Several new rugged GPS-enabled devices were announced this week. Juniper Systems has partnered with Pennsylvania-based SDG Systems to market the Mesa Rugged Notepad with Android (AOSP) 2.3 operating system, a rugged handheld computer known as the RAMPAGE 6 and distributed through SDG Systems....More>>

A new hardware assessment tool automates testing and mission replay, managing military GPS receiver input and output data, with an operational implementation and with a better control of initialization conditions, especially direct P(Y) acquisition. The test bench drives a GPS/Galileo simulator, a...More>>

GPS as a national asset will be highlighted at the 11th GPS Partnership Council, set for May 1 and 2 at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, California. The theme of the council is "Our National Asset At Work." More>>

Press stories speculate that GPS spoofing was used to get the U.S. Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel Drone to land in Iran. By spoofing GPS, Iranian engineers were able to get the drone to "land on its own where we wanted it to, without having to crack the remote-control signals and communications."More>>

L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation (IEC) has launched its next-generation military GPS receiver, featuring what it reports as "significant performance, form factor, and cost improvements."More>>

The U.S. Army has signed a multi-year agreement to add more than 500 new licenses of BAE Systems’ geospatial-intelligence analysis software, SOCET GXP. As the Army consolidates legacy hardware and software systems into the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) enterprise, imagery and...More>>

Sarantel, maker of high-performance antennas for wireless applications, has received production orders for its highly integrated SL1206 GPS antenna for a compact radio system that is embedded inside body armor designed for soldiers. The deal could generate revenue of more than a US$1 million a year.More>>

The aggregated DARPA Microtechnology for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (micro-PNT) program is pursuing a new wave of innovation focused on bringing to life revolutionary ideas and fabrication technologies on micro/nano/pico/femto/atto scales, packaging, ultra-low-power electronics, innovative...More>>

NovAtel Inc., in collaboration with QinetiQ Ltd., has developed GAJT (pronounced “Gadget”), a single-enclosure GPS anti-jam system small enough for light armored and other land-based military vehicles. GAJT combines NovAtel’s and QinetiQ’s technologies in a stand-alone, rugged enclosure...More>>

Take a tablet and call me in the morning — a tablet computer that is. If our warfighters want to accomplish their mission with all the indigenous electronic support they need, all wrapped up in one device, then the new Trimble Yuma may indeed be the solution the doctor ordered.More>>