As of 17 March 2022, all smartphones placed in the European single market should be leveraging Galileo signals, in addition to other Global Navigation Satellite Systems. The addition of the EU positioning system to enhance the 112-calls location will result in faster response times and consequently, more lives saved.

The European 112-emergency number is operational in nearly …

Exploring GNSS alternatives for weapon systems
The United Kingdom’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new Market Exploration called Alternative Navigation for Weapon Systems, which aims to explore alternatives to GNSS for military navigation.

The Market Exploration is being run on behalf of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) and seeks to understand the range of technologies …

Space Codesign Systems has announced receipt of funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP) Element 2, made possible thanks to the Canadian Space Agency’s participation in the NAVISP. In this project, Space Codesign Systems will use this funding to support the design of a spaceborne global navigation satellite system …

Hemisphere GNSS (Hemisphere) has announced the fourth of the Vega™ series heading and positioning OEM board using the Lyra II™ and Aquila™ chipset technology. Integrators who use predecessor Hemisphere 34-pin products like Crescent Vector H220 and Phantom 34 OEM boards enjoy a quick and easy transition to the improved positioning performance and the superior satellite …

oneNav has announced the commercial availability of its pureL5TM GNSS digital IP core. The pureL5TM digital IP core’s breakthrough architecture enables it to directly acquire and track L5 signals from GPS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and GLONASS without any L1 aiding. This eliminates the entire L1 RF chain, saves PCB area and simplifies the RF front end and …