Screenshot: Quaternium video

HYBRiX multirotor UAV flies non-stop for 8 hours

March 12, 2020

On Feb. 3, drone company Quaternium broke its own record for long flight time with a hybrid-fuel electric […]

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Photo: Quaternium

HYBRiX UAVs could benefit farming production

January 14, 2020

The use of drones for precision agriculture is gaining momentum because of their capability to deliver the most […]

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The Orolia PRISMA Mission Control Center. (Photo: Orolia)

Spain and Australia commission Orolia for Sarsat

February 25, 2019

Orolia’s LEOSAR-GEOSAR-MEOSAR (LGM) Mission Control Center (MCC) solutions are now commissioned as Nodal MCCs in Spain and Australia, enabling […]

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This article is tagged with Australia, Cospas-Sarsat system, Cospas–Sarsat, LEOSAR-GEOSAR-MEOSAR, McMurdo, MEOSAR, MEOSAR system, mission control, Orolia, search and rescue, Spain and posted in Latest News

Photo: DJI

Centum Solutions demonstrates NO JAM ZONE interference detector at ION GNSS+

September 25, 2018

Centum Solutions of Madrid, Spain, introduced its NO JAM ZONE interference detector ION GNSS+ in Miami. NO JAM ZONE is […]

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The Galileo ground station near New Caledonia capital Nouméa incorporates a Galileo Sensor Station (foreground) that monitors the quality of navigation signals and an uplink station (background) to relay navigation corrections to the satellites for rebroadcast to users. An antenna 13 meters in diameter for controlling the satellites has also been built, ready to come online later this year. (Photo: ESA)

ESA awards Galileo ground control upgrade to GMV

September 6, 2018

News from the European Space Agency With Europe’s Galileo constellation in space now expanded to 26 navigation satellites […]

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Iridium Certus infographic.

The System: China launches BeiDou-3 twins

February 7, 2018

China launches BeiDou-3 twins China launched two BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on Jan. 12 as part of […]

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Photo courtesy of the European Space Agency

Brexit fallout: Galileo center moves from UK to Spain

January 18, 2018

A security center for the European Union’s Galileo satellite system will be moved from the United Kingdom to […]

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Image: GPS World

Silent watchers over Somalia

January 11, 2016

The Spanish navy is using UAVs for intelligence operations on the northern and eastern coasts of Somalia to […]

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