Spirent’s simulation systems have changed significantly from their technology beginnings, which can be traced back to World War II radars. The company and its technology have evolved to keep pace with today’s growing population of GNSS constellations and to meet the challenges that receiver manu...
Read More →Altus is a California-based business that has made an impact with innovative, high-performance products in a market that didn’t seem to have room for a new entrant. The technology, innovation, and product-marketing approaches that Altus has used appears to have made a real impact and provided a nu...
Read More →Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or as they are becoming known Unmanned Aircraft/Aerial Systems (UAS), are in the news now almost every day. As UAV/UAS applications become more and more sophisticated, and operators seek to integrate them into commercial undertakings, the prospect of civil certificat...
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As the world of GNSS moves forward and begins to absorb the new signals which are coming on line, it might be helpful to consider where we are going with all this. Maybe its time to ask ourselves to hold on a second — where is this all leading and what do we actually need? Let’s take a quick loo...
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As the GNSS world starts to appreciate the era of multiple global constellations, it’s probably worth considering the impact on aircraft navigation, GNSS airborne receivers and what these changes might soon bring to those who develop and use GNSS for airborne en-route navigation and approaches. De...
Read More →China represents a huge potential market for Western GNSS companies, even though the country has a strong and growing GNSS capability of its own. Before booking a flight to Shanghai or Beijing, however, some careful preliminary research will likely pay off: looking for potential Chinese industry par...
Read More →There is so much going on around the world in GNSS applications and developments that when we try to report what’s going on in a particular location, all we can really do is provide a snapshot. Each snapshot is simply a momentary picture captured at a single location — there really could be an e...
Read More →Landing airplanes with GPS is not a new concept. People were demonstrating the feasibility back in the early 1990s. But landing transport airplanes in commercial airline service is something that’s only just getting to be a regular occurrence. Before we go on, maybe we need a short side trip into ...
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