collect’s parking information service, which utilizes anonymized metrics from the German highway toll system to continuously calculate space utilization.
By embedding these live updates directly into the HERE WeGo Pro application, the platform allows logistics operators and drivers to identify open parking bays well before arriving at a rest stop. The system is designed to streamline route planning across Europe, reducing the roadside stress and unnecessary detour traffic that frequently occur as commercial operators rush to comply with strict mandatory rest regulations.
Contact: Sebastian Kurme, HERE Technologies, 49 173 515 3549, sebastian.kurme@here.com.
Telit Cinterion Launches GNSS Module With Multi-Constellation Support and Legacy Compatibility
Telit Cinterion has introduced its SE869K2-L GNSS module, a multi-constellation positioning device designed to deliver improved location performance while maintaining compatibility with existing hardware designs. The company said the module supports GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou and QZSS signals and fits into the same footprint as earlier products, allowing developers to upgrade without redesigning their systems.
The SE869K2-L is aimed at applications including asset tracking, telematics, industrial IoT and fleet management, where reliable positioning and rapid integration are critical, the company said.
Contact: Greg Oppenheim, Telit Cinterion, (949) 540-1278, greg.oppenheim@telit.com.
U-blox GNSS Technology Powers Next-Generation Telescope Array
U-blox has announced that its ZED-F9T GNSS receiver is enabling sub-nanosecond synchronization in an advanced telescope array used in optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) research. The results have been achieved for the SETI pro gram called PANOSETI (Pulsed All-sky Near-infrared Optical SETI), a multi-institutional scientific initiative involving researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and other institutions, where precise time synchronization across distributed telescope arrays is critical, the company said.
In other company news, u-blox announced a collaboration with Nordic Semiconductor with the introduction of the ALMA-B2 Bluetooth LE module series. Based on Nordic’s next-generation nRF54LM20 platform.
Contact: Sven Etzold, u-blox, 41 76 561 0066, sven.etzold@u-blox.com.
VectorNav Adds LEO Satellite Aiding to Strengthen GPS-Resilient Navigation
VectorNav Technologies has announced an expansion of its Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing capabilities through the integration of low-Earth orbit satellite aiding for its inertial navigation systems. This release enables users to integrate Iridium IRDM 0.00%↑ Satellite Time & Location (STL) signals directly into VectorNav’s INS architecture, providing an additional measurement input alongside inertial and GNSS data. The company said the technology combines LEO satellite signals with inertial sensors to improve navigation accuracy and resilience in environments where GPS signals are degraded, denied or unavailable.
Contact: Zane Woodson, VectorNav, (512) 432-5070, woodson@vectornav.com.
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Hexagon-Novatel Rolls Out Dual-Antenna Receiver
Hexagon-Novatel has launched the Robust Dual-Antenna Receiver (RoDAR) that protects against both narrowband and wideband jamming and provides spoofing resiliency – all by generating up to two spatial nulls using a dual-antenna receiver and a single dual-polarised antenna, the company said. Users receiver future enhancements by downloading new firmware releases for aerospace, defence, and critical infrastructure solution, the company said.
With interference protection at the receiver and using a dual-polarised antenna, RoDAR is the company’s lowest SWaP solution and protects against narrowband and wideband jamming.
Contact: Hexagon-Novatel, www.hexagon.novatel.com.
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Connected-Car Firm Parkopedia Debuts AI Data Tool to Combat Driver Charging Anxiety
Parkopedia has launched an advanced software interface designed to help automotive manufacturers steer electric vehicle drivers away from broken or congested public charging stations. The data platform integrates directly into factory navigation systems to address “charging anxiety,” which industry data now identifies as the primary barrier to mainstream electric vehicle adoption over traditional driving ranges. The software tackles this infrastructure gap by providing vehicle dashboards with real-time transparency tools, including predictive hourly occupancy models and dynamic letter grades from A to F evaluating a station’s operational success rate.
Contact: Christofer Lloyd, Parkopedia, 44 (0)7762 300016, christofer.lloyd@parkopedia.com.
VIAVI Solutions Launches Miniature Satellite Timing Module for Military and Unmanned Hardware
VIAVI Solutions VIAV 0.00%↑ has introduced an ultra-compact timing module designed to maintain highly accurate positioning and synchronization on lightweight military and aerospace platforms. The newly launched µPNT GDO-1000 is built to the size of a postage stamp and weighs under 4 grams, allowing it to easily integrate into unmanned drones, airborne vehicles, and defense equipment where space is tightly constrained, the company said.
The hardware uses artificial intelligence algorithms alongside a dual-frequency satellite receiver to protect against signal interference, maintaining precise tracking even if primary GPS connections are compromised, the company said. By drawing roughly half a watt of power, the miniature device offers defense contractors an alternative to traditional atomic clocks and larger, energy-intensive quartz-based timing systems.
Contact: Emma Jenkins, for Xiami, (415) 800-4529, emma@grandbridges.com.
Taoglas Introduces Compact Dual-Band GNSS Antenna for High-Precision Applications
Taoglas has launched its new GVLB208 Series, a dual-band satellite navigation antenna designed for highly accurate positioning applications. The hardware leverages a single-feed stacked patch design to simultaneously capture L1 and L5 operational bands, substantially reducing radio-frequency interference in dense or challenging environments.
Measuring just 20 millimeters square, the device represents one of the smallest footprints currently available for dual-band concurrent operation, the company said. Engineering teams can integrate the components directly into industrial machinery, robotics, and consumer tracking hardware to achieve centimeter-level location accuracy, the company said.
Contact: Taoglas, www.taoglas.com.
People
- U-blox named Matthias Poppel as CEO, Andreas Thiel as CTO, and Christian Spörri as CFO.
- Mappedin Appoints Aaron Fullen as Chief Revenue Officer.
- Point One Navigation has named AC Mahendran as executive vice president and head of engineering.
- Craig Fiander has joined Fleetworthy as vice president, strategic alliances.
- GMV has named Ricardo Sáenz Amandi as general manager, defense and security.
- Arnold Meijer has been named head of sales at Fugro.
- SPARC AI Appoints Don Hilton as Independent Non-Executive Director.
- Shane Thorne has been named senior solution manager at Arrive.
- Gary Penno has been named senior GNSS solutions engineer at u-blox.
- Nadav Elata has been named principal machine learning engineer at Cambridge Mobile Telematics.
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