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MAPPING 1. MOBILE MAPPING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED INERTIAL LABS INS/LIDAR The Meridian mobile mapping system integrates the Mosaic X camera with Inertial Labs inertial navigation system (INS) and lidar to [...]

GNSS researchers presented hundreds of papers at the 2023 Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS+ conference, which took place Sept. 11-15, 2023, in Denver, Colorado, and virtually. The following four papers [...]

Advanced Navigation, Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Defence Australia (HDA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to codevelop strategic-grade assured positioning, navigation and timing (APNT) solutions. Under the agreement, the [...]

1. INS WITH AN INTEGRATED ACOUSTIC RESONANCE AIR SPEED SENSOR Inertial Labs has integrated the FT Technologies FT743-D-SM acoustic resonance air speed sensor into its inertial navigation systems (INS). This [...]

Ground vehicles in defense operations often navigate in challenging environments where traditional GPS signals are contested or unreliable. This includes dense urban areas, heavily forested regions, or any areas where [...]

The UK has successfully tested quantum-based navigation systems in flight. This commercial trial was led by Infleqtion, a quantum technology company, and is designed to improve resilience against GPS jamming [...]

SBG Systems is a leading manufacturer of inertial measurement units (IMU), AHRS and inertial navigation systems (INS/GNSS) based on the cutting-edge MEMS technology. Its sensors are recognized for their outstanding [...]

M-CODE SOLUTIONS Safran Federal Systems supports M-code in its Assured PNT and Inertial products, offering improved resistance to jamming, advanced security features, and more accurate performance. SecureSync--The flagship for essential [...]

Hexagon | NovAtel is a global technology leader pioneering end-to-end solutions for assured autonomy and positioning for land, sea and air for more than 30 years. NovAtel designs, manufactures and [...]

1. SMART ANTENNA CENTIMETER-LEVEL RTK POSITIONING The AntaRx smart antenna is designed for machine automation and control in construction, precision agriculture, and logistics. It is enclosed in a rugged and [...]

What was Northrop Grumman's GPS Origin Story? Northrop Grumman's involvement with GPS has its origins during the mid-1980s, when we became an early adopter. We applied our prior decades of [...]

OxTS' GNSS-aided inertial navigation systems (INS) are now supported on the NVIDIA DRIVE autonomous vehicle (AV) development platform. The software plug-in, developed in-house by OxTS using the NVIDIA DriveWorks SDK, [...]

Inertial Labs has entered a strategic partnership with E38 to integrate Inertial Labs' RESEPI lidar payload into E38's advanced E455 UAV. The technology is ideal for professional surveying, mapping and [...]

Domo Tactical Communications (DTC) and Inertial Labs have partnered to develop an integrated uncrewed systems solution for UAV manufacturers and end users. The new solution combines technologies from both companies [...]

GNSS researchers presented hundreds of papers at the 2022 Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS+ conference, which took place Sept. 19-23, 2022, in Denver, Colorado, and virtually. The following four papers [...]

Standard land vehicles and self-driving cars have acquired precise navigation solutions to improve safety and assist drivers. GNSS is used as the primary source of the navigation solution for such [...]

SBG Systems is a leading manufacturer of inertial measurement units (IMU), AHRS and inertial navigation systems (INS) coupled with GNSS (INS/GNSS). With more than 15 years of experience in inertial [...]

Hexagon | NovAtel is a global technology leader, pioneering end-to-end solutions for assured autonomy and positioning for land, sea and air for more than 30 years. NovAtel designs, manufactures and [...]

Septentrio has been working on port automation projects with Kalmar, a Finnish company that offers a wide range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centers and [...]

1. SURVEY SOFTWARE GEOREFERENCE RAW LIDAR DATA Georeferencer 2.5 featuring anyNAV software is suitable for survey applications. Users of Georeferencer 2.5 with the anyNAV feature enabled can boresight payloads and [...]

OxTS has released its Georeferencer 2.5 with the anyNAV feature and eight lidar sensors from RoboSense. Georeferencer 2.5 featuring anyNAV software is suitable for survey applications. Users of Georeferencer 2.5 [...]

Safran Electronics and Defense and Fuscolab, the innovation lab for the French Marine Corps, released a resilient positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) system, NAVKITE. It provides navigation integrity and performance [...]

Inertial Labs has released a remote-sensing payload instrument. The Resepi Hesai XT32 laser is designed for accurate remote-sensing applications. It can be used with commercially available lidar scanners, including Velodyne, [...]

SBG Systems has released Quanta Plus, a GNSS-aided inertial navigation system (INS). Quanta Plus can be easily integrated into survey systems with lidar or other third-party sensors. The device combines [...]

Movella, a leading provider of sensors and software, has launched a partnership with Fixposition, a manufacturer of precise positioning sensors. The partnership aims to develop and commercialize sensors that integrate [...]

More than 400,000 sites in the United Kingdom are on its historical registries. English Heritage site Minster Lovell Hall is located in Oxfordshire, also the home county of inertial navigation [...]

Advanced Navigation has announced the Boreas D70, a fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) inertial navigation system (INS). The D70 is the latest release in the Boreas digital FOG (DFOG) series, offering a [...]

A U.S. Secretary of Defense once predicted that navigation would eventually be based on inertial devices that were set at the factory, and then always knew where they were forever [...]

LONG-TERM EVOLUTION CELLULAR SIGNALS can be exploited for accurate and resilient autonomous vehicle navigation in the absence of clear GNSS signals. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate that GPS-like performance can [...]

SENSOR ROLE REVERSAL Lidar with its superior performance can replace GNSS in the integration solution by providing fixes for the drifting inertial measurement unit (IMU). Tests show its potential for [...]

1. SOFTWARE AIDS GNSS/INS INSTALLATION The RxLeverArm software tool aids integration of GNSS receivers that include inertial navigation systems (GNSS/INS). RxLeverArm is part of Septentrio's RxTools software package included with [...]

GNSS receivers face the same old challenges (extremely weak received signal, orbit and satellite clock errors, ionospheric and tropospheric delays, multipath, dilution of precision, urban canyons, etc.) and new ones [...]

AS GNSS have grown in Importance and number--see our October 2021 cover story on how four complete GNSS enhance surveying accuracy-and speed--so have concerns about their vulnerabilities and limitations. In [...]

Of the 60 exhibitors at the Institute of Navigations Joint Navigation Conference (JNC) in San Diego this year, 16 make inertial navigation systems (INS). Many of the other exhibitors integrate [...]

SBG Systems is a leading manufacturer of inertial measurement units (IMU), attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS), and inertial navigation systems coupled with GN5S (IN5/GNS5). With more than 10 years [...]

We discussed mobile mapping with Jacob Amacker, application engineer, OxTS. How do you define 'mobile mapping' as opposed to 'surveying'? We use the two terms interchangeably. Each one has a [...]

Hexagon | NovAtel is a global technology leader, pioneering end-to-end solutions for assured autonomy and positioning for land, sea and air for more than 30 years. NovAtel designs, manufactures and [...]

INTEGRATED WITH IMAGES AND DENSE DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS from a range camera using active illumination, inertial navigation produces real-time results on a tablet computer. Experiments demonstrate that the system provides good [...]

Orolia Defense & Security, provider of software-defined simulation solutions for navigation warfare, will supply a BroadSim Wavefront to the U.S. Air Force Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility (GWEF). BroadSim Wavefront is [...]

SBG Systems is introducing the Pulse-40 inertial measurement unit (IMU), a tactical-grade IMU designed for high performance in harsh conditions, but miniaturized for applications where precision and robustness matter in [...]

In 2021, Oxford Technical Solutions (OxTS) released its smallest, lightest and most affordable inertial navigation system (INS) to date--the xNAV650. At release, the xNAV650 detailed real-time specifications only. However, after [...]

Inertial Labs has launched a new GNSS-aided inertial navigation system. INS-DM is an IP68-rated version of the company's new generation of super ruggedized units, shielded from electromagnetic interference. The fully [...]

Inertial navigation systems (INS), like most navigation systems, have evolved through countless iterations and improvements over many years. An INS, unlike other navigation technologies, does not rely on any external [...]

Thales and CS Group have partnered to offer a complete navigation system for navy surface ships. At the heart of the system is the Thales TopAxyz inertial navigation unit, which [...]

Septentrio will now offer post-processing solutions for its GNSS/INS (inertial navigation system) receivers, using SBG Systems' Qinertia software. The AsteRx-i3 Pro+ receivers are fully compatible with Qinertia post-processing software, therefore [...]

An inertial navigation system (INS) is a critical part of a surveyor's armory. The measurements provided--heading, pitch/roll and absolute position--ensure that surveyors can confidently measure their environment, precisely covering every [...]

Emcore's dual-use SDI500/SDI505 Revision F inertial measurement units (IMUs) are not subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) administered by the U.S. Department of State. Emcore's SDN500 inertial [...]

Inertial Labs has released a new generation of GPS-aided inertial navigation systems (INS) for applications such as UAVs, helicopters and lidar surveys. The GPS-aided INS-U is a fully integrated attitude [...]

Septentrio has launched the AsteRx-i3--a new product line of high-performance GNSS plus inertial navigation system (INS) receivers. The AsteRx-i3 product family brings to market an array of next-generation receivers from [...]

SBG Systems is a leading manufacturer of inertial measurement units (IMU), attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS), and inertial navigation systems coupled with GNSS (GN5S/IN5). With more than 10 years [...]