PCTEL to Showcase Antenna Products at MILCOM 2013
PCTEL, Inc. will display its GPS, GNSS, mobile, and infrastructure communication antennas at the 2013 MILCOM Military Communications Conference. MILCOM is being held in the San Diego Convention Center,...
View ArticleNew Report on Global Military GPS/GNSS Market Looks at Next Decade
Reportstack has announced a new report on The Global Military GPS/GNSS Market 2013-2023. This report offers the reader detailed analysis of the global military GPS/GNSS market over the next 10 years,...
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GPS Source Receives $7.5M Order for Retransmission Systems
GPS Retransmission Kit by GPS Source. GPS Source has received a $7.5 million order for its GLI-COTTONMOUTH GPS retransmission kit from an international customer with an armored vehicle application....
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KVH Receives $1.5M Order for TACNAV Systems
Credit: U.S. Armed Services. KVH Industries Inc. has received a $1.5 million contract for the delivery of tactical navigation systems for use by an international military customer in an armored vehicle...
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Device Tracks Soldiers’ Movements without GPS
The Warfighter Integrated Navigation System, center, uses inertial systems to determine a Soldier’s location in the absence of a GPS signal. On the left, a smaller version of WINS. On the right, the...
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A WINS for Warfighters
The current WINS form factor (left) sits beside a prototype for the future incarnation. The Evolution of the Warfighter Integrated Navigation System A new device is being developed to enable foot...
View ArticleFitness Trackers Could Speed Soldiers’ Recovery
Wearable fitness trackers such as FitBit could help military patients recover quicker, according to Col. Deydre Teyhen, an official with from the Defense Health Headquarter’s Office of the Surgeon...
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AeroVironment Gets $13M UAV Order from U.S. Marine Corps
A Puma AE being launched. AeroVironment has received an order valued at $13 million for RQ-20A Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages for the United States Marine...
View ArticleION Joint Navigation Conference abstracts due by Feb. 15
The deadline for submitting abstracts for the Institute of Navigation (ION) Joint Navigation Conference (JNC) is Monday, Feb. 15. Abstracts must be received by Feb. 15 and must be written for public...
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Insitu awarded $71 million Blackjack UAS contract by NAVAIR
Insitu has been awarded a US$71 million follow-on contract to produce six RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial systems (UAS), with options for two more, from U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)....
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Networking for assisted PNT
A networked radio from Thales is designed to meet soldiers’ need for assured positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) while on foot. The MBITR2 is part of a broader defense effort to provide PNT...
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New defense signals offered, new defense editor sought
Two important new signals — or rather, one signal and one group of signals — became available for military users worldwide last week. Satelles made an exciting announcement of what amounts to a new...
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The changing face of defense PNT
I have mixed emotions as I write this column. Delighted, absolutely, to be given the opportunity to write for GPS World on topics that I am so passionate about; but also sad that we will not see any...
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General Dynamics unveils combat survival radio with GPS
General Dynamics Mission Systems has introduced its HOOK3 combat survival radio. The HOOK3 radio is 30 percent smaller and 40 percent lighter than the HOOK2 radio, and has a smaller, longer lasting...
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Army pseudolites: What, why and how?
In the battle for reliable positioning and timing, the U.S. Army is engaged in a multitude of activities, including mounted and dismounted A-PNT (assured position, navigation and timing) systems,...
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Lockheed Martin awarded GPS M-code early-use ground system upgrade
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $45.5 million contract to provide military code (M-code) early use (MCEU) capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS). Part of the Air Force’s...
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Comtech contracted by U.S. Army to sustain Blue Force Tracking
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.‘s Command & Control Technologies group — part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment — has been awarded contract modifications totaling $4.2 million. The...
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Orolia’s VersaPNT helps soldiers navigate battlefields without GPS
Orolia, through its Spectracom brand, has launched VersaPNT. VersaPNT provides virtually failsafe battlefield navigation, even in GPS-denied environments, to protect critical networks with Assured PNT...
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U.S. Army solicits PNT solutions for warfighters
The U.S. Army is soliciting proposals for research, development, design and testing that directly supports battlefield technologies in the area of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). Broad Agency...
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Orolia’s VersaPNT helps soldiers navigate battlefields without GPS
Orolia, through its Spectracom brand, has launched VersaPNT. VersaPNT provides virtually failsafe battlefield navigation, even in GPS-denied environments, to protect critical networks with Assured PNT...
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