As wireless network operators roll out 5G NR in the millimeter wave spectrum, it is critical to ensure continued reliability of E911 calls and accurate determination of location in mobile devices.
Rohde & Schwarz, the leader in 5G NR and Location Based Services (LBS) test and measurement, has verified Assisted-GPS (AGPS) performance in a commercial mobile device, …

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has introduced the Leica TerrainMapper-2, the latest solution in the company’s hybrid sensor road map that integrates LiDAR and image capture technology in airborne sensors and allows users to collect more data per flight.
Developed to execute complex and challenging regional mapping projects, the TerrainMapper-2 incorporates new imaging technology and reduces system …

Septentrio has announced an expansion of its GPS/GNSS* OEM portfolio with AsteRx-m3 product family. AsteRx-m3 receivers target various use cases and offer flexibility and affordability with no compromises of performance. They feature the lowest power consumption on the market, allowing longer operation times. Their new easy-to-integrate design ensures short set-up times and faster time-to-market.
All AsteRx-m3 products represent the next generation of technology in the GNSS OEM market, delivering centimeter-level accuracy, availability and reliability in a credit-card sized board. The new product family includes 3 types of GNSS OEM boards. AsteRx-m3 …

Under a recent Australian Government production demonstration contract, GPSat Systems has continued with both capability expansion and commercialisation of it’s GRIFFIN precision J&S geolocation technology. Unlike other commercially available RF/RFI telecommunications spectrum monitoring equipment, GRIFFIN is uniquely optimised for working with extremely weak GPS RF satellite signals, well below the ambient RF noise floor. By …

Drawing on over two decades of experience with the industry-standard survey and GIS field software, SurvPC, Carlson Software has introduced their Android-based field solution for construction layout.
Carlson Layout, a completely new program, represents a streamlined solution that allows fast, efficient layout capabilities for construction professionals using total stations or GPS receivers such as the Carlson CR+ series of …

Atmos UAV, the fast-growing Dutch drone manufacturer that develops high-end VTOL fixed-wing drones for surveying and mapping applications, has introduced a series of upgrades in Marlyn’s flight planning and control software, MarLynk. The new features will be available for new and existing users.
Amongst a long list of improvements, the two features which according to the …

Orolia Defense & Security has been granted security approval by SMC Production Corps. for BroadSim MNSA (Modernized Navstar Security Algorithm). BroadSim is the only software-defined GNSS simulator on the market to receive such approval, marking an industry first.
Additionally, Orolia delivered their first batch of MNSA M-Code to multiple customers in late August. BroadSim MNSA joins …

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX), has been selected by Boeing to provide its proven NAV-4500 navigation receivers for the T-7A Red Hawk, the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) new advanced pilot training system in development by both Boeing and Saab.
This award builds on previously announced Collins Aerospace positions on the …

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has announced that its Acceleration Fund has invested in launching Virtuosity, a Bentley company. Virtuosity exclusively offers Virtuoso Subscriptions that bundle — with a Bentley infrastructure modeling, simulation, or construction application — the virtually delivered services of Virtuosity’s experts to accelerate and advance the success of an infrastructure practitioner.
Virtuoso Subscriptions are now available, at virtuosity.com, for …

Blue Marble Geographics® has announced the immediate availability of version 22 of the Global Mapper® and Lidar Module® Software Development Kits (SDK). The new releases incorporate many of the new features from the version 22 release of the desktop software, including a dramatically faster rendering of tiled online sources (especially in 3D), support for creating point, line, or …