May 2025

2nd Annual International Geotechnical Innovation Conference

5th – 6th May 2025
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Disaster response with satellite technology
Juvare and ICEYE have announced a strategic partnership designed to deliver unprecedented situational awareness and actionable insights to emergency management agencies, insurers, and government organizations worldwide. Through this collaboration, ICEYE’s high-resolution, all-weather satellite solutions will be integrated into …

NASA science continues after Firefly’s Afirst moon mission concludes

After landing on the Moon with NASA science and technology demonstrations March 2, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 concluded its mission March 16. Analysis of data returned to Earth from the NASA instruments continues, benefitting future lunar missions.

As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) …

UK Positioning, Navigation and Timing: Overview
As of March 2025, the UK’s Framework for Greater PNT Resilience, introduced in October 2023, continues to drive efforts to enhance Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services. A significant milestone was achieved on 20 November 2024, when the National PNT Office, established within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology …

FCC launches proceeding on GPS alternatives
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently launched an inquiry to explore commercial technologies that would complement the Global Positioning System (GPS). Although GPS is indispensable to America’s economic and national security, it represents a single point …

The analysis performed in this report is solely his work and own opinion. State Program: U.S.A (G); EU (E); China (C) “Only MEO- SECM satellites”; Russia (R); Japan (J); India (I)

Narayan Dhital

Actively involved to support international collaboration in GNSSrelated activities. He has regularly supported and contributed to different workshops of the International Committee on GNSS …

The next European Navigation Conference 2025 (ENC 2025) will take place May 21-23, 2025, in Wrocław, Poland.

Building on the success of previous years, ENC 2025 will be hosted by the Polish Navigation Forum (PNF) in collaboration with the European Group of Institutes of Navigation (EUGIN). ENC 2025 is organized with the generous Sponsorship of the …

Volume 21, Issue 3, March 2025

Intelligent, automated, rapid, and safe landmine, improvised explosive device and unexploded ordnance detection using Maggy

Kaya Kuru, Aadithya Sujit, Darren Ansell, John Michael Pinder, David Jones, Benjamin Jon Watkinson, Ridha Hamila …

Eos Positioning Systems redesigns Eos Tools Pro on iOS
Eos Positioning Systems has launched a redesigned Eos Tools Pro app on iOS. The redesigned app includes a reorganized settings menu to improve the organization of all configuration options, offering a centralized space for users to manage their GNSS preferences and optimize workflows. The new interface has …

UAE, Bahrain boost space and climate monitoring with satellite launches
The UAE and Bahrain successfully launched their satellites, Etihad-SAT and Al-Munther, to enhance environmental monitoring and advance scientific research.
The Etihad-SAT, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), was deployed from Vandenberg Air Force Base …