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Another Orolia ELT receives Cospas-Sarsat certification

December 6, 2022

New-generation aircraft ELT meets new European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements […]

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This article is tagged with 406-MHz distress signal, aviation safety, certification, Cospas–Sarsat, EASA, ELT, emergency locator transmitter, emergency response, FAA, GNSS receiver, Orolia, search and rescue, Ultima-S and posted in Latest News, Transportation

A photo taken in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian shows the massive destruction on Fort Myers Beach. (Photo: felixmizioznikov/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images)

Drones key to Hurricane Ian response

November 16, 2022

Not to harp on an event that’s already passed out of the headlines and national coverage, but Hurricane […]

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This article is tagged with cell signals, drones, emergency response, flooding, Florida, Fort Myers, Hurricane Ian, hurricanes, recovery, search and rescue, T-Mobile, Verizon and posted in Opinions, UAV/UGV

The Ultima-DT emergency locator. (Photo: Orolia)

Orolia receives Cospas-Sarsat certification for distress locator

October 14, 2022

The approval paves the way for Orolia’s ELT-DT to play essential roles in meeting the aviation industry’s advanced […]

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This article is tagged with Airbus, aircraft tracking, avionics, beacons, Cospas–Sarsat, ELT-DT, emergency locator transmitter, European Union Safety Agency, Kannad Ultima-DT, search and rescue, Ultima-DT and posted in Latest News, Transportation

The first G2 receiver prototype "breadboard" is now running in ESTEC's Navigation Lab. (Photo: ESA)

Galileo Second Generation technology tested in ESA labs

September 15, 2022

News from the European Space Agency (ESA). Europe’s first generation Galileo constellation is already the world’s most precise satellite […]

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This article is tagged with Advanced ODTS, Cospas-Sarsat system, digital payload, electric propulsion, emergency beacons, G2 receiver, Galileo G2, Galileo Second Generation, GMV, Navigation Laboratory, NEODIS, search and rescue, Thales Alenia Space and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

Galileo Second Generation Batch#1A satellites. (Image: ESA).

Directions 2022: Galileo FOC, G2 on the horizon

January 18, 2022

Successful European Cooperation Galileo is Europe’s civil global satellite navigation constellation and a major success, being the world’s […]

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This article is tagged with Cospas–Sarsat, Directions 2022, ESA, EUSPA, Financial Framework Partnership Agreement, Full Operational Capability, Galileo 11, Galileo constellation, Galileo Reference Centre, Galileo Second Generation, Galileo System Time, satellite launch, search and rescue, UTC and posted in From the Magazine, GNSS

Yang Changfeng is BeiDou’s Chief Architect. (Photo: BeiDou Navigation Satellite System)

Directions 2022: BDS enters new era of global services

January 14, 2022

Construction of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) has been completed. The system was formally commissioned on July […]

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This article is tagged with BDS products, BDS-2 satellite, BDS-3, BeiDou constellation, China-Russia Project Committee, Directions 2022, International GNSS Monitoring and Assessment System, PNT service, PPP service, SBAS, search and rescue, smartphones and posted in From the Magazine, GNSS

Arctic Mass Rescue Operation in 2021 tested the rescue of 200 cruise-ship passengers using Galileo SAR. (Photo: EUSPA)

Mass rescue operation takes place in Arctic Circle with Galileo SAR

October 26, 2021

News from the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) In freezing arctic waters 60 nautical miles […]

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This article is tagged with AMRO 2021, Arctic Mass Rescue Operation, Cospas–Sarsat, EUSPA, Galileo SAR, MEOSAR, Norway, search and rescue and posted in GNSS, Latest News

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Search-and-rescue drone debuts, FAA issues remote ID rule

March 17, 2021

It’s hard to pick out an outstanding story or two this month from the dozens of new or […]

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This article is tagged with Boeing, FAA rule, Federal Aviation Administration, Loyal Wingman, NEC Laboratories Europe, remote ID, remote identification, SARDO, search and rescue, USAF Skyborg and posted in Opinions, UAV/UGV, Uncategorized