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CHCNAV: Expanding a Highway in China
By Matteo Luccio - Posted on 27 Feb 2024 in From the Magazine & Latest News.Due to China’s rapid growth, the G85 highway, which opened in 1995 and connects Chongqing to neighboring provinces, in 2023 required expansion to four lanes. Like with any construction project,... Read more»
China’s BeiDou challenges US GPS dominance
By Jesse Khalil - Posted on 26 Oct 2023 in Featured Stories & GNSS & Latest News.Fifty years since it was designed and approved by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the GPS is at risk of losing its status as the world’s gold-standard location service, reported The Wall Street Journal. Read more»
New Pentagon plan calls for UAV swarms to counter China, but is that enough?
By Maddie Saines - Posted on 21 Sep 2023 in Defense & Featured Stories & Latest News & UAV/UGV.The U.S. Department of Defense has called for thousands of UAVs to be built as a part of its Replicator initiative that aims to hasten military innovation to “leverage platforms that are small, smart, cheap and many,” Read more»
China finishing “High-precision Ground-based Timing System” – a worry for the United States
By Dana Goward - Posted on 05 Sep 2023 in Featured Stories & GNSS & Latest News & Opinions.Two recent announcements showed China’s progress establishing its national “High-Precision Ground-based Timing System.” Read more»
China’s BeiDou, GPS and great power competition
By Dana Goward - Posted on 07 Aug 2023 in Featured Stories & GNSS & Latest News.China’s BeiDou GNSS is newer, has more features, is more accurate, and has more satellites in the skies of more nations than the venerable U.S. GPS, according to Sarah Sewall, Executive Vice President for Strategic Issues at IQT. Read more»
China threatens U.S. GNSS dominance
By Maddie Saines - Posted on 31 Jul 2023 in Featured Stories & From the Magazine & GNSS & Latest News.A report by CNBC noted a growing concern that China’s BeiDou is technologically superior to GPS and serves much of the population better. Read more»
China completes multiple satellite launches that include replenishing the BeiDou constellation
By Maddie Saines - Posted on 28 May 2023 in Featured Stories & From the Magazine & GNSS & Latest News.On May 16, China launched a BeiDou satellite to replenish the constellation, reported Space News. This brings the constellation total to 56 satellites. This backup satellite was aboard a Long... Read more»
China launches remote sensing satellite
By Maddie Saines - Posted on 13 Apr 2023 in From the Magazine & Latest News & Mapping & Survey.China launched the Yaogan-34 04 remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on March 31. Read more»
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