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,”
Two recent announcements showed China’s progress establishing its national “High-Precision Ground-based Timing System.”
GPS ground stations that are contracted by Raytheon Technologies to replace the current ground stations are more than seven years behind schedule and lawmakers are not happy.
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.
On May 16, China launched a BeiDou satellite to replenish the constellation, reported Space News. This brings the […]
“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry.
A couple of war in Ukraine unmanned air vehicle (UAV) stories and a response to the recent Open Letter by “Future of Life Institute” with over 200,000 signatures on advanced artificial intelligence (AI), which urged a six-month moratorium to allow the development of seemingly much needed AI regulations.
China launched the Yaogan-34 04 remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on March 31.
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