Indian Railways floats Rs 3,200- cr tender for LiDAR system to enhance track safety
The Indian Railways has issued tenders of Rs 3,200 crore for installation of Light Detecting and Ranging (LiDAR) technology on trains and rail tracks. The LiDAR technology will help detect fractures, faults, and missing sections on the tracks.
It will also help the …

Astranis is the prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force
Astranis has been selected as a prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) new Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program. It is one of four awarded an agreement to produce design concepts for R-GPS’ Lite Evolving Augmented Proliferation program.‍ The R-GPS program was …

SPH Engineering, Radar Systems, Inc., launch GPR
SPH Engineering, in partnership with Radar Systems, Inc., have launched of a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) model, Zond Aero 500 NG, the first of its kind model to be designed for both terrestrial and drone-mounted surveys. GPR Zond Aero 500 NG …

Telespazio secures contract for Italy’s satellite navigation centre
Telespazio has been awarded, as the first contractor of a team composed of Italian universities, research centres and industrial companies, the call by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the creation of the “National GNSS Competence Centre”.
The Centre, housed in the Telespazio headquarters in Rome, will …

uAvionix receiver achieves FAA TSO certification
uAvionix’s ping200XR Mode S ADS-B transponder with integral aviation GPS has received technical standard order (TSO) certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The ping200XR TSO has received TSO-C112e and TSOC166b for transponder and ADS-B functionality – TSO-C188b for its internal pressure altimeter, and TSO-C145e for the integral aviation GPS. …

Google Maps prices slashed by 70% for developers after Ola Maps offered for free
Google has announced a 70% reduction in Google Maps’ API prices for Indian developers, which comes one week after Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal gave one-year free access to Ola Maps for all developers. This announcement was made by the tech giant at …

Positioning solution for BMW 7 series
GMV has has integrated its safe, highprecision and reliable positioning technology as a – key component of the BMW Personal Pilot L3 function, the new feature available for order in the new BMW 7 Series. SAE Level 3 automated driving represents a significant advancement in autonomous vehicle technology. The vehicle …

Calian introduces TW5387 Smart GNSS antenna
Calian released a new model of Industrial Grade Smart GNSS Antennas, the TW5387. TW5387 incorporates the ST TESEO V GNSS receiver chipset (Quectel Module) onto the Calian compact (60 mm) Smart GNSS Antenna platform offering dual band GNSS, eXtended Filtering, low …

New International Office of RIEGL in Germany
RIEGL is strengthening its presence in the German market with the establishment of the new RIEGL Deutschland (Germany) office based in Gilching near Munich. With headquarters located in Austria and the U.S., along with offices worldwide, this is just another logical step to meet the constantly growing demand …

Non-GPS Navigation for GPS denied environments
Scientific Systems has announced that it is continuing development of ImageNav™, the company’s non-GPS, image-based, precision navigation software. The company has recently extended and demonstrated its image based solution during flight operations ranging from 25,000 feet down to 200 feet.
For many …