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

Project Tango is an ambitious attempt by ATAP, a skunkworks division with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) roots that’s been peeled away from Motorola

Kazakhstan will launch one communication satellite and two remote sensing satellites in 2014. Moreover, Kazakhstan will commission ground facilities for a remote sensing space system, as well as a high-precision satellite navigation system. www.azernews.az

Ruckus Wireless has unveiled the Ruckus Smart Positioning Technology (SPoT) service. This cloud-based service gives carriers, service providers and enterprises

AT A GLANCE

► Belgium Municipal GIS Project uses TatukGIS Editor

► NASA and JAXA launch new satellite to measure global rain and snow

► Raytheon demonstrates Griffi n Block III missile

STMicroelectronics has released Teseo II single-chip satellite-tracking IC to the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission

Rugged handheld computers from Juniper Systems are being used to help protect native species of fish in rivers in the US. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is managing an invasive fish removal program.

Applanix Corp and American Aerospace Advisors Inc have completed a successful series of test flights of AAAI’s RS-16 platform equipped with Applanix’ DMSUAV

Galileo satellites have recently achieved first successful in-fl ight tracking of a test machine using aircraft-generated longitude, latitude and altitude. A pair of Galileo test receivers was used aboard the aircraft, the same kind currently employed for Galileo field-testing.

The KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has developed sensorequipped footwear that, using sensors inside the heel of a boot, makes it possible for incidents…