This month we present a guest column by James D. Litton, who attended the 2012 GPS Partnership Council, jointly sponsored by the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association and the U.S. Air Force GPS Directorate. The key topic of this year’s council quickly emerged as the tension...More>>

A subsidiary of the UK Ministry of Defence has been granted a UK patent on the MBOC signal design, which was a product of lengthy and cooperative negotiations between U.S. and European scientists.More>>

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is working with the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency with the support of the EU Member States to define the final characteristics of the future Galileo Commercial Service. Input from industry as well as other actors, such as users and academia,...More>>

Juniper Systems announced the Mesa Rugged Notepad with Android (AOSP) 2.3 operating system. In a partnership with Pennsylvania-based SDG Systems, the RAMPAGE 6 will be distributed exclusively through SDG Systems.More>>

China will launch three more satellites for its Beidou GNSS, reports CRIenglish.com and People's Daily Online. Two satellites will be launched in June, and another in October.More>>

SuperGeo Technologies introduces SuperPad 3.1, which mainly enhances the user interface, adjusts toolbar icons, adds SBAS extension, and improves the display of GPS status.More>>

The United States Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently released a study that evaluated the use of global positioning systems (GPS) technology to monitor high-risk sex offenders on parole in California. More>>

LightSquared, the company that mounted a powerful threat to GPS signals, declared bankruptcy on May 14, after losing a lengthy struggle in the court of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with the GPS industry, the U.S. military (behind the scenes), the Federal Aviation Administration, and...More>>

The two BeiDou-2/Compass satellites launched on April 29 became active on May 6. Several tracking stations in the Asia/Pacific area began tracking the satellites at about 08:00 UTC.More>>

The Western Forestry and Conservation Association (WFCA) announced that registration for the Second Annual Field Technology Conference (FTC) is open. FTC 2012 is hosted by WFCA, GPS World magazine and Geospatial Solutions Weekly. The conference will be held September 26-27, 2012 at the Holiday Inn...More>>