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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Plan to Install Locata Network as Core Positioning Technology

Locata Corporation announced today that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) plans to install a Locata network as the core positioning technology in a $30 million upgrade soon to be under way at their famed Vehicle Research Center (VRC) near Washington DC.

From Locata Corporation Ltd. 16 Apr 2013

Lockheed Martin-Developed GPS Satellites to Participate in Civilian Navigation Message Capability Testing

This summer, Lockheed Martin-developed GPS satellites already in orbit will participate in testing of a new modernized civilian navigation message (CNAV) capability which will further enhance GPS navigation service to global users.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 16 Apr 2013

Selex Launches Low-Cost Light ISR Airborne Surveillance System

Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to present the Light ISR system, a readily-available answer to the growing demand for low-cost airborne surveillance assets.

12 Apr 2013

ST’s Single-Chip Satellite-Tracking ICs Successful in Ground Location Test using Galileo Navigation System

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronic applications, today announced that its Teseo II single-chip satellite-tracking ICs were successful in the very first ground location test using Europe’s own independent navigation system, Galileo. The tests were conducted in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).

From STMicroelectronics 12 Apr 2013

BlinkSight’s Innovative Single-Chip Indoor GPS Solution for RTLS and WSN Applications

BlinkSight, a fabless semiconductor company in real-time location systems (RTLS), has released the first single-chip ‘indoor GPS’ solution for RTLS and wireless sensor network (WSN) applications. Based on ultra-low power impulse radio technology by imec and Holst Centre, the new chip delivers real-time information to track and trace people and objects in indoor environments.

From imec 11 Apr 2013

Single Chip TIMU Prototype to Navigate Without GPS

The U.S. Military relies on the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) to aid air, land and sea navigation. Like the GPS units in many automobiles today, a simple receiver and some processing power is all that is needed for accurate navigation.

11 Apr 2013

Lockheed Martin Announces Successful Delta Preliminary Design Review Completion of GPS III Satellite Vehicles

Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a Delta Preliminary Design Review (dPDR) for the next Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite vehicles planned under the U.S. Air Force's GPS III program.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 11 Apr 2013

Lockheed Martin Receives Modernized Laser Rangefinder/Designators for Apache Helicopters from Selex

Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, has formally handed over the first of its Modernized Laser Rangefinder/ Designators (M-LRFDs) to its Customer and prime contractor Lockheed Martin.

11 Apr 2013

Christie Selects ShadowSense 2D Multi-Touch Technology for Interactivity Kit

Designed by Baanto International Ltd., the unique, patented ShadowSense technology is a revolutionary and extremely scalable new 2D multi-touch technology that is both responsive and accurate, at a cost that is highly competitive to that of other systems currently on the market.

10 Apr 2013

Texas A&M Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award for Research into Flow-Based Cyber Physical Systems

Dr. Radu Stoleru, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, was named a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award recipient for his continuing research into the newly emerging field of flow-based cyber-physical system.

6 Apr 2013

Position Sensor News

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Plan to Install Locata Network as Core Positioning Technology

Lockheed Martin-Developed GPS Satellites to Participate in Civilian Navigation Message Capability Testing

Selex Launches Low-Cost Light ISR Airborne Surveillance System

ST’s Single-Chip Satellite-Tracking ICs Successful in Ground Location Test using Galileo Navigation System

BlinkSight’s Innovative Single-Chip Indoor GPS Solution for RTLS and WSN Applications

Single Chip TIMU Prototype to Navigate Without GPS

Lockheed Martin Announces Successful Delta Preliminary Design Review Completion of GPS III Satellite Vehicles

Lockheed Martin Receives Modernized Laser Rangefinder/Designators for Apache Helicopters from Selex

Christie Selects ShadowSense 2D Multi-Touch Technology for Interactivity Kit

Texas A&M Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award for Research into Flow-Based Cyber Physical Systems

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