The Russian government may turn noncommercial Partnership GLONASS, which will provide services on the basis of the state accident emergency response system ERA-GLONASS, into a joint stock company and sell a minor stake in it to attract investment…

The Federal Communications Commission, USA plans to issue the largest fine in its history against C.T.S. Technology Co., Limited, a Chinese electronics manufacturer and online retailer, for allegedly marketing 285 models of signal jamming devices to U.S. consumers for more than two years…

Three model satellite stations based on China’s domestically made Beidou navigation system were shown to the public recently in an industrial estate…

China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System had its performance standard ratified by the International Maritime Organization.The ratification marked the first time…

ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C24, successfully launched IRNSS-1B, the second satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) on April 04, 2014. After a fl ight of about 19 minutes, IRNSS-1B Satellite, weighing 1432 kg, was injected to an elliptical orbit of 283 km X 20,630 km, which is very close to the intended orbit.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully propelled the fifth GPS IIF military navigation satellite into orbit on February 20th. It was launched from Cape Canaveral

30th December 2013 is an important milestone in the history of Indian civil aviation as initial certification of GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation) has been issued by DGCA and India joins the elite club of countries along with USA, Japan and Europe to implement the operational SBAS

Russia is seriously considering building a broad international consortium for the development and implementation of the Russian GLONASS on a global scale.

Chronos has announced a range of GPS interference and jamming detection and monitoring products and services for critical infrastructure, law enforcement and services dependent on GPS and (in the future) Galileo signals for mission critical operations. Capabilities include hand-held monitoring and detection as well as 24×7 remote sensor monitoring with centralised web based viewing of events and email alerts. ww.chronos.co.uk

India and Russia have agreed to enhance cooperation in space technologies. India is the only country to which Russia has agreed to give access to Glonass military-grade signals, which will enable the Indian military to greatly improve the accuracy of its land-, sea-, air and space-launched weapon systems. www.thehindu.com