INDUSTRY

Collins Aerospace launches Military Underwater Navigation System

Collins Aerospace has launched the world’s first Military Underwater Navigation System with M-Code (MUNS-M), a handheld diver navigation system that provides the diver with precise position and includes secure anti-jamming capabilities during deep sea missions. M-CODE is the military GPS signal required by the U.S. DOD for military operations, and is designed to enhance position, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities and improve resistance to existing and emerging threats to GPS, such as jamming and spoofing. CollinsAerospace.com

Eos Positioning Systems becomes Esri partner network gold partner

Eos Positioning Systems, Inc. has announced its participation in the Esri Partner Network Gold Program. This recognizes a new level of commitment from both Eos and Esri toward furthering field location technology used among GIS professionals worldwide. www.eos-gnss.com

All-new Outback Guidance MaveriX by Hemisphere GNSS

Hemisphere GNSS announces its all- new Outback Guidance MaveriX Precision Ag Solution. The new solution, built around the new MaveriX agriculture application software platform, provides state-of-the-art guidance, steering and application control. The software includes a new user interface that provides an innovative tablet-like user experience with improved 3-D graphics. The included adjustable widgets give users the freedom to customize their UI experience. www.OutbackMaveriX.com

SE150A4 smart module by Telit

Telit has launched the SE150A4 “system on module” series for retail and POS devices, home automation and security, law enforcement and other applications that need high data rates, advanced humanmachine interfaces and edge computing functionality. Featuring Android OS and the Qualcomm QCM2150 solution, the new SE150A4 module marks another new product line introduction to better serve IoT device makers and customers.

Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.2 provide additional connection flexibility, along with an embedded multi-constellation GNSS (GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS and Galileo) receiver for high-performance positioning and navigation. www.telit.com

Orolia wins 70M euros in atomic clock contracts for Galileo

Orolia has been awarded 70 million euros in two contracts to provide atomic clocks for the first 12 satellites of the Galileo Second Generation System (G2S). The first was from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the second from Leonardo. Each of the new G2S satellites, will contain three Orolia Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standards (RAFS) and two Orolia atomic clock physics packages integrated with Leonardo’s Passive Hydrogen Masers (PHM).

NAUTIZ X6 ultra-rugged Android phablet

Handheld Group has launched a new version of the popular NAUTIZ X6 ultra-rugged phablet, a handheld computer that combines the big-screen functionality of a tablet with the goanywhere performance of a rugged phone. It runs Android 11 and is Android Enterprise Recommended (AER). It is ideal for industrial and field applications with the reliability to perform in the most challenging outdoor and industrial environments. www.handheldgroup.com

Spirent charts the way forward for autonomous systems

Spirent Communications plc has announced the launch of Spirent GNSS Foresight, an innovative cloud-based solution that lets operators know in advance where and when GPS or GNSS positioning is reliable for unmanned and autonomous journeys. It accurately predicts where and when unmanned vehicles, air taxis, and drones can operate safely and dependably beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), especially in urban areas where buildings frequently obstruct GNSS signals. www.spirent.com

New Trimble DA2 receiver

Trimble has launched the Trimble® DA2 GNSS receiver for the Trimble Catalyst™ positioning service. It now includes the Trimble ProPoint™ GNSS engine for enhanced performance. Unique to the latest Trimble GNSS solutions, ProPoint technology reduces convergence times and improves positioning accuracy when operating near trees and buildings. In addition, the Bluetooth®-enabled DA2 adds iOS support to the Catalyst service, greatly increasing the range of devices, workflows and apps that can be used with the Catalyst solution. www.trimble.com

Safe navigation in Middle East

The International Foundation for Aids to Navigation (IFAN) has announced a near $1.2 million investment to promote safe navigation in the Middle East Gulf, including significant recapitalization of the Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) sites it operates in the region. The investment will also provide for the construction of a new workboat to help strengthen its capabilities when it comes to maintaining Aids to Navigation (AtoNs) in the Middle East Gulf.

The Ras Al Khaymah DGPS site will be relocated 5km away from the previous location, and only a few meters away from shore. It will have a range of more than 250 nautical miles covering the entire southern part of the Arabian Gulf and part of Gulf of Oman. The DGPS capability will boost positioning accuracy for less than 1 meter compared to 10+ meters promised by traditional GPS systems.

The workboat, which is being built in the United Arab Emirates, should be operational by the beginning of October and will have a range of more than 40 nautical miles, enabling it to reach offshore waters in the Gulf. https://gcaptain.com

NX510 Pro Auto Steer by CHC Navigation

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV) has released the NX510 Pro, a high-accuracy automated steering system designed for tillage, seeding, fertilization, pesticide application, and harvesting. With a steering controller and full GNSS RTK capability, it can be quickly and easily mounted to various types of tractors and other farming vehicles to achieve ±2.5 cm pass-to-pass accuracy.

The intuitive AgNav software controls operations. It supports multiple guidance patterns to fit field layouts, including Straight AB line, A+ line, circle line, irregular curve and headland turn. It eliminates steering errors and overlapping passes on the field. The AgNav software also features real-time remote technical support from the local dealer’s help desk. www.chcnav.com

Hi-Target launches GNSS/IMU RTK receiver for the field

Hi-Target has introduced a new GNSS receiver, the V200. It is a GNSS RTK receiver with an integrated nine-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU). The advanced RTK engine and newgeneration nine-axis IMU guarantees a 25% performance improvement over the company’s previous V100 model, even in demanding environments. It is designed to be easy to use and carry. A smart Hi-Fix function supports the receiver to increase stability. Hi-Fix enables continuous connectivity and quality results even if the signal is lost while using an RTK base station or VRS network under extreme circumstances. https://en.hi-target.com.

Survey receiver based on Triumph-3 chip by Javad GNSS

Javad GNSS has launched a new field receiver based on the technology implemented in its Triumph-3 chip. The MCAnt-3S receiver hosts 874 GNSS signal channels, allowing it to track all current and future GNSS signals. It can be mounted on flat surfaces with four screws or mounted on standard poles. MCAnt-3S combines the receiver with a high-performance GNSS antenna in a compact and robust housing that is easy to mount, making it suitable for machine control applications. Communication is provided via CAN 2.0, USB 2.0 and RS-232/RS-422 interface.

NovAtel GNSS SMART Antenna

NovAtel announced that Fendt machines in North America, Europe and the Middle East equipped with Fendt GuideTM guidance systems powered by Fuse Smart Farming now come with NovAtel’s SMART7 GNSS receiver as the default configuration choice. Precision guidance systems are integral to advancing precision agriculture globally, and the SMART7 from NovAtel is future-ready and offers the performance and reliability that farmers require.

The SMART7 uses multi L-Band tracking to access TerraStar Correction Services globally – bringing repeatable centimetrelevel accuracy to any application, anywhere in the world. Access to multifrequency GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo and QZSS signals provides better satellite availability, fuelling the positioning solution – even in challenging environments. Resiliency to radio frequency interference is engrained in NovAtel’s hardware designs and the Interference Toolkit firmware suite provides detection and additional protection from any potential intentional or unintentional interference. hexagon.com

Spirent and Qascom Collaboration

Spirent Communications plc and Qascom have announced the industry’s first simulation test solution for the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) mechanism. SimOSNMA is designed to work with Spirent’s GNSS simulation platforms to test OSNMA signal conformance, which will bring new levels of robustness for both civilian and commercial GNSS uses. SimOSNMA provides developers with vital new simulation tools to test for OSNMA, the security protocol which enables GNSS receivers to verify the authenticity of signals distributed from the Galileo satellite constellation. Designed to combat signal falsification or “spoofing”, OSNMA ensures the data received is authentic and has not been modified in any way. www.spirent.com

SBG Systems partnership with Septentrio

SBG Systems’ popular INS/GNSS PPK software called Qinertia is now available to users of Septentrio AsteRx-i3 D Pro+, AsteRx-i3 S Pro+ and AsteRx SBi3 Pro+ receivers.

“As a result of our cooperation with SBG Systems, Septentrio’s mapping customers who use GNSS/INS now have access to both real-time accuracy as well as quick and reliable postprocessing workflow.” said Danilo Sabatini, product manager at Septentrio. In case of GNSS outage or correction link failure, post-processing recovers accuracy for recorded positioning and inertial data. Who said post-processing needs to be complicated? Qinertia is the easiest, fastest, full-featured postprocessing software highly appreciated by geospatial professionals for its modern and intuitive interface. After the mission, Qinertia gives access to RTK corrections from more than 8,000 base stations to deliver centimeter level accuracy to all your projects. Trajectory and orientation are greatly improved by post processing GNSS and IMU data in forward and backward directions. www.sbg-systems.com

GeoMax launches Zenith60 GNSS smart antenna

GeoMax has announced a new GNSS smart antenna, the Zenith60. It is a calibration-free tilt compensating GNSS smart antenna that incorporates stateof- the-art technology. The antenna’s tilt capability makes surveys faster and more convenient, hence more productive and efficient. https://geomax-positioning.com

Leica BLK ARC and Leica BLK2FLY

The Leica BLK ARC is a laser scanning sensor purposely built to improve the autonomous navigation of robots and other carrier platforms to deliver fully autonomous mobile laser scanning. It addresses the growing demand for autonomous solutions that can safely and repeatedly capture accurate 3D point clouds and panoramic images of changing environments with minimal user intervention.

The Leica BLK2FLY is the world’s first fully integrated, autonomous flying laser scanning sensor. With a few simple taps on a tablet, users can quickly and easily scan structures and environments accurately and entirely from the air. The airborne scanning provides value across multiple industries in need of accurate data of inaccessible or hardto- reach areas (e.g., façade projections, rooftops), ensuring complete capture of a structure’s exterior features and dimensions. www.blk2021.com

The UltraCam Condor 4.1 is released

Vexcel Imaging has announced the next camera release based on Vexcel Imaging’s 4th generation camera architecture, the UltraCam Condor 4.1. More than just a ‘facelift’ to the Condor M1, the UltraCam Condor 4.1 boasts multiple significant advancements to make it the gold standard for wide-area aerial mapping.

The unique camera design consists of a very wide, high-resolution RGB array that delivers the utmost resolution and flying efficiency due to its impressive across track footprint of 48,462 pixels. The system also features a lower resolution rectangular NIR for classification projects and a lower resolution rectangular PAN for producing highly accurate DSMs and DTMs through dense matching. Due to the rectangular image footprint, frontlap of 85% is obtained for maximum dense matching quality. This breadth of functionality eliminates the need for additional flights by other sensors, given that all necessary data sets can be derived from a single UltraCam Condor 4.1 flight. A revolutionary feature, exclusive to all UltraCam 4th camera generations, is the Adaptive Motion Compensation (AMC). AMC is an innovative motion compensation approach that, in addition to correcting image blur in the direction of flight as provided by traditional Forward Motion Compensation (FMC) technology, also addresses blur caused by multidirectional camera movements during flight. www.vexcel-imaging.com