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COVER STORY

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Meeting Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Challenges

by Matteo Luccio

22 Obstacles to Adoption 23 Automation Levels

26 TESTING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INSIDE AND OUT

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Let’s Start a Conversation

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Why Radar Is the Future of Autonomous Transportation

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As the number of GNSS constellations and satellites in orbit continues to grow, will we reach the point of diminishing returns?

WITH Ellen Hall, Jean-Marie Sleewaegen, Stuart Riley and Bernard Gruber

How Medium-Definition Maps Help Navigate Dynamic Roads

BY Ethan Sorrelgreen

10 SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS GPS III SV05 Prepares for Historic Flight • Raytheon Gets Nod for GPS OCX 3F • NIST Confirms STL as Timing Source • ESA, Public Safety Organization Agree to Support Navigation Services • NTS-3 Launch Delayed to 2023

59 RESEARCH ROUNDUP Guiding Vehicles on Busy City Streets

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ast year, GPS World marked its 30th anniversary. That is a testimony to this magazine’s continued relevance, its commitment to its marketing partners, and its unmatched audited audience of 54,000 GNSS/PNT buyers, integrators and specifiers.

Taking on my new role on GPS World’s edit team was a homecoming of sorts because I began my current career a little more than 20 years ago as this magazine’s managing editor. I look forward to an ongoing conversation with many of you in the GNSS/PNT community—scientists, engineers, civil servants, uniformed service members, company executives and product managers. You may get an e-mail message from me, and I will always welcome yours, at the e-mail address below.

Let me tell you a little about three passions that led me to this job.

Navigation has been one of my passions since I was a kid. When I was five years old, I lost track of my mother as she entered a store in Berkeley, California, and I kept walking down the street. It happened again when I was seven and had insisted on walking home alone from school in Milan, Italy. I was determined never to get lost again. So, when I was 11 and my family moved to Pisa, I was the only kid I knew who walked around — from school to sabre-fencing practice, to piano lessons, to my bus stop — studying a map and a compass. When I was 13, in shop class, I built a crude opticalrange finder, based on trigonometry.

Next, came the topo maps I used for hiking the hills and mountains of Tuscany. A few years later, as a graduate student at MIT, I began to sail around the Boston Harbor islands and off the coast of Maine. I learned to navigate using nautical charts, sextants, radio direction-finders,

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I look forward to an ongoing conversation with many of you in the GNSS/PNT community. sonar, radar, Loran-C and, finally, GPS receivers.

Magazine journalism has been another one of my passions, since I co-founded a public policy magazine, Oregon’s Future, 25 years ago and became its editor. That was the first of seven editorial positions with magazines I have had over the past quarter century. Finally, my passion for public policy led me to degrees in political science and to my previous career as a research analyst — first for an independent research institute, then for state and local government.

It gave me a solid grounding in public policy, statistical analysis and querying large databases.

So, this navigation enthusiast, policy wonk and experienced writer and editor is now in position to report on and advocate for the continuing growth and development of GNSS. I will also showcase new products and projects, and present facts and opinions from across the GNSS/PNT community.

This month’s cover stor y on autonomous vehicles is a perfect example. It confirms the central role of GNSS in one of the most significant technological advances we can expect to see in the coming decade — having vast implications for our society and environment — with facts and opinions from four industry leaders.

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As the number of GNSS constellations and satellites in orbit continues to grow, will we reach the point of diminishing returns?

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More satellites equal more data, and redundant constellation systems — through GNSS interoperability — can give us more robust PNT, as restated in the January Memorandum on Space Policy Directive 7. That said, there are always diminishing returns. Treaties place liability on the launching country if something goes wrong, but with tens of thousands of small satellites expected to be launched over the next decade, it will be getting increasingly crowded. Concerns are growing about the necessity of increased maneuvers to keep these satellites from a chain reaction of collisions, which ultimately could cause debris to fall to inhabited areas of Earth.

With already more than 130 GNSS satellites in orbit, the benefit of new satellites decreases while the risk of satellites interfering with each other increases. However, this is only considering GNSS as we know it, in the MEO orbit (altitude about 22,000 km). The future of GNSS may well be closer to Earth, in the LEO orbit (<1,000 km), with well-known benefits in terms of convergence time and resilience to jamming. Sooner than later, we can expect constellations of hundreds or thousands of LEO satellites carrying a GNSS-like payload supporting PNT services.

No worries, there is still growth potential!

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— Jean-Marie Sleewaegen / Septentrio

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Tony Agresta

John Fischer

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Thibault Bonnevie

Ellen Hall

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Alison Brown

Jules McNeff

NAVSYS Corporation

Overlook Systems Technologies

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Terry Moore

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Mitch Narins

C.J. Driscoll & Associates

Stuart Riley Trimble

Jean-Marie Sleewaegen Septentrio

Michael Swiek GPS Alliance

Julian Thomas Racelogic Ltd.

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With the current four GNSS constellations and a typical survey elevation mask of 10˚in North America, we average around 30 visible satellites. Far more are visible in Asia with the addition of the regional systems. In an area with a clear view of the sky, this provides more than enough satellites for precision centimeter positioning. However, most professional GNSS users do not have the luxury of operating exclusively in open areas with ideal conditions. Accessing many satellites across multiple constellations increases the probability of receiving sufficient satellites that produce high-quality measurements in obstructed areas. As the constellations expand, we observe improvement in precision position availability in these locations. The large number of satellites, coupled with independence across the four systems, improves system integrity and continuity while also helping to reduce the converge time in PPP solutions.

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Bernard Gruber

Northrop Grumman

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In a utopian vision of navigation, data gluttons and like-users of GNSS would say that there will never be enough!

If capabilities remained static, then yes, I believe we would reach the point of diminishing returns. I would offer that innovation and competition will continue to drive capability improvements via power, signal quality, coverage, integrity and clock/ timing accuracy. These innovations, coupled with user equipment flexibility utilizing signals from space, will drive an ever-maturing market balance and increasing return.

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PS III Space Vehicle (SV) 05 will be a landmark launch for the GPS modernization program.

Slated to launch this month, GPS III SV05 will join the operational constellation of 31 GPS satellites, delivering enhanced performance and accuracy through a variety of improvements: increased signal protection, L1C signal interoperability, and the newest civilian signal, L5.

This spring, GPS III SV05 traveled from Lockheed Martin’s satellite production facility in Colorado, to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. After arriving April 6 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility, SV05 began pre-launch testing and checkout.

O n c e e n c ap s u l at e d , S V 0 5 w i l l b e horizontally integrated with the first SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle to be re-flown for a National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission.

“As the fourth GPS III launch campaign with SpaceX, this NSSL mission is historic both for the first re-flight of a Falcon 9 rocket and for being the 24th military-code (M-code) satellite introduced to our constellation, the last one needed to bring M-code to full operational capability,” said Col. Edward Byrne, SMC’s Space Production Corps Medium Earth Orbit Space Systems Division chief.

GPS III SV05, now in Florida, is shown fully integrated at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Colorado.

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Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded a $228 million contract to Raytheon Intelligence and Space for the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System Follow-On (OCX 3F).

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Modernization effort, OCX 3F upgrades the OCX Blocks 1 and 2 system to use the enhanced capabilities of the new GPS IIIF satellites being developed by Lockheed Martin. OCX Blocks 1 and 2, planned for delivery in 2022, will represent a major evolution in GPS capabilities. The upgrades support

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the latest U.S. Department of Defense cybersecurity standards and practices. Features include: ■ an enhanced and expanded network of monitoring stations for improved cybersecurity and improved anti-jam capability ■ enhanced operational capability See Raytheon, page 11. >>

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ollowing a detailed performance study in 2020, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) determined that Satellite Time and Location (STL) is a reliable source of timing highly consistent with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The secure STL services are provided by Satelles Inc. STL is based on a signal independent from GPS and other GNSS. The STL service was able to deliver this consistent performance in a deep indoor environment where GNSS signals did not reach.

In the study, a GPS-disciplined clock and a Satelles EVK-2 evaluation unit with a quartz oscillator were compared to UTC for 50 days. The GPS device received its signal from an outdoor antenna. The Satelles device was connected to an indoor antenna in a deep indoor environment where GNSS signals did not reach. Time deviation calculations estimated the stability of the two signals with respect to the UTC time scale.

Based on one day of averaging, the GPS instability was less than 2 nanoseconds, and the STL instability was only slightly higher at under 3 nanoseconds (see chart at right).

These measurements demonstrated that STL delivers stability

comparable to GNSS and does so in an indoor location where GPS signals usually cannot penetrate.

The findings reinforce those of the U.S. Department of Transportation, which identified STL as a top-ranked PNT system in its January technology demonstration report.

ESA, Public Safety Organization Agree to Support Navigation Services

NTS-3 Launch Delayed to 2023

ublic Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to support the use of satellite applications for public safety. ESA and PSCE will work together to establish interoperable public-safety communications systems.

The MoI will support the emergence of space-based applications in the public-safety domain such as secure

mobile-broadband communication services. Applications include disaster preparedness, response and resilience, situational awareness, assessments of damages, and tracking services for emergency vehicles and rescue forces.

The first step will be participation in ongoing “Satellite Applications for Public Safety” studies, where PSCE will help identify the needs of emergency services, fire brigades and law enforcement.

he NTS-3 experimental satellite will be launched in 2023. The United States military will use the satellite for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) as a supplement to GPS. The satellite was originally set to launch in 2022.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to use the additional time to reduce risks and conduct more ground testing.

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“OCX is an adaptive architecture designed to evolve to combat emerging threats,” said Barbara Baker, SMC Production Corps Command and Control Systems Division’s senior materiel leader. “OCX 3F is a great

example of modifying the OCX Blocks 1 and 2 software baseline to launch and incorporate the GPS IIIF enhanced satellite capabilities.”

Raytheon Intelligence and Space will perform the work in Aurora, Colorado, with delivery expected in July 2025.

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adar has been around since the late 19th century, but today it is poised to revolutionize how autonomous vehicles (AVs) navigate the road. From its nautical origins as a tool to detect the location of ships in heavy fog to being a cost-effective way to prevent collisions in selfdriving cars, radar has a wide range of applications.

For more than 30 years, carmakers and drivers have embedded radar in vehicles to assist with automated cruise control, automatic emergency braking, parking, and more.

This effective, hardy technology plays a critical role in the driver experience today, and the same hardware will be used to help AVs navigate the road soon.

I believe that the next chapter of radar use in vehicles will be in the AV market, where software powered by artificial intelligence (AI) will use radar sensors to read a vehicle’s surroundings and get riders safely to their destination.

Radar Is a Market-Proven Hardware Solution

Radar has been around for so long, and the sensors we rely on in our vehicles every day are so reliable, that most drivers are not even aware that they have radar to thank for the assist on their perfect parallel parking job.

In this era of auto innovation and smart tech, the benefits of turning to this proven hardware solution abound: ■ Radar can perform well in poor weather conditions.

■ It is cost-effective, especially when compared to lidar and camera-based options.

■ Thanks to its low power requirements, adding radar sensors does not significantly impact a vehicle’s energy budget.

■ It is market-proven hardware that is robust and reliable in the field.

While competing technologies such as lidar are still years away from demonstrating that they can stand up to weather conditions and the toll that mileage takes on equipment, there is no question that radar sensors are up for the challenges of the road.

The flip side of this coin is that we also have the benefit

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AN OCULII SENSOR placed at the front corner of a vehicle.

of knowing the limits of traditional radar technology: It has poor spatial resolution, limited sensitivity, and a narrow field of view. However, this hardware can be greatly enhanced with the right software boost.

Unlocking the Potential of Radar with AI

Until recently, the best way to improve radar technology was to add more antennas until you got the resolution quality you were seeking. While this approach solves the problem of resolution, it introduces two other problems: 1. Adding antennas exponentially increases a radar’s complexity, power consumption and size, while only improving performance linearly.

2. In turn, this added complexity significantly increases the radar’s cost.

Consider the F-35 fighter jet, which relies on a radar system that costs more than the jet itself. While adding antennas may be a reasonable solution for militaryoperated airplanes, the consumer AV market would never tolerate the consequent cost increases. However, there is a way that existing automotive radars can be augmented with AI software to improve resolution, without increasing cost, size or power.

In the same way that AI software transformed what the automotive manufacturers were able to achieve with camera hardware, AI software can revolutionize how radar hardware is used for navigation in AVs. Traditional radar sensors emit a constant, repetitive signal that delivers a reliable but low-resolution result.

By using innovative AI software to emit an adaptive phase, modulated waveform that changes in real time,

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the resolution of traditional radar can be increased by up to 100 times. The key to transforming how we use radar hardware is all in the software.

Radar with AI

Reliable sensors with AI software can enable autonomous functions by augmenting the hardware that is already in today’s vehicles. What makes this solution so exciting is that it does not require a design overhaul: the smart sensors in question fit within existing radar packaging.

Augmenting radar hardware with AI can significantly improve performance while reducing the cost to the consumer. This formula — better performance at a lower price tag — has the potential to greatly accelerate the speed with which AVs make it safely to the consumer market and to revolutionize the automotive

STREET VIEW OF A DRIVING CAR (center). At right, the same view is shown with high-resolution radar, with 400+ m of range with precise Doppler/point in all weather conditions. At left, is the view using a standard lidar camera, which has >100 m of range, no Doppler and weather limitations.

industry.

Rather than pushing forward with the development of costly alternatives that are prohibitively expensive for the consumer market, intelligent radar sensors can bring AVs to the road sooner and for more drivers.

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STEVEN HONG is the founder and CEO of Oculii (www.oculii.com), a high-resolution radar company enabling the next generation of autonomous systems. Powered by AI, Oculii software increases the resolution of commodity radar hardware by up to 100 times and works in any environment.

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GUEST COLUMN How Medium-Definition Maps Help Navigate Dynamic Roads Image: CARMERA

BY Ethan Sorrelgreen

CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER, CARMERA

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ince the early days of autonomous vehicles (AVs), maps — specifically, so-called “high-definition” maps — have played a critical role in their technology stack. Central to perception, localization and path planning, these highly detailed, highly precise maps provide vehicles a baseline understanding of the world around them, delivering key priors that form the basis of the AV’s navigational decision making.

These maps come with exacting standards: a 3D network graph, spatial accuracy within 10 centimeters, attribute support in the thousands, and so on. Additionally, with AV deployments becoming more frequent — covering broader, more complex driving domains — these requirements are growing ever more demanding.

Of particular import is the increased need for temporal accuracy — that is, a map’s ability to represent current conditions (as opposed to conditions at some point in time).

Roads — especially urban roads — are highly dynamic environments. Things like construction, repaving, signal upgrades and, now, on-street dining constantly affect the flow of traffic. For example, in a summer 2020 survey of New York, CARMERA found 88 drive-lane-impacting events (out of a total of 251 road events) over 72 hours in midtown Manhattan alone.

A map’s failure to reflect such events and changes can have a major impact on an AV’s reliability (Will the autonomousdriving feature remain engaged?), motion-planning (Will the AV safely and smoothly navigate through/around the obstacle?) and/or path planning (Will the AV choose the most efficient route despite the obstacle?). Maintaining a map, however, is exponentially more complicated than creating it.

Not only does the data need to be good, it also needs to be fast and cheap to produce.

The key to solving the fast and cheap legs of this classic “good-fast-cheap” trilemma is simplifying the initial problem, using what CARMERA calls a medium-definition map. If an HD map is a map with high feature detail and high spatial accuracy, then an MD map is a map with high feature detail but a slightly lower spatial accuracy. It essentially atomizes the dense, complex HD world into discrete, manageable blocks, or “zones.” These zones — each a logical section of the road network — become the new unit of fidelity. The MD map catalogs all the features in a zone — a traffic light with a left arrow that controls the left two lanes, a bike path, a solid median, etc. — but not their precise location in the real world.

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An MD map of a California intersection showing road features — including control attributes — placed with zonal accuracy.

both time and money — of HD map updates. Indeed, it provides the foundation for CARMERA’s change-as-a-service offering — a modular, on-demand feed of road events and map updates that plug into existing consumer or HD maps.

Because of its lower spatial accuracy, an MD map can be updated with consumer-grade tools — a camera and a consumer-grade GNSS, let’s say — coupled with basic consumer vision algorithms. Contrast that to an HD map, which requires either expensive equipment, like a lidar rig, or — in CARMERA’s case — sophisticated algorithms that can convert visual and telemetric data into HD road graphs.

MD map maintenance, therefore, is relatively cheap, which is good news for those who want to use MD data for nextgeneration consumer applications, such as natural-language navigation, or to support sub-L4 levels of automated driving (both excellent MD use cases).

For HD updates, an additional pass is needed. Think of this as a tip-and-cue system: When a functional change in the map is detected (the tip), data from the identified zone is reprocessed using more complex algorithms to create the new HD vectors (the cue). In some cases — either because of customer requirements or because the change is superficial — a simple MD update may be sufficient. Thus, expensive computing resources are only deployed when needed.

This approach is equally effective for those using traditional lidar-based methods. There, the MD tip allows for targeted dispatching of lidar rigs, which results in significant costsavings vis-à-vis the typical practice of sequential resurveying.

As technology evolves, so too will the role of the MD map.

CARMERA sees a world where an AV’s onboard sensors will become so sophisticated that the HD maps’ utility may diminish. MD maps, however, will still provide vehicles key rules-of-the road relationships, helping optimize route planning and similar beyond-line-of-sight decision making.

Employing this new standard now, therefore, not only makes driving safer today, it paves the way for the road ahead.

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The upgraded TimeProvider 4100 2.2 is now more redundant and resilient.

It provides secure, precise timing and synchronization for critical infrastructure such as 5G wireless networks, smart grids, data centers, cable and transportation services.

The 4100 2.2 introduces a softwareredundancy architecture for flexible deployment, and supports a new GNSS multi-band, multi-constellation receiver to protect against time delay from space weather, solar events and other disruptions. The 4100 2.2 offers options for software and hardware support.

The GW16143 is a high-precision GNSS/GPS Mini-PCLe adapter card that provides precise positioning to applications using Gateworks singleboard computers. Based on the U-blox ZED-F9P, the GW16143’s multi-band real-time kinematic (RTK) technology enhances convergence times and performance. The module receives GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou; supports L1 and L2/L5 bands; and provides GNSS positioning accuracy of <2 cm.

MULTI-CONSTELLATION RECEIVER

Microchip Technology, microchip.com

2. EXTERNAL ANTENNAS

GNSS-READY MULTI-PORT MODELS

The NETZ 5-in-1 multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) solution combines two LTE antennas and two Wi-Fi antennas with a GNSS antenna for high data throughput and streaming, video, industrial and internet of things (IoT) applications. It offers a low-profile design with integrated SubMiniature version A (SMA) connectors and is designed with rugged PC+ABS plastic black housing for demanding environmental challenges.

Maxtena, maxtena.com

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FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Gateworks, gateworks.com

4. INERTIAL UNIT

TACTICAL GRADE FOR HIGHER ORDER INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS

The IMU-NAV-100 is a fully integrated inertial solution that measures linear accelerations, angular rates, and pitch and roll with high accuracy utilizing three-axis high-grade micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers and threeaxis tactical-grade MEMS gyroscopes.

It features continuous built-in test, configurable communications protocols, electromagnetic interference protection, and flexible input power requirements that allow it to be easily integrated in a variety of higher order

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systems. The IMU-NAV-100-S offers high performance stabilization for line-of-sight systems, motion-control sensors, and platform orientation and stabilization systems. The IMU-NAV100-A is for GPS-aided INS, AHRS and motion reference units.

Inertial Labs, inertiallabs.com

5. MASS MARKET BOARD SINGLE-BOARD COMPUTER WITH UP TO THREE RECEIVERS

The SimpleRTK2B single-board computer is built around up to three U-blox ZED-F9P high-precision GNSS receivers to simplify development of centimeter-level positioning solutions supporting real-time kinematics (RTK). It was developed to make RTK technology as close to plug-and-play as possible, and make the technology accessible to broader audiences. In addition to working as a stand-alone solution, customers can program their own applications with the company’s microPython API. The SimpleRTK2BSBC delivers mechanical integration with centimeter position on three axes (heading, pitch, roll), outputting on NMEA, RTCM, RS232 and CANBus interfaces via Ethernet, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 2G/3G/4G communication.

Ardusimple, ardusimple.com

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PointMan software is now integrated into the Vivax Metrotech vLoc3 with a GNSS real-time kinematic (RTK) receiver to create a utility-locate device. Using the RTK-Pro internal cellular module with 4G LTE capabilities, the operator can connect to the NTRIP RTK caster that provides RTCM 3 corrections. With the integration of PointMan with the vLoc3 RTK-Pro, critical buried infrastructure can be captured, recorded and displayed at survey-grade without additional external equipment or post-processing. The integration provides centimeter accuracy of the precise location of buried utilities in real time. Data collected includes the type of utility, the depth of cover and the utility’s precise location.

ProStar Holdings, prostarcorp.com

2. GIS PLATFORM GEOSPATIAL AND LOCATION INTELLIGENCE FOR SMART CITIES

M.App Enterprise 2021 is a significant update to the platform for creating geospatial and location intelligence applications. The latest release features new browser-based 3D capabilities and enhanced visual effects, plus the ability to create and configure custom applications more easily. It allows users to access LuciadRIA’s 3D features with support for panoramic imagery, shading, ambient occlusion and other visualization effects to build browser-based solutions. It also features a new browser app configurator that makes it easier to create spatiotemporal dashboards, or Smart M.Apps. Feature Analyzer now allows users to add and manage multiple datasets on the fly and set up workflows.

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1. NEARSHORE RECEIVER

MEASURES POSITIONING, HEADING, ATTITUDE, VELOCITY AND HEAVE

The MarinePak7 marine-certified GNSS receiver is designed for nearshore applications. The multiconstellation, multi-frequency receiver was engineered to receive the Oceanix Correction Service from NovAtel, providing horizontal accuracy up to 3 cm (95%) in a marine environment.

With SPAN GNSS+INS technology capabilities, the MarinePak7 couples GNSS and inertial measurement units (IMUs) for 3D positioning.

Hexagon | NovAtel, NovAtel.com

2. EXPANSION CARD

FOR LANE-LEVEL POSITIONING

The ANNA-F9 high-precision GNSS Mini-PCIe card can achieve centimeterlevel accuracy. It integrates the U-blox ZED-F9 receiver platform, providing multi-band GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS and SBAS) and RTK positioning, and can be integrated with embedded systems. It provides high-accuracy positioning for applications including lane-level navigation and railway transportation.

The ANNA-F9 series supports RTCM formatted corrections and centimeterlevel positioning from local base

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stations or virtual reference stations in a network RTK setup.

Antzertech, antzer-tech.com

3. MARINE ANTENNAS

TWO ADDED TO VEROSTAR LINE

Marine vessels often host both Iridium (1616–1626.5 MHz) and Inmarsat (uplink: 1626.5–1660.5 MHz) satellite communication antennas that transmit and receive signals. The VSP6037LMAR and VSP6337L-MAR VeroStar marine antennas strongly attenuate interference from both signal sources, providing 75 dB to 85 dB of attenuation over Iridium and 85 dB to 95 dB over Inmarsat uplink, enabling clean GNSS signal reception and precise positioning.

The VSP6037L-MAR supports the full GNSS spectrum; the VSP6337LMAR supports GPS/QZSS-L1/L2/L5, GLONASS-G1/G2/G3, Galileo-E1/E5a/ E5b, BeiDou-B1/B2/B2a, and NavIC-L5 signals. Both antennas support L-band correction signals. Every VeroStar antenna features a robust pre-filter and a high-IP3 LNA architecture, minimizing desensing from high-level out-of-band signals, including 700 MHz LTE, while still providing a noise figure of 1.8 dB. They meet IEC 60945 and IEC 61108 marine certifications for challenging marine environments.

Tallysman Wireless, tallysman.com

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4. CARGO SERVICE

FOR TRACKING HIGH-VALUE ASSETS

The managed internet of things (IoT) Acculink Cargo can track the location and condition of high-value and sensitive assets, providing real-time visibility, product-level tracking and exception-based monitoring as goods move through their supply chains.

Tracking can be used to avoid delays, minimize dwell time, prevent theft and remediate environmental conditions that can cause asset damage.

Sierra Wireless, sierrawireless.com

5. TRACKING ANTENNA RUGGED EXTERNAL MOUNT

The GNS1559MPF or Mini GNSS is a rugged, high-performance and costeffective solution for most GNSS or asset-tracking applications. The small form factor makes it easy to install on or in vehicles or buildings. It is IP67 rated to withstand impact as well as water and dust intrusion in demanding environments and operating conditions.

The antenna can be configured with different cable types in varying lengths and with various connector types. Uses include public safety, in-building, fleet management, asset tracking, vehicle and personnel tracking.

Laird Connectivity, lairdconnect.com

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UNMANNED SYSTEM FOR LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHTS

The Zala 421-16E5G long-flight UAS is a domestic unmanned aerial system with a hybrid power plant. The non-aerodromebased system is capable of providing aerial monitoring covering distances of more than 150 kilometers and staying in the air for more than 12 hours. Its power plant charges a buffer battery for an hour, allowing the UAV to fly long distances. It is equipped with two thermal imagers and a 60x video camera. Alternatively, it can carry a payload of up to 10 kg.

Zala Aero Group, zala-aero.com/en/

2. INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM READY FOR DRONE SURVEYS

The xNAV650 inertial navigation system (INS) provides surveyors with absolute position, timing and inertial measurements (heading and pitch/roll) that they can integrate into their projects. When combined with data from other devices (such as lidar sensors and cameras), the INS measurements can greatly enhance the surveying process. The xNAV650 has the latest micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) inertial measurement unit (IMU) technology and survey-grade GNSS receivers. At 77 x 63 x 24 mm and 130

grams, it is suitable for a wide range of UAV data-collection applications: surveys of bridges, buildings, forests and rail; coastal monitoring; map creation; and pipeline exploration. Data collected can be fused with data from almost any lidar sensor.

OxTS NAVsuite software is included with all OxTS INS. Other optional software is available, including precision time protocol and GX/IX tight-coupling technology.

Oxford Technical Solutions, oxts.com

3. LIDAR SYSTEM

WITH GNSS RECEIVER AND IMU

The AlphaAir 450 (AA450) lidar system is a lightweight, compact all-in-one sensor.

Featuring an inertial measurement unit (IMU), GNSS receiver and 3D scanner and camera, the AlphaAir 450 is suitable for power-line inspections, topographic mapping, emergency response, agricultural work and forestry surveys. The unit can be rapidly deployed in the field to collect geospatial data. It achieves absolute accuracy of 5 cm (vertical) and 10 cm (horizontal) for small survey areas. Adjustment algorithms applied in CHCNAV CoPre software further improve precision and accuracy. The AA450 weighs 1 kilogram for easy mounting on a UAV. It is IP64 rated against dust and water spray and operates at –20° C to +50° C.

4. IMAGING SYSTEMS SURVEY-GRADE WITH LIDAR

The True View 635/640 3DIS is GeoCue’s second-generation lidar/ camera-fusion platform designed to generate high-accuracy 3D colorized lidar point clouds using the Riegl miniVUX-3UAV. All 3DIS platforms include GeoCue’s data-processing software suite True View EVO, which integrates with the Applanix POSPac. With its 120° fused field of view, the True View 635/640 provides 3D mapping with excellent vegetation penetration and wire detection in a payload package of 3.2–3.6 kg. True View EVO supports the direct creation of ground classified point clouds, surface models, contours, digital elevation models, volumetric analysis, wire extraction and similar products, without the need for additional thirdparty software.

GeoCue Group, geocue.com

CHC Navigation, chcnav.com

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FAST LANE Meeting Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Challenges

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Luccio / G PS WO RLD E D I TO R- I N - CH I E F

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES are being tested both on open roads and in controlled environments.

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he advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is one of three revolutions in the automotive industry that will likely change this country as much as cars did over the last century. The other two are the conversion from internal combustion engines to electric ones and the integration of cars into digital traffic networks.

Once mass deployed, AVs promise to dramatically reduce the number of traffic fatalities (42,000 in the United States in 2020, a National Safety Council report shows).

They will never be sleepy, distracted, aggressive or drunk —

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nor will they engage in such inane human driving behaviors as texting while driving, playing chicken with bicyclists, or running red lights. They also promise to reduce fuel consumption, harmful emissions and traffic congestion by optimizing routes and increasing the number of people using car services instead of owning their own car.

To realize this vision, however, cars will have to do a lot more than just find their way on their own. They will have to perform flawlessly in an unpredictable world that includes toddlers, reckless drivers, fallen trees, sinkholes, construction and accidents.

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AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES “Once a vehicle is manufactured, we will support it with our PPP corrections stream for at least 10 years, which is the typical service life of a vehicle.”

GNSS Plus Corrections

Among the many sensors aboard an AV, the GNSS receiver has a unique role. It is the only one that can provide absolute positioning, in the form of latitude and longitude coordinates, to within a couple of decimeters anywhere on Earth. As such, it is “a key enabler to a lot of the vehicles to know precisely where they are and whether it is safe to activate autonomous systems,” says Gordon Heidinger, automotive segment manager, Autonomy and Positioning division at Hexagon.

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A GNSS receiver cannot achieve the level of accuracy required for autonomous driving without robust corrections.

Fifteen years ago, the state of the art was real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections. However, “the cost of that equipment exceeded the cost of a small car at that time,” recalled Steve Ruff, general manager, On-Road Autonomy Division at Trimble. “They were targeting a system cost of about $200.

Today, that number is below $50, including the antenna, the GNSS positioning engine, and the software that runs on it.”

Today, all automotive manufacturers are using a form of precise point positioning (PPP) corrections, which is a oneway broadcast, as opposed to the two-way communication between a base station and a rover required for RTK. This means that a single correction stream can serve an entire continent, Ruff pointed out. “Once a vehicle is manufactured, we will support it with our PPP corrections stream for at least 10 years, which is the typical service life of a vehicle.”

Trimble has approached all the major car manufacturers, has several programs in development, and has received multiple positioning requests for information (RFIs), Ruff said. “In 2018, Trimble’s RTX corrections service was the first solution adopted for production use in passenger vehicles, providing absolute precise positioning for General Motors’ Super Cruise system.” Additionally, Trimble is working with Qualcomm and with SiriusXM, which will deliver Trimble’s RTX corrections over its satellite network, just like it does with music. “It is a good partnership because about 80% of the vehicles in North America are coming equipped with SiriusXM radio technology,” Ruff said. “The OEMs do not have to buy any additional hardware.” RTX corrections can also enter a vehicle via cellular IP, L-band satellite broadcasts and, potentially, over a V2I link.

Hexagon has proposed a PPP solution for automotive, “mainly because we essentially have the world covered with base stations, and that is a hard thing to do,” Heidinger said.

“We have been running a corrections network for a very long time.” PPP’s one-way broadcast offers better cybersecurity because the GNSS receiver does not have to disclose its position, he added.

Swift Navigation is building a global corrections network.

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To achieve mass-market adoption, AVs will have to overcome numerous and complex obstacles: ■ The technical difficulty of dealing with a limitless number of unanticipated challenges, such as poor visibility because of weather conditions, unpredictable human behaviors, complicated obstructions, detours and potholes ■ The need to map millions of miles of roads, develop vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications, and protect vehicle software from hackers ■ The difficulty, if not the impossibility, of handing off control to a human quickly enough to be safe when the system is unable to deal with a complex situation ■ Questions about legal responsibility and insurance liability ■ Ethical dilemmas about how to program the system to respond in emergencies ■ The development of appropriate federal and state regulations ■ Resistance from paid drivers who fear losing their jobs, including 3 million U.S. truckers, and from many other drivers, who fear losing control over their safety.

INERTIAL AND OTHER SENSORS enable AVs to navigate during brief GNSS outages.

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scalable. “We realized quickly that neither of the traditional RTK and PPP approaches were going to meet those requirements,” said Fergus Noble, company co-founder and CTO, “so we invested in developing a corrections service pretty much from the ground up.”

RTK provides high accuracy and short convergence times but is typically costly to deploy because it requires a very high density of stations, Fergus explained. As a consequence, most providers do not have continuous coverage over a wide area. Conversely, while PPP is a true global solution, it is less accurate and takes a long time to converge. “That may be fine in a marine or land-surveying application, but not if you are driving through city tunnels and bridges and need it to be able to reacquire a high-accuracy position within a matter of seconds. Therefore, we took a hybrid approach, together with a lot of new IP that we developed.”

The service provides coverage in all the United States and most of Europe, and is being tested in Japan, South Korea and Australia.

Accuracy and Integrity A common target accuracy for lane-level positioning is 20 cm 95% of the time. That means that AVs need to know when their positioning accuracy falls beneath that threshold.

“We are building into our positioning solutions an accuracy metric that is output along with the position information we are providing,” Ruff said. “[The metric] can be used by the intelligence in the system to decide whether it can rely on the GNSS solution or needs to switch to one of the other complementary technologies because GNSS accuracy is not fulfilling its lane discipline.”

Heidinger noted the importance of economies of scale when mass-producing vehicles, where cost and ease of manufacturing become factors. “We can take some of our high-end equipment and get you 2 cm of accuracy with this technology, but the price point and the feasibility of this going into mass production for automotive is not favorable,” he said. “So, we’ve taken the approach of providing a software positioning engine that can be fit onto any hardware.”

Hexagon is developing products in partnership with STMicroelectronics, using the company’s Teseo V family of measurement engines. “ST is one of the established leaders of automotive GNSS solutions,” Heidinger said.

“We take their measurements and put our positioning and corrections solution behind that to give positioning with lane-level accuracy.”

Noble agrees on the importance of knowing the reliability of a vehicle’s GNSS-based lane accuracy. The prevailing approach, which fuses data from GNSS and other sensors, makes it acceptable for one data source to be temporarily unavailable if the system is aware of that outage, he said.

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THIS TEST IN LONDON shows the value of inertial and wheel speed sensors.

“That is where you start to see Swift, and others as well, focusing on the notion of integrity.”

An AV’s level of autonomy determines its behavior during GNSS outages. For systems with Level 2 autonomy and below, the driver must remain engaged, while Level 2+ and Level 3 systems will alert the driver to retake control when needed. If a driver of a Level 2+ or higher system fails to reengage, the AV’s reaction depends on the system and manufacturer. “When we start to see Level 3 or above selfdriving systems come onto the market, they will require that the GNSS component has an ISO 26262 safety certification,” Ruff said. “Many companies, including Trimble, are going through, or have gone through, the process of safetycertifying their offerings. As part of the AV system’s safety architecture, they will build in the capability to safely curb the vehicle if the system detects a malfunction or a spoof or some other type of problem.”

Other Sensors

Beyond lane-level positional accuracy, safe driving also requires avoiding collisions with other vehicles in the same lane or straying into it. Cameras, lidar and radar will detect other vehicles as well as fixed infrastructure and random obstacles, measure their distance, and monitor their movement.

While lidar scanners are better than cameras as detecting sharp-edged features, such as curbs, cameras are better at detecting and interpreting visual cues, such as road signs and the location and curvature of lane markers. In bad weather, radar is essential, because radio waves, unlike light waves, can penetrate rain, snow, fog and even dust, enabling radar to “see” where cameras and lidar cannot. However, radar sensors cannot see much detail, and cameras do not perform well in conditions with low light or glare.

Besides providing data about a vehicle’s trajectory, inertial navigation systems (INS) also measure its attitude (roll,

Automation Levels In 2014, the international Society of Automotive Engineers released a standard, adopted in 2016 by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, that classifies cars in six levels, ranging from Level 0 (no automation) to Level 5 (full automation, meaning vehicles that can handle the full spectrum of road and traffic scenarios without any assistance from the driver). While many production models already incorporate various forms of Level 1 driver assistance, no current production car exceeds Level 2, or partial automation, which requires the driver to monitor the vehicle’s surroundings and take over as necessary. No test vehicle has yet achieved Level 5.

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TEST AVs now carry significantly more navigation equipment than production AVs will.

pitch and yaw), enabling the software to better correlate and interpret data from the other sensors. For example, when a car brakes sharply, its front end goes down; any forward-facing sensors measure distances to points closer to the car than they did a moment earlier, when its chassis was parallel to the street surface. INS can also detect unsafe conditions, such as excessive slip angle, which is the angle between the direction of the rolling wheels and the vehicle’s true heading. A slip angle as small as 0.5 degrees can trigger skidding, spins or rollover, especially in the case of SUVs and tall trucks. Wheel-speed sensors also help verify the vehicle’s movement.

“All these technologies have their limitations,” Ruff said.

“However, if you design the system, including all these technologies, then you can come up with a robust, safe combination that will enable autonomous driving.”

In addition to helping to avoid collisions, these other sensors provide relative positioning by comparing the images they acquire with highly precise maps to help locate the vehicle, especially in urban environments, which are well mapped and rich in recognizable landmarks.

Imagine an AV moving through different environments.

It might travel from a city with urban canyons that degrade GNSS navigation, yet with landmarks that help relative positioning, to a rural environment devoid of both. The AVs’ algorithms must constantly weigh how much to rely on the different sensors. “Many of the OEMs and car companies are seeing that even rain mist on a highway is very bad for lidar and cameras, because it creates a big blur, but that is where GNSS will perform really well because it is open

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sky,” Heidinger said. “So, the two types of sensor systems complement each other very well.”

“Odometry sensors, such as a wheel-speed sensors, minimize any potential drift and add robustness to data that may have a GNSS outage of greater than 5 seconds, such as longer tunnels,” said Wesley Hulshof, principal engineer – ADAS Testing at Racelogic, Noble sees a split in the industry. Companies such as Waymo and Cruise are pursuing Level 5 autonomy and are “heavy users of lidar” as well as other sensors.

Companies such as Swift are focusing on Level 2 and Level 3 series production vehicles. “If you are making a mass manufactured vehicle for the production market, it rules out using a lidar sensor,” Noble said. “It is just too costly and complex right now to use. So, typically, if you look at the systems that are out on the market today, such as a Tesla Autopilot or a GM Super Cruise, they are very reliant on the camera as the primary sensor. Obviously, also inertial and some use of radar.”

Maps and Communications

While accurate and up-to-date maps have an important role to play in making autonomous driving possible, the more detailed maps are, the more the world they describe is constantly changing. Meanwhile, the sensors keep improving and dropping in price, making maps less important. In the end, AVs — like human drivers — will probably rely much more on their ability to “see” and analyze their environment moment-to-moment. Also like their human counterparts, they will gain experience. Unlike

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V2V communications will enhance safety by informing AVs of the trajectories of nearby vehicles. If a vehicle is speeding toward an intersection and not slowing for a red light, it will be communicating its position and trajectory to other cars over a V2V link, Ruff explained. “Then your car can make the intelligent decision to pump the brakes and avoid that collision. The same positioning stack that operates as part of the AV stack can also be used to support V2V-type applications, and the position of the vehicle will be much better than what the current V2V spec states.”

Different Approaches

Each GNSS manufacturer is taking a different approach to AV positioning.

The worlds of traditional automotive positioning and the products on which NovAtel has historically focused are coming together, Heidinger said. “The autonomous technology is demanding it and pushing for higher performance and safety-of-life functionality. Hexagon is bringing high-performance positioning solutions to the automotive industry in a manner that accepts automotive manufacturability, quality and efficiency.”

The company has also joined the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), a large consortium developing AV solutions. “There are probably 100 companies in the industry coming together and helping to develop that vehicle-to-network communications solution, including telecom partners and automotive partners, and we are providing the GNSS expertise,” Heidinger said. “To meet the high-volume production-intent applications, including automotive quality, we recently developed a receiver based off the ST Teseo V family of measurement engines. We have an ST Teseo V set of chips on the PIM 222A product that launched in May geared exactly toward the automotive market.”

By contrast, Trimble is not focused on providing GNSS receivers or other hardware. “We allow the Tier 1 automotive manufacturers to architect the system using the components that they have selected from their preferred suppliers,” Ruff said. “We tailor our positioning solution to work with their architecture. So, we are agnostic as to the selection of the GNSS receiver, the IMU, the operating system running on the host system, and the host processor that runs the software. We can adapt our stack to run on virtually any system, using measurements from any GNSS source that meets our API requirements.”

For Swift, its “vision from day one has been to bring

this type of precise positioning technology to mass market applications, such as automotive, which is a big focus for us,” Noble said. “That includes autonomy, but also ADAS, HD navigation and V2X. We do not want to be a hardware supplier in the automotive supply chain.

Our boards are focused on professional and industrial markets.” Swift’s automotive software, called Starling, runs on the vehicle’s computer. To generate a precise position, it ingests raw sensor data, as well as corrections data from the company’s Skylark network. “We focus on providing a precise-positioning stack that layers on top of any of this current generation of low-cost, automotive-grade receiver hardware from companies like STMicroelectronics.”

The Future

Speculation abounds as to when AVs will enter mass production and how the transition from human to robotic drivers will take place. “There might be a ‘classics only’ lane in the future,” Heidinger said “that will be the only place where cars are allowed to be driven manually.”

Safety-enhancing automotive devices typically start out as optional extras, then get incorporated into bestpractice standards promoted by independent bodies.

Eventually, they become compulsory. Some automakers have committed to creating their own AVs, while others are intent on creating a turnkey solution to transform conventional cars into driverless models. However, the initial market for AVs likely will be commercial fleets rather than individual consumers.

“It will still take quite a few years before we see cars take over and drive themselves, because legislation, insurance and these sorts of things will have to happen along with the technological advances,” Heidinger said. “But the positioning side is becoming more defined. We are seeing things like L5, the Galileo constellation, coming in and becoming more available. There are more constellations providing more data for use in our solutions, so that is promising.”

Swift’s Noble said, “Most of the major manufacturers working on Level 2+ and Level 3 systems are realizing that precision GNSS will be a key component of their architecture. Most of the major OEMs have signaled some level of intent to integrate this technology. Most are tracking to start the program next year,” he added.

“We envision that in five or six years every vehicle will have a single positioning utility on board that will serve all the location-aware applications on the car — whether it is an autonomous vehicle, V2V or V2I,” Ruff said. “It will meet the most stringent accuracy requirements from all the applications and serve navigation, telematics, security, V2X and AV/ADAS applications.”

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is still important to know vehicles’ positions and speeds to localize them and validate the system’s sensors, networks acelogic helps vehicle manufacturers develop and algorithms.

Because open-road testing does not permit being autonomous vehicle (AV) technology and testing houses test them. Over time, regulatory and constantly within range of a static base station, Racelogic consumer testing has evolved from indoor test developed a moving base solution for open-road testing tracks to outdoor open-road tests, and then to indoor that gives accurate relative positioning between two or more vehicles. controlled test environments.

The increased demand for “Due to their application, real-world testing of ADAS has advanced driver-assistance generated demand for reliable systems (ADAS) originated ground truth data. “For example, and are still mainly developed if you consider a car driving on and assessed on open-sky, the winding roads of the Italian controlled test tracks, tackling Alps and the position is out by the most common killed and 2m,” Hulshof said, “that is the seriously injured (KSI) accident difference between lovely scenery types,” said Wesley Hulshof, and falling off the side of a cliff. So, principal engineer – ADAS you need centimeter-level accuracy Testing at Racelogic. “These in the positional algorithms of the assessments usually make use self-driving car, but also in the of sophisticated driving robots assessment tools, while we are for closed loop, centimetertesting it. For that reason, we still accurate path following and need GNSS and would ideally need precise speed-controlled test- RACELOGIC’S VBOX GNSS receiver.

RTK.” track assessments. The robots To meet this demand, Hulshof can only attain this accuracy by being fed the speed and positional data by GNSS sensors, said, Racelogic produced its own networked transport of RTCM via Internet protocol (NTRIP) solution, consisting such as the Racelogic VBOX.” Accuracy is key to conducting assessments for the of a modem and associated service provider. It allows for European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) global coverage of high-accuracy, absolute positioning of and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a test vehicle in open-road conditions. Both the NTRIP (NHTSA). Using GNSS in conjunction with RTK base and the moving base solutions allow ADAS testing to stations provides centimeter-level accuracy in position, said centimeter-level accuracy on the open road without the Hulshof, as well as accurate speed and heading information need to be in radio range of an RTK base station, thereby to measure ADAS data to both static and moving targets. greatly expanding the testing possibilities.

“Whilst both the NTRIP and the moving base options Additionally, combining a GNSS receiver with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) allows for low-drift, high- allow for high-accuracy positioning,” Hulshof said, “they are accuracy speed and positioning information within areas still reliant on having an open sky for good GNSS coverage. of high GNSS multipath or temporary occlusions, such as IMU integration allows for improved accuracy over short periods of occlusion, but to truly give as accurate a signal gantries, bridges, forests or built-up areas.

However, “people do not just drive on closed test tracks as possible we need to be open to accept information from with accurately positioned targets and infrastructure,” multiple satellite sources. That is why highest longevity Hulshof said. “They do not drive at a constant throttle accuracy is only achieved by using the GPS, GLONASS, position and maintain an exact time-to-collision to the Galileo and BeiDou constellations to provide the best vehicle in front of them, like robots do. In fact, people RTK positioning performance in areas where that was not often drive erratically.” For these reasons, testing houses previously possible.”

To control the environment and allow for year-round are conducting supplementary assessments on the open road, under real-world conditions. In these conditions it testing, test laboratories such as the Insurance Institute EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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for Highway Safety (IIHS) facility in Arizona and Asta Zero in Sweden have purpose-built covered test facilities, giving shelter from extreme heat or cold. Testing inside both set-ups, however, still relies greatly on the test vehicle positioning. Standard positioning techniques via GNSS in these situations is simply not possible. Therefore, Hulshof said, Racelogic designed the VBOX Indoor Positioning System (VIPS), which allows for seamless testing indoors or outdoors. “Because this system works as an alternative to satellites, with the in-vehicle VBOX allowing RTK-level performance without GNSS, the test vehicle can travel from open-sky outdoor testing to a closed environment seamlessly, with no drop in data during the transition or afterward.”

Finally, Hulshof said, ADAS and AD systems have moved on from straight-line highway scenarios to low

speed turning scenarios often performed away from the open sky previously required for accurate GNSS coverage.

Examples include multi-story parking garages and valet parking. “Scenarios such as self-parking and park-assist assessments, as well as indoor L1 ADAS, are becoming increasingly common requests by manufacturers on test facilities.”

These environmentally controlled facilities can simulate real-life conditions that affect specific sensors — such as sensor flare, fog, mist and water films. These types of facilities use VIPS to give outdoor GNSS accuracy in an indoor controlled environment. “There is a trend toward bringing the testing from closed test track to randomized real world back into a highly contained, climate-controlled area,” Hulshof said. “We then have an option for anything.”

TESTING STAGES Stage I: Controlled ADAS was developed for outdoor use because this is where car crashes occurred. For this, an open-sky GPS signal was essential for positioning. The types of tests and level of scientific rigor meant that the tests could be performed on closed test tracks.

Stage II: Randomized Tests were brought to the open road to add elements not found within a closed environment such as traffic and higher speeds of the vehicle under test. For this, extra sensors were employed to add robustness in areas of obscured GNSS coverage.

Stage III: Controlled Testing is brought back indoors for climate control and to assess L3/L4 AD functionalities such as valet parking.

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2021 BUYERS GUIDE

WELCOME TO THE 2021 GNSS BUYERS GUIDE. The only industry resource for GNSS manufacturers and service providers, it lists 280+ companies and their offerings in 100+ categories. The Company Directory begins on page 30; the Products & Services Directory starts on page 53. To see the online Buyers Guide, and to create your free listing in the 2022 print edition of the GPS World Buyers Guide, go to gpsworldbuyersguide.com.

This information is provided by the manufacturers. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; however, GPS World is not responsible for the content of the information or for the performance of equipment listed.

53 Accessories Cable Assemblies Communications Datalinks/ Modems Connectors Power Supplies/Converters Other 53 Antennas Antijam/Interference Suppression Units GPS, External GPS, Integrated GPS/Communications 54 Connected Car Components (including software) Integrated Systems 54 Differential GPS DGPS-Capable Radiobeacon Receivers Real-Time DGPS Correction Services Real-Time DGPS Receivers Reference Stations 54 Digital Compasses

Integrity Monitoring Ionospheric Calibrators Laser Rangefinders PC/Laptop/Handheld Computer Sonar Time and Frequency Stability Variable-Rate Controllers Videography (including time/ position captioning) Wireless Communications Yield Monitors

55 Photogrammetry/GPS Integrated Systems 55 Precise Ephemeris Information

57 Satellite Signal Simulators/Pseudolites

55 Publications, Guides, Videos, Training Software, Etc.

57 Security Code Decryption Devices

55 Integrated Navigation Equipment Dead Reckoning Inertial Loran-C/eLoran Radiobeacon 55 Mapping Chartplotters Data Conversion Digital Mapbases Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Imagery Interfaces Market Analyses/Reports Systems Travel Information Databases

54 Geophysical 54 Integrated Instrumentation with GPS Automated Machine Control Bar-Code Scanner Camera Datalogger Infrared/Multispectral Sensors

56 Receiver Performance Analysis 56 Receivers Attitude/Direction Finding Automatic Vehicle Location Aviation Computer GPS Cards/Modules Digital Signal Processor Integrated Chips (DSP-IC) Geodetic/Geophysical Handheld Land Vehicle Navigation/ Route Guidance Marine Military OEM Modules/Engines/ Chipsets Radio Frequency Integrated Chips (RF-IC) Software Receivers Space Surveying Surveying/GIS Surveying/RTK Timing Tracking

54 Electronic Charts/Maps 54 General Services and Products Insurance

Interfaces Modules Quartz Crystals RF Amplifiers/Preamplifiers Rubidium Oscillators

57 Seminars/Training 55 Receiver Components Alphanumeric Displays Bandpass Filters Chips/ICs Graphical Displays

57 Software Coordinate Conversion Geodetic Surveying Geotagging

GIS/LIS GPS-Related Internet Applications (mapping, navigation, tracking, etc.)

Mapping Mission Planning Navigation/Route Guidance Network Adjustment Orbit Analysis and Simulation Pre- & Post-processing System Performance Analysis Vehicle/Vessel/Asset Tracking 57 Surveying-Related Equipment Dataloggers Electronic Fieldbooks Pen-Based Survey/GIS 57 System Design/ Integration 57 Timing Time-Code Generators Time-Transfer Stations Timing Clocks Timing/Frequency Systems 58 Tracking Services (mobile assets, roadside assistance, E-911, fleet management, etc.)

58 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Components (including software) Integrated Systems 58 Vehicle Location/ Tracking Workstations and Systems (computer-aided dispatch)

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AeroAntenna Technology

4P Mobile Data Processing Via Germania 15 Padova, PD 35127 Italy 39-04-9806-9811 info@4p-online.com www.4p-online.com

20732 Lassen St Chatsworth, CA 91311 818-993-3842 tami@aeroantenna.com www.aeroantenna.com

Airobot

A Accubeat 5 HaMarpeh St Jerusalem, 91450 Israel 972-2-586-8330 marketing@accubeat.com www.AccuBeat.com

Advanced Navigation Level 8 37 Pitt St Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia 61-2-9099-3800 info@advancednavigation.com.au www.advancednavigation.com.au

Advanced Tracking Technologies 6001 Savoy Houston, TX 77036 713-353-6079, 800-279-0035 Sales@advantrack.com www.AdvanTrack.com

Campus DronePort Lichtenberglaan 1090-201 3800 Sint-Truiden Belgium 32-1-146-0054 contact@airobot.eu www.airobot.eu

Allis Communications Co 10F-3, No. 31-1, Ln 169 Kangning St, Xizhi District New Taipei City, 22180 Taiwan 886-2-2695-2378 ellen.teng@alliswireless.com www.alliswireless.com

ALLSAT GmbH Sokelantstr 5 Hannoer, 30165 Germany 49-51-130-3990 info@allsat.de www.allsat.de

Allystar Technology (Shenzhen) Co 5F, Building No.4, Winlead Intelligent Park, No.3, FaDa Rd Bantian Subdistrict LongGang District Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 China 86-07-5536-343688 info@allystar.com www.allystar.com Branch Location: Unit 701-702, 7/F, Lakeside 1, Building 14, No.8 Science Park West Ave, Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong 999077 info@allystar.com

Altus Positioning Systems 23848 Hawthorne Blvd Ste 200 Torrance, CA 90505 310-541-8139 sales@altus-ps.com www.altus-ps.com

Antcom Corp 367 Van Ness Way Ste 602 Torrance, CA 90501 310-782-1076 sales.ant.ap@hexagon.com antcom.com

Antenova 2nd Floor Titan Ct 3 Bishop Square Hatfield, AL10 9NA United Kingdom 44-01-2238-10600 sales@antenova.com www.antenova.com

Applanix 85 Leek Cres Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 3B3 Canada 905-709-4600 astott@applanix.com www.applanix.com See our ad below

Applied EM AMC 4109 W Laurel Ln Phoenix, AZ 85029 602-978-0720 support@gps2cad.com www.gps2cad.com

100 Exploration Way Hampton, VA 23666 757-224-2035 cjreddy@appliedem.com www.appliedem.com

TRUST YOUR POSITION High Performance GNSS-Inertial Positioning Solutions from Applanix The Industry Standard for Accurate Mobile Vehicle Positioning and Mapping

Applanix Corporation 85 Leek Crescent, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3B3 Canada T +1-905-709-4600, F +1-905-709-6027 info.applanix.com/land land@applanix.com

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CORPORATE PROFILE

CAST Navigation CAST Navigation LLC offers 40 years of GNSS experience, customer loyalty and product reliability. CAST Navigation’s only business is building simulators.

CAST simulators are powerful, intuitive engineering tools designed to support navigation system research, development, systems integration and testing. Its proprietary generator uses FPGA technology that allows for rapid expansion of capabilities and unlimited growth. The company’s newest systems are cost effective and extremely reliable.

Available GPS Satellites

Product Research and Innovation

The Wavefront Generator is a highprecision simulator. It produces a coherent wavefront of GPS RF signals to provide repeatable testing in the laboratory environment. With a position error of less than 1 millimeter, the simulator is extremely accurate.

CAST Navigation’s Interference Simulator was designed to support the Wavefront Generator for testing multi-element controlled reception pattern antennas (CRPAs) and is controlled during canned scenarios via the graphic user interface (GUI).

The jamming signals for each antenna element are coherent with each other, presenting a real life signal to the CRPA antenna. The powerful INS Systems produce GPS RF signals coincident with a simulated IMU sensor. This provides the integration and dynamic testing of GPS/ INS navigation systems where the inertial sensor and GPS receiver are either tightly or ultra-tightly coupled. Designed to provide maximum flexibility, this integration system provides interoperability capabilities and can meet the most challenging military and government requirements.

Client Base

CAST Navigation has become a world leader in the design, development, manufacturing and integration of globally innovative GNSS/INS simulators and associated equipment for a broad list of customers including the military, prime U.S. and foreign vendors, and commercial users. Platforms supported include: F-35 Lighting II, F-22 Raptor, B-2 Spirit, E-2 Hawkeye, E-3 Sentry, F-15 Eagle, F/A-18 Super Hornet, AH-64A/D Apache, UH-60 Blackhawk and JDAM smart weapons.

CAST Commitment

The CAST Navigation team remains committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards and dedication to excellence in all of its operational aspects. Its aspirations to exceed customer expectations are unsurpassed.

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Arbiter Systems

Averna

1324 Vendels Circle Paso Robles, CA 93446 805-237-3831 sales@arbiter.com www.arbiter.com

87 Prince Ste 510 Montreal, Quebec H3C 2M7 Canada 514-842-7577, 877-842-7577 sales@averna.com www.averna.com

Branch Location: Twentepoort Oost 34 Almelo, Netherlands 7609 RG 31-65-4997757 emea@arbiter.com www.arbiter.com

Branch Location: Research Campus 8 Hasselt, Belgium 3500 32-1-135-2548 info-eu@averna.com www.averna.com

Artech House Publishers 685 Canton St Norwood, MA 02062 800-225-9977, 781-769-9750 artech@artechhouse.com www.artechhouse.com

AXIO-NET GmbH Osterstraße 24 Hannover, 30159 Germany 800-112-7267 info@axio-net.eu www.axio-net.eu

AutonomouStuff 306 Erie Ave Morton, IL 61550 309-291-0966 info.as.ap@hexagon.com autonomoustuff.com

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Azimap Union House Union St Co.Tyrone, BT80 8NP United Kingdom 44-028-8676-0990 nicola.hyndman@cianad.com www.azimap.com

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Back2You Unit 58 Evron Center Filey, North Yorkshire YO14 9DW United Kingdom 44-17-2351-8053 boyescfio@gmail.com www.back2you.com

BAE Systems Rokar 11 Alef Shin Hartom Mount Hotzvim Jerusalem, 9777511 Israel 972-2-532-9888 marketing@baesystems.co.il www.baesystems.com

Baseband Technologies 3553 31 St NW Ste 114 Calgary, Alberta T2L 2K7 Canada 403-668-0699 info@basebandtech.com www.basebandtech.com

Beijer Electronics 2212 SW Temple Ste 50 Salt Lake City, UT 84115 801-466-8770 info@beijerelectronicsinc.com www.beijerelectronicsinc.com

Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology No. 8 Kechuang 12 St Economy & Technology Zone Beijing, 100176 China 86-10-5827-5505 overseas@unistrong.com www.unistrong.com

Best-Fit Computing 17490 NW Woodmere Ct Beaverton, OR 97006 503-531-8819 info@bestfit.com www.bestfit.com

Blue Sky Network 1298 Prospect St Ste 1D La Jolla, CA 92037 858-551-3894 sales@blueskynetwork.com www.blueskynetwork.com

Borealis Precision 185-911 Yates St Ste 205 Victoria, British Columbia V8V 4Y9 Canada 778-430-5999, 855-OEM-GNSS sales@gnss.ca www.gnss.ca

CORPORATE PROFILE

CHC Navigation CHC Navigation at a Glance

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV) creates innovative GNSS navigation and positioning solutions to make customers’ work more efficient.

CHCNAV products and solutions cover multiple industries, such as geospatial, construction, agriculture and marine. With a presence across the globe, distributors in more than 100 countries and more than 1,300 employees, CHCNAV is recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in geomatics technologies.

From GNSS to Lidar Surveys

Technology integration for CHCNAV means going beyond survey instruments and developing geospatial tools that provide effective decision-making solutions to the geospatial community. CHCNAV is a global provider of integrated positioning and navigation solutions, from ground to airborne drone platforms, from traditional GNSS receivers to 3D mapping and scanning solutions, machine control GNSS+INS sensors and tractors’ auto-steering systems, all within real-time infrastructure, from GNSS network solutions to advanced bridge-monitoring systems.

Enabling Technology to Support Geospatial Professionals

CHCNAV is rapidly expanding in business and marketing centers around the world that have different approaches and perspectives. Proximity to geospatial customers is a key factor in maintaining a clear understanding of their requirements in an extremely fast-changing environment. Basic technology research has become a larger part of the company’s planning, allowing it to provide advanced, tightly integrated positioning algorithms; solutions for the internet of things (IoT); cloud-based solutions; and simplification of data-acquisition workflow processes with carefully designed manto-machine interfaces.

“Make Your Work More Efficient”

This is CHCNAV’s slogan. It perfectly summarizes the way the company’s GNSS-based positioning and navigation solutions are designed to dramatically improve productivity and provide outstanding return on investment for customers and business partners.

CHC Navigation 599 Gaojing Road, Building D 201702 Shanghai, China Phone: +86-21-51508100 Email: marketing@chcnav.com Web: www.chcnav.com

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Brandywine Communications 1153 Warner Ave Tustin, CA 92780 714-755-1050 info@brandywinecomm.com www.brandywinecomm.com

Braxton Technologies 6 N Tejon St Ste 220 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 719-380-8488 www.braxtontech.com

Broadcom Corp 5300 California Ave Irvine, CA 92617 949-926-5000 www.broadcom.com

Carlson Software 33 E 2nd St Maysville, KY 41056 606-564-5028 info@carlsonsw.com www.carlsonsw.com

Cases Plus

CHCNAV

C-Nav

6380 S Valley View Blvd Ste 246 Las Vegas, NV 89118 marketing@chcnav.com www.chcnav.com See our ads on pages 17 and 33

730 E Kaliste Saloom Rd Lafayette, LA 70508 337-210-0000 sales@cnav.com www.cnav.com

Chemring Technology Solutions

10200 W York St Wichita, KS 67215 316-522-4981 AvComm.TechSales@ cobham.com www.cobham.com/avcomm

Old Salisbury Ln Romsey, Hampshire SO51 0ZN United Kingdom 44-17-9483-3000 info@chemringts.com www.roke.co.uk

700 Business Park Dr Lincoln, CA 95648 916-209-4040, 800-982-1880 jca@casesplus.com www.casesplus.com

CAST Navigation

Bynav Technology Co CEC Software Park Bldg 1-A306, Jianshan Rd Hi-tech District Changsha, Hunan 51200 China 86-153-9997-3269 hana@bynav.com www.bynav.com

One Highwood Dr Ste 100 Tewksbury, MA 01876 978-858-0130 sales@castnav.com www.castnav.com See our ads on the inside front cover and page 31

Chronos Technology

CellGuide

Clark Labs

Stowfield House Upper Stowfield Lydbrook, Gloucestershire GL17 9PD United Kingdom 44-15-9486-2200 marketing@chronos.co.uk www.chronos.co.uk

950 Main St Worcester, MA 01610 508-793-7526 clarklabs@clarku.edu www.clarklabs.org

Ha’Ogen Bldg B, 3rd Floor New Industrial Zone Netanya, 4250410 Israel 972-9-864-9649 info@cell-guide.com www.cell-guide.com

Cobham AvComm

Communication & Navigation Durisolstrasse 7 Wels, A-4600 Austria 43-724-866-233 gpsc-natoffice@traunau.at www.c-n.at

ComNav 13511 Crestwood Pl Ste 15 Richmond, British Columbia V6V2G1 Canada 604-207-1600 sales@comnav.com www.comnav.com

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Jackson Labs Technologies Jackson Labs Technologies Inc. (JLT) designs, manufactures and sells high-performance timing, frequency, positioning and navigation technology, including assured (A-PNT) modules for critical infrastructure applications and commercial timing and frequency solutions. For more than 15 years, JLT has set a high standard for timing and frequency.

JLT offers more than 40 different GNSS-based product lines. The range includes legacy GPS receiver upgrades; low-cost, high-volume frequency/time/position references; high-end cesium- and rubidium-based frequency standards; GPS simulators; precision time protocol (PTP) 1588 edge-grandmaster clocks; and low-Earth-orbit (LEO) timing and positioning receivers.

SOLUTIONS FOR TIMING, FREQUENCY AND POSITIONING Precise GNSS-Disciplined Clock Sources JTL’s GNSS-disciplined frequency references can leverage GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou and QZSS satellites concurrently, providing TRAIM precision with down to 2-ns stability. The product lineup recently expanded to LEO A-PNT receivers and PTP 1588 edgegrandmaster references.

Atomic Clock References JLT introduced the chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC) GPSDO in 2010. Also available are rubidium references with less than 1-inch height and near cesium-beam frequency stability. Twenty-four-hour drift performance of sub-500 ns with –114 dBc/Hz at 1-Hz offset phase noise at less than 6 W of power is now achievable in one small, low-cost module.

M-Code and LEO Retrofits With JLT’s transcoder solutions, JLT provides low-cost, glue-less legacy GPS retrofit capability for SAASM, M-code, LEO and inertial navigation system (INS) A-PNT. These retrofits enable upgrading of existing equipment to A-PNT capability simply by replacing the

existing GNSS antenna. The company’s new STL-2600 LEO receiver and PNT6230 19-inch rackmount solutions are shipping now.

Executive Order 13905 Solutions JLT created a new product category with the RSR GPS Transcoder/GPS Firewall. The transcoder allows glue-less retrofitting of any GPS legacy equipment by converting any base-band PNT signal from devices such as a LEO receiver, PTP 1588 clock, terrestrial receiver, SAASM/M-code receiver, INS, chip-scale atomic clock, or any next-generation GNSS receiver into a real-time GPS-RF feed that can simply be sent to any GPS receiver’s antenna input connector. This allows very low-cost retrofit of existing user equipment to meet emerging critical infrastructure assured-PNT requirements.

Full-Constellation 18-Channel GPS Simulator The low-cost CLAW GPS Simulator product line for R&D and manufacturing testing comes with a comprehensive, free application for visual-scenario scripting that can be downloaded to the units. It allows extensive GPS receiver testing including manufacturing testing, sensitivity testing, jamming and spoofing testing, week number 1023 rollover issues and leap-second testing.

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EMCORE Corp

Eve Energy

No.618 Chengliu Middle Rd Bldg 2 Shanghai, 201801 China 86-21-6405-6796 sales@comnavtech.com www.comnavtech.com See our ad on page 32

4 N 2nd St Ste 950 San Jose, CA 95113 408-294-8400 info@decarta.com www.decarta.com

2015 Chestnut St Alhambra, CA 91803 626-293-3700, 866-234-4976 navigation-sales@emcore.com www.emcore.com/nav

Park Xikeng IND Zone Huihuan Town, Huizhou City, Guang Dong, 516006 China 86-135-0228-0305 kevin.huang@evebattery.com www.evebattery.com

DeLorme

Connor-Winfield 2111 Comprehensive Dr Aurora, IL 60505 630-851-4722 sales@conwin.com www.conwin.com

2 DeLorme Dr PO Box 298 Yarmouth, ME 04096 800-561-5105 sales@delorme.com www.delorme.com

2700 Systron Dr Concord, CA 94518 626-293-3700, 866-234-4976 navigation-sales@emcore.com www.emcore.com/nav

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DigitalGlobe

Churchill House Cambridge Business Park Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB4 0WZ United Kingdom 44-12-2369-2000 sales@csr.com www.csr.com

1601 Dry Creek Dr Ste 260 Longmont, CO 80503 303-684-4000, 800-655-7929 info@digitalglobe.com www.digitalglobe.com

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D Effigis Geo Solutions DataGrid 1022 NW 2nd St Gainesville, FL 32601 352-371-7608 info@datagrid-international.com www.datagrid-international.com

4101 Molson St Ste 400 Montreal, Quebec H1Y 3L1 Canada 514-495-0018 OnPOZSales@effigis.com www.effigis.com

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Emlid Hong Kong info@emlid.com www.emlid.com

FEI-Zyfer

1160 Rue Levis Ste 100 Terrebonne, Quebec J6W 5S6 Canada 450-824-3325 info@eos-gnss.com www.eos-gnss.com See our ad on page 34

7321 Lincoln Way Garden Grove, CA 92841 714-933-4000 sales@fei-zyfer.com www.fei-zyfer.com

GaoXin Rd, Room 20 A Ruixin Mansion, No. 25, Xian, 710075 China 86-29-8876-7351 info@ericcointernational.com

ESSP SAS Madrid Air Traffic Control Centre Carretera de la Base Km 0.8 Madrid, 28850 Spain 091-123-6555 communication@essp-sas.eu www.essp-sas.eu

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• 60 CM REAL-TIME • L1/GNSS • COAST AND SURETRACK TECHNOLOGIES

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info@sxbluegps.com www.sxbluegps.com

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Esterline CMC Electronics 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4M 2S9 Canada 514-748-3034 www.cmcelectronics.ca

eSurvey GNSS Lianhang Rd, Puijang Town Minhang District Shanghai, 201112 China 86-21-5446-7213 marketing@esurvey-gnss.com esurvey-gnss.com

European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) Rue de la Loi 56 Brussels, Belgium

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Falcom USA

Eos Positioning Systems

Ericco

GNSS

3059 Highland Oaks Ter Tallahassee, FL 32301 850-385-3667 www.thinkf4.com

30497 Canwood St Ste 104 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 818-874-9226 mukund@falcomusa.com www.falcomusa.com

3840 Kilroy Airport Way Long Beach, CA 90806 800-873-7766 www.epson.com

RECEIVERS ON ANY DEVICE

F4 Tech

2270 Northpoint Pkwy Santa Rosa, CA 95407 877-749-3878 sales@endruntechnologies.com endruntechnologies.com

EndRun Technologies

Epson America

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FIRST RF Corp 5340 Airport Blvd Boulder, CO 80301 303-449-5211-x100 inquiries@firstrf.com www.firstrf.com

Forsberg Services North Quay Offices Heysham Port Heysham, LA3 2XF United Kingdom 44-15-2438-3320 info@forsbergpnt.com forsbergpnt.com

Foxcom 16 Hataasia St Har Tuv Industrial Zone, 99052 Israel 609-228-8104 allenw@foxcom.com www.foxcom.com

Fredericks Co 2400 Philmont Ave Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 215-947-2500 sales@frederickscompany.com www.frederickscompany.com

Frontier Precision 1713 Burlington Dr Bismarck, ND 58504 701-222-2030, 800-359-3703 howyoumeasurematters@ frontierprecision.com www.frontierprecision.com

ftech Corp 355 YuXin Rd East Sec Tainan, Taiwan 886-6-600-8999 sales@f-tech.com.tw www.f-tech.com.tw

CORPORATE PROFILE

NovAtel Hexagon | NovAtel is a global technology leader, pioneering end-to-end solutions for assured autonomy and positioning for land, sea and air for more than 30 years. NovAtel designs, manufactures and sells high-precision positioning technology developed for efficient and rapid integration. Its solutions are empowering intelligent autonomy and positioning ecosystems in vital industries that depend on the ability to tackle the most complex challenges in the most demanding environments.

AUTONOMY & POSITIONING — ASSURED Precise GNSS Receivers

NovAtel’s OEM7 family of receivers features GNSS-based positioning reliability, accuracy and availability. The receivers work in conjunction with additional technology such as inertial navigation systems, antennas and correction services to provide the assured positioning required for an application. Resiliency and robustness is built into NovAtel products through its GNSS Resilience and Integrity Technology (GRIT) firmware suite. GRIT strengthens the solutions against interference, jamming and spoofing attacks with a unique combination of firmware, situation awareness and algorithms.

GNSS + Inertial Systems with SPAN Technology

SPAN technology couples NovAtel’s GNSS receivers with inertial measurement units (IMUs) for reliable, continuously available 3D position, velocity and attitude. The deep coupling enables rapid reconvergence after GNSS interruptions and further-refined GNSS + INS measurements.

Correction Services

NovAtel offers a complete solution, delivering TerraStar Correction Services directly to GNSS receivers.

The TerraStar precise point positioning (PPP) services provide a variety of accuracy levels — from sub-meter to centimeter-level accuracy options — to meet application needs. Corrections are delivered over satellite L-band

frequencies for an internet IP connection to maintain repeatable positioning with fast reconvergence.

Powered by the same PPP technology, Oceanix provides sub-decimetre solutions to nearshore marine applications worldwide. RTK users can take advantage of these subscription-based services through RTK Assist and RTK Assist Pro, extending centimeter-level positioning accuracy during local RTK outages.

Situation Awareness

NovAtel’s GNSS technology is resilient and robust against cyber-electronic Cyber Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA).

Its OEM components and military offthe-shelf products are engineered to ensure continuous positioning and detect, locate and characterize interference and spoofing sources. NovAtel’s GPS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) is a null-forming antenna system that ensures satellite signals are available for positioning within contested environments.

GNSS ANTENNAS

The right antenna maximizes a system’s performance. NovAtel’s extensive GNSS antenna product line includes compact, lightweight, low-profile GNSS antennas for aviation applications and robust options for agricultural or machine control applications.

SMART antennas from NovAtel integrate a GNSS receiver card and a high-performance antenna in a single compact enclosure.

Hexagon | NovAtel Calgary Campus 10921 14th Street NE Calgary, Alberta Canada T3K 2L5 Phone: 403-295-4900 1-800-NOVATEL (1-800-668-2835) Inquiries: novatel.com/contactus Web: novatel.com

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COMPANY DIRECTORY Furuno USA

Geostar Navigation

GPS Source

70 Engerman Ave Denton, MD 21629 410-479-4420 gil@furuno.com www.furuno.com/en/gnss

Cherepanovykh proezd, 54 Moscow, 125183 Russia 7-495-662-7217 info@geostar-navi.com geostar-navi.com/en/index

2121 Executive Circle Ste 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-421-7300, 866-289-4777 GPSS-Sales@gd-ms.com www.gpssource.com

1116 Centre Rd Auburn Hills, MI 48326 248-373-7150 sales@hirschmann-mi.com www.hirschmann-car.com

Geotab

G Galileo Satellite Navigation 20 Eliyahu Eitan St Rishon LeTsiyon, 69363 Israel 972-3-966-4499 uri@galileo-nav.com www.galileo-nav.com

Garmin International 1200 E 151st St Olathe, KS 66062 913-397-8200 sales@garmin.com www.garmin.com

1081 S Service Rd W Oakville, Ontario L6L 6K3 Canada 416-434-4309 marias@geotab.com www.geotab.com

GPS2CAD

Hitec Commercial Solutions

4109 W Laurel Ln Phoenix, AZ 85029 602-978-0720 support@gps2cad.com www.gps2cad.com

9320 Hazard Way San Diego, CA 92123 858-737-9220 hitecnology.hitecrcd.com

GigOptix

Honeywell

130 Baytech Dr San Jose, CA 95134 408-522-3100 sales@gigoptix.com www.gigoptix.com

GPSAntennas.com 17900 Crusader Ave Cerritos, CA 90703 818-414-8200 info@GPSantennas.com www.GPSantennas.com

12001 Hwy 55 Plymouth, MN 55441 800-323-8295 www.honeywell.com

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Gladiator Technologies

GEICO 1 GEICO Blvd Fredericksburg, VA 22412 866-509-9444 GeKimball@geico.com www.geico.com/business

Geneq 10700 Secant St Montreal, Quebec H1J 1S5 Canada 514-354-2511, 800-463-4363 info@sxbluegps.com www.sxbluegps.com See our ad on page 36

General Dynamics Mission Systems 2121 Executive Circle Ste 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Geocortex by VertiGIS 300-1117 Wharf St Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1T7 Canada 250-381-8130 info@latitudegeo.com

8022 Bracken Pl SE Snoqualmie, WA 98065 425-396-0829 sales@gladiatortechnologies.com www.gladiatortechnologies.com

Greenray Industries 840 W Church Rd Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-766-0223 sales@greenrayindustries.com www.greenrayindustries.com

Globalsat Technology Corp

Gutec AB

16F, No.186, Jian-Yi Rd Chung Ho City, Taipei Hsien Taiwan 886-2-8226-3799 service@globalsat.com.tw www.globalsat.com.tw

Industrigatan 21C Lomma, 234 35 Sweden 46-4-041-6681 info@gutec.se www.gutec.se

GlobalTop Technology No. 16, Nan-Ke 9th Rd Science-Based Industrial Park Tainan City, Tainan 741 Taiwan 886-6-505-1268 sales@gtop-tech.com www.gtop-tech.com

GPS Insight Geomatics USA

27244 Via Industria Temecula, CA 92590 951-296-1316 rrail@gpstrackit.net www.gpstrackit.com

5026 W Point Loma Blvd San Diego, CA 92107-1313 619-735-0380 globenav@aol.com www.globenav.com

1279 120th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 98005 425-653-2477 support@gpsflight.com www.gpsflight.com

2649 Ariane Dr San Diego, CA 92117 858-729-0872 info@geodetics.com www.geodetics.com

GPSTrackit.com

Global Navigation Software Co

GPS Flight Geodetics

2019 NW 21st Ln Gainesville, FL 32605 352-226-9564 amohamed@geomatics.us www.geomatics.us

21803 N Scottsdale Rd Ste 220 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 866-477-4321 sales@gpsinsight.com www.gpsinsight.com

GEOsat GmbH

GPS Networking

Loehberg 78 Muelheim an der Ruhr, 45468 Germany 49-20-845-0000 info@geosat.de www.geosat.de

373 E Industrial Blvd Pueblo West, CO 81007 719-595-9880, 800-463-3063 salesinfo@gpsnetworking.com www.gpsnetworking.com

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Hirschmann Car Communication

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H Harxon Corp 9F, Block B, D3 Building, TCL International E City NO1001 Zhongshanyuan Rd Nanshan District ShenZhen, 518055 China 86-755-2698-9948 sales@harxon.com www.en.harxon.com

Hemisphere GNSS 8515 E Anderson Dr Scottsdale, AZ 85255 480-348-6380, 855-203-1770 GGrenier-Baird@HGNSS.com www.hemispheregnss.com Branch Location: 6712 Fisher Str SE Ste 200 Calgary, Alberta Canada T2H 2A7 480-348-6380, 855-203-1770 GGrenier-Baird@HGNSS.com www.hemispheregnss.com

iCONN Systems 1110 N Garfield St Lombard, IL 60101 630-709-1825 knovak@iconnsystems.com www.iconnsystems.com

i-cubed 1600 Prospect Pkwy Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-482-4400 sales@i3.com www.i3.com

IFEN GmbH Alte Gruber Str 6 Poing, 85586 Germany 49-81-2122-3810 info@ifen.com www.ifen.com

ikeGPS 350 Interlocken Blvd Ste 250 Broomfield, CO 80021 844-4-IKEGPS info@ikegps.com www.ikeGPS.com

Impact Power 12655 W Jefferson Blvd 4th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90066 949-477-9198 sales@impactpower.com www.impactpower.com

Industrial SkyWorks 50A Beth Nelson Dr Toronto, Ontario M4H 1G8 Canada 647-923-9962 info@industrialskyworks.com www.industrialskyworks.com

Inertial Labs 39959 Catoctin Ridge St Paeonian Springs, VA 20129 703-880-4222 info@inertiallabs.com inertiallabs.com

CORPORATE PROFILE

Racelogic Established in 1992, Racelogic is an electronic design company specialising in many aspects of accurate positioning, both indoors and outdoors. We work with many of the leading automotive, aerospace and technology companies of the world, solving their location requirements and helping them to develop, calibrate and validate their products.

Racelogic employs 102 people in three offices — our headquarters are in the U.K. with additional offices in Germany and America.

We have won three Queen’s awards for Industry in the categories of Innovation and Export for our VBOX and LabSat products.

We are ISO 9001-certified and are in the process of attaining an ISO 17025 standard for laboratory calibration.

GNSS Simulation

Our LabSat range of GNSS simulators allows customers to record and replay multiple GNSS signals in real-world scenarios to a high degree of fidelity, allowing repeatable and representative testing to be carried out on the bench.

Our SatGen signal generation software creates artificial, multi-constellation, multisignal files for playback on a LabSat. These signals can be based on a user selectable time, place and trajectory, or created in real time from a user-supplied NMEA stream.

LabSat is utilised by many of the well-known technology companies, leading GNSS engine manufacturers and integrators to test, develop and calibrate their positioning systems.

GNSS Sensor Fusion

Racelogic has supplied almost every car manufacturer and tyre manufacturer for the past 20 years with high-accuracy GNSS-based data-loggers to test and validate the performance of their vehicles.

During this time, we have developed sophisticated but cost effective GNSS-INS systems that often out-perform expensive

INS ground-truth systems based on older technology. Our latest, smallform sensor can accurately track a vehicle through a tunnel, retaining sub-metre accuracy for outages of 2 minutes or more. This is made possible by our universal CAN-based wheel-speed interface (VBOX CAN Gateway), which negates the need for bulky and expensive external wheel sensors.

LabSat 3 Wideband records and replays up to 4 constellations simultaneously

Indoor Positioning

To complement our GNSS data-loggers, we have developed a world-leading indoor positioning system called VIPS, allowing our automotive customers to continue testing in areas when satellite reception is not possible.

VIPS has the same 2-cm RTK level of accuracy as our GNSS devices. It also updates at 100 Hz and can work seamlessly with our GNSS and inertial systems. VIPS can also output the same protocol as many popular GNSS engines, allowing third-party integrators to quickly enable indoor positioning in their existing position-based products with little or no development effort.

VIPS is being used in the film and gaming market for motion capture and virtual camera tracking, the robotics industry for robot navigation, and the surveying and construction industry for machine control and surveying in difficult environments.

GNSS Synchronized Video Loggers

The VBOX HD2 is a 1080p HD, dualcamera logging system incorporating 2-cm position data synchronised with 60 fps video data and a real-time, user customisable graphical overlay. This system is used by thousands of racing drivers around the world to analyse and improve their driving skills.

It is also used by our OEM automotive customers to help them test and develop new cars and their complex new safety systems at test tracks and race circuits.

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Racelogic Unit 10, Swan Business Centre, Osier Way Buckingham, Bucks MK18 1TB, United Kingdom Phone: +44 1280 823 803 Email: info@labsat.co.uk Web: racelogic.co.uk

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COMPANY DIRECTORY Inertial Sense

Inventek Systems

ITRAK Corp

72 N 720 E Salem, UT 84653 801-610-6771 sales@inertialsense.com inertialsense.com

2 Republic Rd Billerica, MA 01862 978-667-1962 sales@inventeksys.com www.inventeksys.com

800 Research Dr Ste 240 Woodland Park, CO 80863 866-MYiTRAK itrak.sales@itrak.com www.itrak.com/EN

Infospectrum

iP-Solutions, Japan

30497 Canwood St Ste 104 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 818-874-9226 sales@info-spectrum.com www.info-spectrum.com

Level 9, Ariake Frontier Bldg Tower B 3-7-26 Ariake, Koto-ku Tokyo, 135-0063 Japan 81-3-5530-8667 info@ip-solutions.jp www.ip-solutions.jp

Institute of Navigation (ION) 8551 Rixlew Ln Ste 360 Manassas, VA 20109 703-366-2723 membership@ion.org www.ion.org See our ad on pages 28 and 52

Branch Location:

Instock Wireless Components

Hauptsitz Brünnsteinstraße 7 Grafing, 85567 Germany 49-89-7494-6848 info@isatelematics.de www.isatelematics.de

50 Intervale Rd Boonton, NJ 07005 973-335-6550 sales@instockwireless.com www.instockwireless.com

839 S Stanley Ave Los Angeles, CA 90036 323-229-6165 chris@ip-solutions.jp www.ip-solutions.jp

ISA Telematics GmbH

J Jackson Labs Technologies 10080 Alta Dr Ste 110 Las Vegas, NV 89145 702-233-1334 info@jackson-labs.com www.jackson-labs.com See our ads on pages 15 and 35

Janus Remote Communications 2111 Comprehensive Dr Aurora, IL 60505 630-499-2121 sales@janus-rc.com www.janus-rc.com

Japan Radio Co 1 Bridge Plaza N Ste 275 Fort Lee, NJ 07024 201-242-1882 peterkito@jrcamerica.com www.jrc.co.jp/eng

JAVAD GNSS 900 Rock Ave San Jose, CA 95131 408-770-1770 sales@javad.com www.javad.com/jgnss www.javad.com/jgnss/ solutions/oem.html www.javad.com/jgnss/solutions/ survey.html

Jiashan Jinchang Electronics 398 Zhenye Rd South St Jiaxing, Zhejiang 314001 China 86-573-8369-2157 jack@jinchanggps.com www.jinchanggps.com

ColleCt Remote Assets sAfely TruPulse® 360° laser rangefinders Position yourself to capture asset locations from a single safe location. With built-in laser measurement routines, collect more data than ever before.

Experience the Difference MeasuringTheFuture.com/SafeAssets

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CORPORATE PROFILE

SBG Systems SBG Systems is a leading manufacturer of inertial measurement units (IMU), attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS), and inertial navigation systems coupled with GNSS (GNSS/INS). With more than 10 years of experience in inertial navigation, the company recently renewed its popular line of miniature inertial sensors and upgraded its in-house GNSS/INS post-processing software called Qinertia.

High-End Inertial Navigation Technology in Small Form Factor

SBG Systems is proud to present the third generation of the Ellipse Series, its most popular range of miniature inertial sensors. The line is composed of four models, ranging from a motion sensor, a sensor for navigation with an external GNSS receiver, a single-antenna real-time kinematic (RTK) GNSS/INS and a dual-antenna RTK GNSS/INS. They benefit from a 64-bit architecture allowing high-precision signal processing. Plus, all the GNSS/INS now embed a dual-frequency, quad-constellation RTK GNSS receiver for centimeter positioning and higher orientation accuracy.

The Ellipse Series, like all SBG Systems’ sensors, is extensively calibrated from –40° to 85°C for highly precise and constant behavior and performance in all environments, even in the most challenging conditions. All these features are also made possible in the 17-gram OEM version, which provides a desirable performance/size ratio.

Post-Processing with Qinertia Software

Qinertia, SBG Systems’ in-house post-processing software, has been designed to be accessible and easy-to-use. After a survey is completed, this full-featured software gives access to offline RTK corrections and processes GNSS and inertial raw data to further enhance accuracy and secure the survey.

Qinertia covers all surveyors’ projects by offering a license dedicated to GNSS postprocessing. This allows surveyors to post-process both static and kinematic GNSS data.

Open to the world, Qinertia supports all major GNSS receivers, including U-blox, and is compatible with third-party IMUs. Additionally, the new virtual-base-station feature computes a virtual network around a project in which position accuracy is maximized, homogeneous and robust like a post-processing-kinematic (PPK) short baseline is.

Solutions for Motion and Navigation Applications

SBG Systems offers three other INS/GNSS product lines: the Quanta, the Ekinox and the Apogee Series.

All are fully integrated inertial navigation systems with embedded GNSS, but each offers a different grade of performance and functionalities.

To adjust solutions to surveyors’ needs, SBG Systems also designed the plug-and-play Navsight Solution, consisting of an IMU (Ekinox or Apogee) connected to Navsight, a rugged processing unit embedding the fusion intelligence and the GNSS receiver.

SBG Systems 1, Avenue Eiffel 78420 Carrières-sur-Seine France Phone: +33 180 884500 Fax: +33 180 884501 Email: sales@sbg-systems.com Web: sbg-systems.com

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COMPANY DIRECTORY John Deere AMS

LabSat

Linx Technologies

4140 NW 114th St Urbandale, IA 50322 888-GRN-STAR www.johndeereag.com

Unit 10, Swan Business Centre Osier Way Buckingham, Bucks MK18 1TB United Kingdom 44-12-8082-3803 sales@labsat.co.uk www.labsat.co.uk See our ads on pages 39 and Inside Back Cover

159 Ort Ln Merlin, OR 97532 541-471-6256, 800-736-6677 info@linxtechnologies.com www.linxtechnologies.com

Juniper Systems 1132 W 1700 N Logan, UT 84302 435-753-1881 sales@junipersys.com www.junipersys.com

Branch Location:

Branch Location: 4 The Courtyard Buntsford Gate Bromsgrove, United Kingdom B60 3DJ 44-15-2787-0773 infoEMEA@junipersys.com www.junipersys.com

K Karel Electronics Cyberplaza B Blok Kat 3 Ankara, 06800 Turkey 90-312-265-0290 int.sales@karel.com.tr www.karel-electronics.com

KCS BV Kuipershaven 22 3311 Al Dordrecht, Netherlands 31-78-631-2659 kcs@kcs.tv www.trace.me

Kolmostar 48531 Warm Springs Blvd Ste 407 Fremont, CA 94539 510-270-8322 sales@kolmostar.com www.kolmostar.com

KVH Industries 50 Enterprise Center Middletown, RI 02842 401-847-3327 sean.mccormack@kvh.com www.kvh.com

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602 Vermont Ave Anaheim, CA 92803 714-758-0500 Greg.Martz@L-3com.com www.iechome.com

1025 W Nasa Blvd Melbourne, FL 32919 321-727-9100 www.l3harris.com

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Laipac Technology

34 Thynne St Bruce, ACT 2617 Australia 61-2-6264-7900 enquiry@locata.com www.locata.com

Lockheed Martin 12257 S Wadsworth Blvd Littleton, CO 80125 303-977-1249 www.lockheedmartin.com

20 Mural St Unit 5 Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1K3 Canada 905-762-1228 sales@laipac.com www.laipac.com

LocoNav

Laird Technologies

Loctronix Corp

16401 Swingley Ridge Rd Ste 700 Chesterfield, MO 63017 636-898-6000 Telematics.NA.Sales@ lairdtech.com www.lairdtech.com

B-13/14, LocoNav ThinkValley Sector 32 Gurugram, Haryana 122003 India 91-84-4844-0771 support@loconav.com loconav.com

18115 139th NE Ave Ste A-1 Woodinville, WA 98972 425-307-3485 info@loctronix.com www.loctronix.com

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Larsen Antennas/Pulse Electronics

M3 Systems

3611 NE 112th Ave Vancouver, WA 98682 360-944-7551 info@larsen.pulseeng.com www.pulseelectronics.com

26 Rue du Soleil Levant Lavernose-Lacasse, 31410 France 33-5-62-23-13-80 tmproducts@m3systems.eu www.m3systems.eu

Laser Technology

Branch Location:

6912 S Quentin St Ste A Centennial, CO 80112 303-649-1000, 877-696-2584 atibljas@lasertech.com www.lasertech.com See our ad on page 40

Chemin du Stocquoy 1-3 Wavre, Belgium 32-1-049-5363

Leica Geosystems AG

L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp

L3Harris Corp

27240 Haggerty Rd Ste E17 Farmington Hills, MI 48331 248 994 9050 sales@racelogicusa.com www.racelogic.com

Locata

Heinrich-Wild-Strasse Heerbrugg, CH-9435 Switzerland 41-71-727-3131 www.leica-geosystems.com Branch Location: Michigan Dr Tongwell Milton Keynes MK15 8HT United Kingdom 44-19-0851-3400 www.leica-geosystems.com

Lidar USA 449 Barnett Chapel Rd Hartselle, AL 35640 256-274-1616 sales@lidarusa.com www.lidarusa.com

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Maruwa America Corp 200 E Sandpointe Ave Ste 525 Santa Ana, CA 92707 714-668-0400 sales@maruwa-america.com www.maruwa-g.com

Maxim Integrated Products 120 San Gabriel Dr Sunnyvale, CA 94086 408-737-7600 www.maxim-ic.com

Maxtena 7361 Calhoun Pl Ste 102 Rockville, MD 20855 877-629-8362 info@maxtena.com www.maxtena.com

Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co KG Lange Wand 9 31812 Bad Pyrmont Germany 49-05-2819-3090 info@meinberg.de www.meinbergglobal.com

Meitrack Group 3191 W Temple Ave Ste 180 Pomona, CA 91768 626-448-8787 juan.jimenez@meitrackusa.com www.meitrackusa.com

Micro Engineering Tech 1716-16 Ave NW Ste 400 Calgary, Alberta T2M 0L7 Canada 403-457-3112 services@meng-tech.com www.meng-tech.com

Micro Modular Technologies 17011 Beach Blvd Ste 900 Huntington Beach, CA 92647 949-336-7850 sales@micro-modular.com www.micro-modular.com

Micro-Ant 4722 Wesconnett Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32210 904-683-8394 jfrancis@micro-ant.com www.micro-ant.com

Microlab 25 Eastmans Rd Parsippany, NJ 07054 973-386-9696 sales@microlabtech.com www.microlabtech.com

Microchip Technology 2355 W Chandler Blvd Chandler, AZ 85224 800-713-4113, 800-713-4113 diana.loredo@microchip.com www.microchip.com

Mobile Mark 1140 W Thorndale Ave Itasca, IL 60143 847-671-6690 info@mobilemark.com www.mobilemark.com Branch Location: 8 Miras Business Park Hednesford, Staffordshire WS12 2FS United Kingdom 44-15-4345-9555 enquiries@ mobilemarkeurope.co.uk www.mobilemark.com

Motorola 2900 S Diablo Way Tempe, AZ 85282 800-421-2477 Oncore1@Motorola.com www.motorola.com/gps

CORPORATE PROFILE

Spirent Federal Systems PNT

With 35+ years of PNT simulation experience, Spirent Federal provides GPS/GNSS simulators to the U.S. government and its contractors that incorporate the highest levels of quality, accuracy, fidelity and reliability with unparalleled performance and customer support.

GSS9000

The Spirent GSS9000 multi-frequency, multi-GNSS RF constellation simulator is a comprehensive simulation solution, generating signals from all GNSS and regional systems. The purpose-builtfor-GNSS software-defined radio (SDR) architecture allows signals representing the most extreme dynamics to be generated with high accuracy and fidelity, including from real-time remote motion data at an unrivaled update rate of 2 kHz. Users can evaluate the resilience of systems to interference, jamming and spoofing — including Blue Force Electronic Attack (BFEA) jamming waveforms.

M-Code, Y-Code

SimMNSA allows authorized users to simulate true M-code using MNSAencrypted signals. The SimMNSA M-code simulator has been granted security approval by the GPS Directorate and was successfully validated by the U.S. Air Force. The legacy product, SimSAAS, continues to support Y-code users.

CRPA Test System

Spirent’s Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) Test System generates both GNSS and interference signals and can simulate 16+ individual elements with a separate RF output per antenna element. For the 16-element test system, concurrent simulation of GNSS signals, signals from spoofers and/ or repeaters, and interference from

multiple jammers results in more than 1,000 simultaneous independent channels/signals simulated across a phase-calibrated precise wavefront.

Null-steering, beamforming and space/ time adaptive CRPA testing are all supported by this comprehensive approach.

Anechoic Chamber Testing

Spirent’s GSS9790 multi-output, multi-GNSS RF constellation wavefront simulator system is a development of the GSS9000. The GSS9790 is a unique solution providing the core element for GNSS applications requiring a test system that can be used in both conducted (lab) and radiated (chamber) conditions.

SimAltNav Replay

Spirent is actively engaged with alternative RF vendors to incorporate signal simulation capability. This year, the company plans to offer an alternative RF navigation product, SimAltNav Replay.

This product will allow for concurrent GNSS and alternative RF signal simulation.

Inertial

Simultaneous GNSS/inertial simulation is enabled with the SimINERTIAL extension to the GSS9000. A wide range of inertial measurement units (IMU) and embedded or integrated GPS/INS (EGI or IGI) is supported.

Mid-Range Solutions Spirent also offers solutions that cater to intermediate GPS/GNSS testing needs. The GSS7000 multi-constellation simulator provides an easy-to-use solution for GNSS testing that can grow with users’ requirements. The GSS6450 RF record-and-playback system enables replay of a real-world GNSS test in the lab.

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Spirent Federal Systems 1402 W. State Road Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 Phone: 801-785-1448 Email: info@spirentfederal.com Web: spirentfederal.com

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Novariant

OriginGPS

PCTEL

1076 Florida Central Pkwy Longwood, FL 32750 407-331-7779, 800-423-2594 matt@multicominc.com www.multicominc.com

45700 Northport Loop E Fremont, CA 94538 510-933-4800 info@novariant.com www.novariant.com

2 Negev St Airport City, 7015002 Israel 972-3-673-7010 marketing@origingps.com www.origingps.com

471 Brighton Dr Bloomingdale, IL 60108 630-372-6800 www.pctel.com

NovAtel

Branch Location:

10921 14 St NE Calgary, Alberta T3K 2L5 Canada 403-295-4900, 800-668-2835 novatel.com/contactus/contactsales See our ads on the outside back cover and page 37

12816 Sagamore Rd Leawood, KS 913-378-3843 marketing@origingps.com

N National Instruments 11500 N Mopac Expy Austin, TX 78759-3504 800-531-5066 info@ni.com www.ni.com

NavCom, A John Deere Co 20780 Madrona Ave Torrance, CA 90503 310-381-2000 sales@navcomtech.com www.navcomtech.com

NavSync 2111 Comprehensive Dr Aurora, IL 60505 630-236-3026 djahr@navsync.com www.navsync.com

Branch Location: 2200 Space Park Dr Ste 305 Houston, TX 77058 800-668-2835, 800-668-2835 novatel.com/contactus/salesoffices

NVS Technologies AG Letzaustrasse 1 9462 Montlingen, Switzerland 41-71-760-0736 info@nvs-gnss.com www.nvs-gnss.com

NavSys Corp 14960 Woodcarver Rd Colorado Springs, CO 80921 866-462-8797 info@navsys.com www.navsys.com

OHB Digital Solutions GmbH NavtechGPS 5501 Backlick Rd Ste 230 Springfield, VA 22151 703-256-8900 info@navtechgps.com www.navtechgps.com

Rettenbacher Straße 22 Graz, 8044 Austria 43-316-890-9710 info@ohb-digital.at www.ohb-digital.at www.ohb-digital.at/en/ value-streams/gnss-processing

Nearmap US

Branch Location:

10897 S River Front Pkwy Ste 150 South Jordan, UT 84095 844-463-2762 sales@nearmap.com www.nearmap.com

Lothringer Straße 14/3 Vienna, Austria 43-316-890-9710

Nexteq Navigation 3016 19th St NE Ste 204 Calgary, Alberta T2E 6Y9 Canada 403-250-8186 info@nexteqnav.com www.nexteqnav.com

NextNav 484 Oakmead Pkwy Sunnyvale, CA 94085 800-775-0982 info@NextNav.com www.nextnav.com

7260 Commerce Circle E Minneapolis, MN 55432 763-572-0656 sales@omnetics.com www.omnetics.com

OmniSTAR Vlietweg 17h Leidschendam, 2266 KA Netherlands 31-70-3170900 eu_corrections@omnistar.com www.omnistar.com

Optical Zonu Corp

Northrop Grumman 1840 Century Park E Los Angeles, CA 90067 310-553-6262 www.northropgrumman.com

Nottingham Scientific Loxley Houe Tottle Rd Nottingham, Notts NG2 1RT United Kingdom 44-11-5968-2960 enquiries@nsl.eu.com www.nsl.eu.com

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Omnetics Connector Corp

7510 Hazeltine Ave Los Angeles, CA 91405 818-780-9701 judec@opticalzonu.com www.opticalzonu.com

Orca Technologies 934 Calle Negocio Ste B San Clemente, CA 92673 949-682-3289 sales@orcatechnologies.com www.orcatechnologies.com

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4400 Baker Rd Minnetonka, MN 55343 888-346-3486 info@peoplenetonline.com www.peoplenetonline.com

Orolia 45 Becker Rd Ste A W Henrietta, NY 14586 585-321-5800 sales@orolia.com www.orolia.com Branch Location: Parc Technopolis - Bat Sigma 3 Ave du Canada Les Ulis, Cedex France 91974 33-1-64-53-39-80 sales@orolia.com www.orolia.com

Orolia Defense & Security 320 N Goodman St Ste 101 Rochester, NY 14607 sales@oroliads.com www.OroliaDS.com

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PeopleNet

Oscilloquartz SA Ave des Pâquiers 1 Saint-Blaise, CH-2072 Switzerland 41-32-722-5555 osa@oscilloquartz.com www.oscilloquartz.com

Oxford Technical Solutions Park Farm Business Centre Middleton Stoney Bicester, Oxfordshire OX25 4AL United Kingdom 44-18-6981-4270 gbesbrode@oxts.com www.oxts.com

P Panorama Antennas 61 Frogmore Wandsworth London, SW18 1HF United Kingdom 44-20-8877-4444 sales@panorama-antennas.com www.panorama-antennas.com

Parker LORD 459 Hurricane Ln Williston, VT 05495 802-862-6629 sensing_sales@lord.com www.microstrain.com

Parsec Technologies 701 E Plano Pkwy Ste 300 Plano, TX 75074 972-804-4600 sales@parsec-t.com www.parsec-t.com

Phase One

11755 Airport Way Rocky Mountain Airport Ste 216 Broomfield, CO 80021 303-469-6657 industrial@phaseone.com geospatial.phaseone.com Branch Location: Lichtstr 43H Cologne, Germany 50825 49-22-1540-2260 industrial@phaseone.com geospatial.phaseone.com

Physical Logic Lindenstrasse 26 8008 Zurich, Switzerland 41-43-508-3716 info@physical-logic.com www.physical-logic.com

PNI Sensor Corp 133 Aviation Blvd Ste 101 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 707-566-2260 customerservice@pnicorp.com www.pnicorp.com

Polaris Wireless 301 N Whisman St Mountain View, CA 94043 408-492-8900 products@polariswireless.com www.polariswireless.com

PolyExplore 2210 O’Toole Ave Ste 240 San Jose, CA 95131 408-500-9716 gene@polyexplore.com www.polyexplore.com

Position Logic 4522 Executive Dr 2nd Floor Naples, FL 34119 866-676-2372 sales@positionlogic.com www.positionlogic.com

Precise Time and Frequency 50L Audubon Rd Wakefield, MA 01880 781-245-9090 info@ptf-llc.com www.ptf-llc.com

CORPORATE PROFILE

Syntony GNSS THE COMPANY

Syntony GNSS designs and manufactures PNT products and solutions, including simulators and receivers. Syntony operates worldwide, with offices in Europe (France) and North America (San Francisco and Montreal), as well as a large distributor network that covers the United Kingdom, Germany, India, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Israel, Australia and South Africa.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

With more than 15 years of R&D experience in radiofrequency, electronics and GNSS signal processing, Syntony provides highly innovative products and solutions. The software-defined radio (SDR) core of Syntony products and solutions offers agility to our clients, especially when it comes to evolutions and updates that can be done remotely.

PRODUCTS

Echo R&P is considered one of the highest fidelity GNSS signal record-and-playback systems by the market. It is used for flight tests by aeronautic industry leaders in North America, Europe and Asia, and also to replay real-life GNSS environments (such as urban canyon) in laboratories.

Constellator is a high-end multiconstellation and multi-frequency GNSS simulator. The tight coupling of SDR and a state-of-the-art RF analog front end makes it a powerful, scalable and versatile testing appliance dedicated to the design, validation and production of receivers. It very accurately simulates space trajectories and has an ultrahigh hardware-in-the-loop refresh rate at zero latency. It also covers a full range of defense applications, including CRPA (wavefront and over the air), both encrypted and non-encrypted signals, and advanced jamming and spoofing simulation.

SubWAVE, Syntony’s patented GPS coverage extension solution, has been running 24/7 in the Stockholm metro since 2017, remaining a backbone of the operator’s safety environment. It provides GPS positioning for any GPS-equipped device, either with the same accuracy as outside or with an RTK-like augmented high-precision solution, which is expected to be standardized soon (3GPP).

SoftSpot embedded SDR multi-GNSS receiver is one of the most powerful receivers on the market. Fully designed and manufactured by Syntony, its dimensions (5 x 7 cm) and weight (62 g) enable its integration in any device, providing accurate positioning for high-end uses. It is also available in a space-borne version.

SoftSpot IoT is a low energy consumption cloud-based GNSS receiver, designed to provide four positions a day for 12 years, including LPWAN transmission, with only two AA batteries. These performances are available as a commercial over-the-shelf (COTS) appliance or as add-on software to our clients’ existing receivers.

Echo R&P

Constellator

SubWAVE

THIS YEAR’S NEWS

SubWAVE is being chosen and tested by more and more road tunnel operators in Europe and Asia. For instance, the Tunnel du Mont Blanc chose SubWAVE to extend GPS coverage to its underground infrastructures and improve safety for both its teams and users.

Syntony-GNSS 5 Chemin du Chèvrefeuille 31300 Toulouse, France SoftSpot

Phone: +33 (0) 5 81 319 919 Web: syntony-gnss.com

SoftSpot IoT

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COMPANY DIRECTORY Propeller Aero 251 Riley St Surry Hills, 2010 Australia 61-4-1545-8089 kateryna@propelleraero.com.au www.propelleraero.com

Q Qascom Via Marinali 87 Bassano del Grappa, 36061 Italy 39-04-2452-5473 info@qascom.it www.qascom.it

QinetiQ Cody Technology Park Ively Rd Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 0LX United Kingdom 44-87-0010-0942 gpssales@qinetiq.com www.qinetiq.com

Qualcomm 5775 Morehouse Dr San Diego, CA 92121 858-587-1121 www.qualcomm.com

6F-4, No.171 Songde Rd Sinyi District Taipei City, Taiwan 110 886-2759-0259 sales@rakon.com www.rakon.com Room 801A Aerospace Bldg 4019 Shennan Rd Futian District Shenzhen, China 518048 86-755-8283-5989 sales@rakon.com www.rakon.com 7600 Dublin Blvd Ste 220 Dublin, CA 94568 925-361-8808 rakon.americas@rakon.com www.rakon.com

Raytheon UK The Pinnacles, Elizabeth Way Harlow, Essex CM19 5BB United Kingdom 44-15-9275-4311 corporatecommunications@ raytheon.co.uk www.raytheon.co.uk

Ready Track Pty Edmonton, Alberta T6J 2E7 Canada 403-404-7557 wkunysz@quantumreversal.com www.quantumreversal.com

32 Victoria St Smithfield, New South Wales 2164 Australia 61-3-0076-6703 sales@readytrack.com.au www.readytrack.com.au

Quectel

Reelektronika B.V.

Quantum Reversal

Bldg 5, Shanghai Business Park Phase III Area B No. 1016 Tianlin Rd Minhang District Shanghai, 200233 China 86-21-5108-6236 marketing@quectel.com Quectel.com

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Nieuwenbroeksedijk 6 Reeuwijk, 2811 NJ Netherlands 31-18-2300150 info@reelektronika.nl www.reelektronika.nl

Remote GeoSystems 3307 S College Ave PO Box 271292 80527 Ste 211 Fort Collins, CO 80525 844-436-3877, 844-436-3877 info@remotegeo.com www.remotegeo.com

Retail Secure

Rakon Limited 8 Sylvia Park Rd Mt Wellington Auckland, 1060 New Zealand 64-95735554 sales@rakon.com www.rakon.com Branch Locations: 10 Ave des Louvresses, Bât G3 Gennevilliers Paris, France 33-1-81-93-31-00 info@rakon.fr

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Ricoh Americas Corp 242 E Airport Dr Ste 112 San Bernardino, CA 92408 909-890-9040 dynamic.capture@ricoh-usa.com www.RicohDC.com

RIEGL Riedenburgstrasse 48 Horn, 3580 Austria 43-2-982-4211 office@riegl.com www.riegl.com Branch Locations: Level 5, 121 Exhibition St Melbourne, Victoria Australia 3000 61-4-2774-4777 gblyth@riegl.com.au www.riegl.com.au York Science Park IT Centre Innovation Way, Heslington York, United Kingdom YO10 5NP 44-19-043-5146 info@riegl.co.uk www.riegl.com No. 39 E 3rd Ring Middle Rd Jianwai Soho Beijing,Chaoyang District China 86-186-1222-7749 info@riegl.cn www.riegl.cn 14707 W Colonial Dr Winter Garden, FL 34787 407-248-9927 info@rieglusa.com www.rieglusa.com

Einat Kibbutz Einat, 4880500 Israel 972-7-654-0177, 732-543-5738 info@rfoptic.com rfoptic.com/gps Branch Location: 22 Washington Ave Ste 100 Summit, NJ 07901 732-543-5738

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9 Changi Business Park Vista Ste 03-01 Singapore 486041 65-6307-0000 sales.singapore@ rohde-schwarz.com www.rohde-schwarz.com/sg 6821 Benjamin Franklin Dr Columbia, MD 21046 888-837-8772 Info@rsa.rohde-schwarz.com www.rohde-schwarz.com/us

Rojone Pty 44 Aero Rd Ingleburn, NSW 2565 Australia 61-2-9829-1555 sales@rojone.com.au www.rojone.com.au

Rokubun S.L. Carrer de la Llacuna, 162 Barcelona, 08018 Spain 349-355-11490 info@rokubun.cat www.rokubun.cat

Rx Networks 1201 W Pender St Ste 800 Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 2V2 Canada 604-685-8988 sales@rxnetworks.com www.rxnetworks.com

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Rockwell Collins 400 Collins Rd NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52498 319-295-8163 kim.betterton@ rockwellcollins.com www.rockwellcollins.com

Penistone 1 Regent Ct, St Mary’s St Sheffield, S36 6DT United Kingdom 44-33-3320-8848 retailsecureuk@gmail.com www.retailsecure.co.uk

RFOptic

Av. Javier Barros Sierra 540 Edificio Park Plaza, Torre 1, Piso 8 Col. Lomas de Santa Fe Alcaldia de Álvaro Obregón Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico 01210 52-55-8503-9913 latinoamerica@ rohde-schwarz.com www.rohde-schwarz.com/lat

Sapcorda Services GmbH Karlplatz 7 Berlin, 10117 Germany 49-30-9599-83330 info@sapcorda.com www.sapcorda.com

Satel Oy Meriniitynkatu 17 PO Box 142 Salo, 24100 Finland 358-2-777-7800 info@satel.com www.satel.com

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG

Satel Survey USA

Muehldorfstrasse 15 81671 Munich, Germany 49-89-4129-12345, 888-837-8772 customersupport@ rohde-schwarz.com www.rohde-schwarz.com

10680 S De Anza Blvd Ste D Cupertino, CA 95014 408-973-1740 info@satel-west.com www.satel-west.com

Branch Locations:

Satelles

Office No. 210, Building No. 01, 2nd Floor Dubai, United Arab Emirates 971-4-446-1900 sales.mea@rohde-schwarz.com www.rohde-schwarz.com/mea

1835 Alexander Bell Dr Ste 240 Reston, VA 20191 703-723-4599 pnt@satellesinc.com www.satellesinc.com

CORPORATE PROFILE

TeleOrbit GmbH TeleOrbit is a privately owned

engineering, marketing, and sales company providing innovative satellite navigation technologies. Its core business operates as a manufacturing and sales company for GNSS and mobile positioning technologies. The company develops and operates GNSS-based services and provides project and quality management consultancy support. As a specialist in GNSS, TeleOrbit brings globally available satellite technology to people — through innovative applications, products and new services for companies and their customers.

Consultancy Expertise

Consultancy has always been part of TeleOrbit´s special service, because state-of-the art systems and complex sets of regulations have to be adapted precisely to each customer´s specifications.

The company offers professional consultancy to companies from all over the world in the categories of precise positioning, navigation, communication, definition of system architecture, technology analysis, and market and business plan analysis, as well as proposal, project and quality management for industrial and European Space Agency/European Union (ESA/EU) projects including intellectual property rights consultancy services with a special focus on EU and ESA projects.

High-Tech Antennas

A GNSS system is only as good as the antenna that receives the signals.

TeleOrbit offers a variety of high-tech antennas for various use cases.

Its dual circularly polarized antenna (GNSSA-DCP) is an active LHCP/RHCP antenna for anti-spoofing applications.

Its high-performance low horizon gain antenna (GNSSA-LHG) is specifically tailored for interference detection.

Both antennas cover all GNSS frequencies in the L-band.

The GNSSA-6E is composed of six active antenna elements and can be used for digital beamforming and null-steering in the entire GNSS frequency range.

The design is customizable and can be tailored to meet specific user requirements (such as 5 to 7 elements and planar or conformal reflector).

Receiver Development and Testing

MGSE REC/REP 2.0 creates a GNSS simulation environment that provides the possibility and flexibility to use recorded real-world samples that can be replayed and reproduced exactly.

Such a tool considerably improves the development, qualification and certification process of GNSS receivers within development phases and for the validation and certification in end-toend tests, and helps to optimize time and resources. MGSE REC/REP 2.0 is addressing the testing of complex multisystem, multi-signal devices and other receivers used in an ever-increasing range of commercial and governmental applications.

Outlook

In the GNSS testing markets, applications will grow for multi-GNSS technologies, such as BeiDou with GPS, Galileo (including E6/PRS) and GLONASS. These are significant drivers for both government and commercial customers, including the emerging “wearables” technology sector. The growing concern over the vulnerability of GNSS receivers to interference, including jamming and spoofing, is becoming an important market driver as well. For this market, TeleOrbit now offers its Mobile Interference Detection System (MIDS), which includes a sophisticated analysis and detection software toolset.

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TeleOrbit GmbH Sandrartstr. 6 D-90419 Nuremberg, Germany Phone: +49 911 300 339 80 Email: sales@teleorbit.eu Web: teleorbit.eu/en

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COMPANY DIRECTORY Satlab Geosolutions

Sensonor

SkyTraq Technology

Spectrum Instruments

Datavagen 21B 43662 Askim, Sweden info@satlabgps.com www.satlabgps.com

Knudsrødveien 7 PO Box 1004 Horten, Norway 47-3303-5000 www.sensonor.com

570 E Arrow Hwy Ste D San Dimas, CA 91773 909-971-9710 sales@spectruminstruments.com www.spectruminstruments.com

SBG Systems

Septentrio

4F, No.26, Minsiang St Hsinchu City, TW 300 Taiwan 886-3-567-8650 info@skytraq.com.tw www.skytraq.com.tw See our ad below

1 Ave Eiffel Carrières-sur-Seine, 78420 France 33-1-80-88-45-00 sales@sbg-systems.com www.sbg-systems.com See our ads on pages 13 and 41

Greenhill Campus Interleuvenlaan 15i Leuven, 3001 Belgium 32-1-630-0800, 888-655-9998 sales@septentrio.com www.septentrio.com

Skyworks Solutions

Branch Location:

Seven Solutions Periodista Rafael Gómez Montero Edificio CETIC oficina 13 Granada, 18014 Spain 34-958-285-024 info@sevensols.com www.sevensols.com

SoftNav Systems

2901 W MacArthur Blvd Ste 202 Santa Ana, CA 92704 657-845-1771 sales.usa@sbg-systems.com www.sbg-systems.com

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

SigNav Pty

50 Hillcrest Ave Chatham, N7M 4E7 Canada 519-352-2958 info@selinc.com www.selinc.com

PO Box 299 Fyshwick, ACT 2609 Australia 61-2-6285-7900 info@signav.com www.signav.com

Silicom 465 Saint-Jean St Ste 702 Montréal, H2Y2R6 Canada 514-394-7851

20 Sylvan Rd Woburn, MA 01801 781-376-3000 sales@skyworksinc.com www.skyworksinc.com

PO Box 5001 St-Raymond, Quebec G3L 4R8 Canada 418-622-3477 info@softnav.com www.softnav.com

16900 W 118th Ter Olathe, KS 66061 800-4-SOKKIA sales@sokkia.com www.sokkia.com

Space Foundation 4425 Arrowswest Dr Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-576-8000, 800-691-4000 nreed@spacefoundation.org www.spacefoundation.org

1700 N Moore St Ste 1105 Arlington, VA 22209 202-618-3060, 800-691-4000 www.spacefoundation.org

Sparton 425 N Martingale Rd Ste 2050 Schaumburg, IL 60173 800-SPARTON info@sparton.com www.sparton.com

Spectra Geospacial 10355 Westmoor Dr Ste 100 Westminster, CO 80021 888-477-7516 sales@spectrageospacial.com www.spectrageospacial.com

SpectraDynamics 1849 Cherry St Unit 2 Louisville, CO 80027 303-665-1852 sales@spectradynamics.com www.spectradynamics.com

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Aspen Way Paignton, Devon TQ4 7QR United Kingdom 44-12-9376-7979 sales@spirent.com www.spirent.com/pnt

Sokkia Corp

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Spirent Communications

Spirent Federal Systems 1402 W State Rd Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 801-785-1448 info@spirentfederal.com www.spirentfederal.com See our ads on pages 7 and 43

Stanford Research Systems 1290-D Reamwood Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94089 408-744-9040 davea@thinksrs.com www.thnksrs.com

STMicroelectronics 30 Corporate Dr Ste 300 Burlington, MA 01803 888-787-3550 www.st.com Branch Location: 19111 Victor Pkwy Livonia, MI 734 953 1700 www.st.com

Surrey Satellite Technology Tycho House, 20 Stephenson Rd Surrey Research Park Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YE United Kingdom 44-14-8380-3803 info@sstl.co.uk www.sstl.co.uk

Suzhou Foif Co 18 Tong Yuan Rd Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006 China 86-512-6522-4904 internationalsales@foif.com.cn www.foif.com See our ad on page 50

CORPORATE PROFILE

Trimble GNSS Solutions for OEMs

Trimble provides high-precision OEM GNSS modules for real-time positioning and navigation solutions that serve a broad range of applications in agriculture, construction, mining, aviation, marine and industrial automation. Easy to integrate high-precision GNSS solutions offer OEMs and system integrators the ability to differentiate their products and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace.

LATEST GNSS TECHNOLOGIES

Trimble’s precision positioning solution is derived from a set of hardware and software innovations collectively known as Maxwell 7 Technology that provides interference protection and multipath mitigation.

Trimble ProPoint is the fifth-generation high-precision positioning engine from Trimble that is engineered to provide position and orientation data from the fusion of GNSS signals, globally accessible high-accuracy correction services, and measurement data from a variety of sensors. It leverages the latest developments in GNSS signal infrastructure and Trimble’s highprecision receiver hardware to deliver improved positioning performance in challenging environments. It also contains dynamic models of specific application movements, allowing it to filter out unexpected dynamic movements.

PRECISION RECEIVERS AND ENCLOSURES

Trimble offers centimeter-level positioning GNSS technology to system integrators and platform OEMs. The receivers are designed for easy incorporation into specialized or custom hardware enclosures. In addition, Trimble’s receiver modules harness all constellation signals from GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou

to provide fast centimeter-level real-time kinematic (RTK) initialization with proven low-elevation tracking.

Trimble’s receiver portfolio offers a wide range of receiver modules as well as rugged enclosures and integrated smart antennas. Customers benefit from connectivity options for fast data transfer as well as receiver configuration via standard web browsers.

PRECISION GNSS ANTENNAS

Trimble antennas have been designed to support high-accuracy air, land and marine applications. Multiple constellation support improves the number of satellites available for positioning, especially in obstructed environments.

Trimble antennas are high-performance multiband GNSS antennas that are built with weather-resistant materials to allow operation in the most rugged environments. Trimble’s latest smart antenna offerings, the AX940 and AX940i, are compact, triple-frequency smart antennas with available integrated inertial navigation systems producing highaccuracy positions in all environments.

CORRECTION SERVICES

Trimble RTX. Trimble RTX GNSS correction service offers customers a variety of correction accuracy levels as precise as 2 centimeters. The global network can broadcast to receivers via L-band satellite or IP/cellular, making Trimble RTX a convenient, flexible option to obtain GNSS corrections anywhere, anytime.

Trimble xFill. Powered by RTX technology, Trimble xFill provides seamless centimeter-level back-up positioning via satellite if RTK or VRS signal sources are interrupted due to signal disruptions or loss of radio connectivity.

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Trimble GNSS Solutions for OEMs 935 Stewart Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Americas & Asia-Pacific Europe/EMEA Email: sales-intech@trimble.com Web: oemgnss.trimble.com

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Taoglas

Thales

9950 Scripps Lake Dr PO Box 262250 92196 Ste 106 San Diego, CA 92131 858-566-0666 oeminfo@synergy-gps.com www.synergy-gps.com

8525 Camino Santa Fe Ste A&B San Diego, CA 92121 858-450-0888 ewalsh@taoglas.com www.taoglas.com

75-77 Ave Marcel Dassault Campus Thales Bordeaux Mérignac, 33700 France avionics@fr.thalesgroup.com www.thalesgroup.com

Time & Frequency Solutions TDK Trusted Positioning

Syntony 5 Chemin de Chevrefeuille Toulouse, 31300 France 33-5-81-31-99-19 contact@syntony.fr www.syntony-gnss.com See our ads on pages 9 and 45

Swift Navigation 201 Mission St Ste 2400 San Francisco, CA 94105 415-636-7490 sales@swiftnav.com www.swiftnav.com Branch Location: 168 Hoddle St Melbourne, Australia 3067 415-636-7490

Branch Location: 535 Mission St 14th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 646-799-0101 contact@syntony-gnss.com www.syntony-gnss.com

T Tallysman Wireless

Syncworks 6 South Roscoe Blvd Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 904-280-1234 vforgetta@syncworks.com www.syncworks.com

36 Steacie Dr Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2A9 Canada 613-591-3131 info@tallysman.com www.tallysman.com

1000 Vetrans Place NW Calgary, T3B 2B9 Canada 403-992-8397 philipwgabriel@gmail.com

25 Eastways Witham, Essex CM8 3AL United Kingdom 44-13-7651-4114 enquiries@timefreq.com www.timefreq.com

TeleOrbit GmbH Sandrartstr 6 Nürnberg, Bavaria 90419 Germany 49-911-3003-3980 info@teleorbit.eu teleorbit.eu See our ads on pages 5 and 47

TeleType GPS 44 School St Boston, MA 02108 617-542-6220 contact@teletype.com www.teletype.com

Telit

TimeTools 2 Silverend Business Park Brettell Ln Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 3LG United Kingdom 44-19-0289-7400 sales@timetoolsltd.com timetoolsltd.com

TomTom 150 Baker Ave Ext Concord, MA 01742 978-287-9555 info@tomtom.com www.tomtom.com

Cannon Place 78 Cannon St London, EC4N 6AF United Kingdom northamerica@telit.com www.telit.com

Topcon Positioning Systems

Branch Location:

Track Your Truck

8th Floor Shinyoung Securities Bldg 6, Gukjegeumyung-ro8-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu Seoul, Korea 82-2-368-4600 APAC@telit.com

21754 S Center Ave New Lenox, IL 60451 888-434-3848 www.trackyourtruck.com

7400 National Dr Livermore, CA 94550 925-245-8300 channelmarketing@topcon.com www.topconpositioning.com

Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software 85 Enterprise Ste 450 Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 866-835-6447 team@telogis.com www.telogis.com

TerraGo 45610 Woodland Rd Ste 350 Sterling, VA 20166 866-453-1609 info@terragotech.com www.terragotech.com

Tersus GNSS Level 2, 666 Zhangheng Rd Pudong District Shanghai, 201203 China 86-21-5080-3061 sales@tersus-gnss.com www.tersus-gnss.com

Trimble 935 Stewart Dr Sunnyvale, CA 94085 408-481-8000 sales_info@trimble.com www.trimble.com

Trimble OEM GNSS 10368 Westmoor Dr Westminster, CO 80021 sales-intech@trimble.com oemgnss.trimble.com See our ad on page 49

Tronics Microsystems 98 Rue du Pré de l’Horme Crolles, 38926 France 33-4-76-97-29-60 vincent.gaff@tronicsgroup.com www.tronicsgroup.com

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Branch Location: 809 San Antonio Rd Ste 10 Palo Alto, CA 94303 415-800-3664 sales@tersus-gnss.com www.tersus-gnss.com

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u-blox AG Züercherstrasse 68 8800 Thalwil, Switzerland 41-44-722-7444 info@u-blox.com www.u-blox.com

CORPORATE PROFILE

Unicore Communications During the past 10 years, Unicore has witnessed the fast development of GNSS. The company has developed more than 10 GNSS chipsets from 90 nm to 22 nm process. Based on the company’s GNSS system-on-chip, Unicore has also developed a series of GNSS board and module receivers, and has gained orders from top surveying, automotive and UAV manufacturers. Applications have reached more than 40 countries and regions.

As the main outdoor positioning technology, GNSS can achieve sub-meter-, decimeterand centimeter-level positioning accuracies in real time with the help of RTK, PPP and other correction data. Using a single-antenna GNSS receiver, the position and direction of a robot can be given accurately when it is moving; two antennas achieve the same result when stationary.

The UM4B0 (single-antenna) and UM482 (dual-antenna) modules are widely used in many autonomous devices. In the autonomous market, the UM220-INS NF module can provide continuous positioning in GNSS-denied conditions, such as city canyons and tunnels.

HIGH PRECISION PRODUCTS

UM482 All-Constellation Multi-Frequency Dual Antenna Heading Module • 30 x 40 mm, SMD packaging • GPS L1/L2, BDS B1/B2, GLONASS L1/ L2, Galileo E1/E5b and QZSS L1/L2 • Accurate, reliable centimeter-level RTK positioning • 0.2°/1m baseline heading accuracy • <5s RTK initialization time • 20Hz output rate • <20ms output latency

UM4B0 All-Constellation, All-Frequency HighPrecision RTK module • 30 x 40 mm, SMD packaging • Supports GPS L1/L2/L5, BDS B1/B2/B3, GLONASS L1/L2, Galileo E1/E5a/E5b and QZSS L1/L2/L5

• Advanced multipath mitigation technology and low-elevation tracking technology • Accurate, reliable centimeter RTK positioning • 20Hz output rate • <5s RTK initialization time • <20ms output latency

UNICORE COMMUNICATIONS

STANDARD PRECISION PRODUCT

UM220-INS NF Automotive Grade GNSS+MEMS Module • 12 x 16 mm, SMD packaging • GPS+BDS/GLONASS+GALILEO+MEMS dual-system module • Directly outputs inertial navigation data (supports NMEA0183) • Continuous positioning in GNSS-denied conditions • ISO/TS-16949 certified product line • 6-axis MEMS inside, including gyro, accelerator • Supports speed pulse and mapmatching feedback input • –40C° to +85C° operating temperature • Successfully entered international brand vehicle market

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COMPANY DIRECTORY Unicore Communications

USGlobalsat

Wingtra

F3 No. 7 Fengxian E Rd Haidian Yongfeng Beijing, 100094 China 86-10-6993-9828 info@unicorecomm.com www.unicorecomm.com See our ad on page 51

14740 Yorba Ct Chino, CA 91710 909-597-8525 sales@usglobalsat.com www.usglobalsat.com

Giesshübelstrasse 40 Zurich, 8045 Switzerland hello@wingtra.com wingtra.com

X Xsens

WORK Microwave GmbH UTC Aerospace Systems 14300 Judicial Rd Burnsville, MN 55306 952-892-4000 communications@utas.utc.com www.utcaerospacesystems.com

Union Leasing 425 N Martingale Rd Schaumburg, IL 60173 847-240-1500 info@unionleasing.com www.unionleasing.com

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UrsaNav

VectorNav Technologies

616 Innovation Dr Chesapeake, VA 23320 757-312-0790 jmoore@ursanav.com www.ursanav.com

10501 Markison Rd Dallas, TX 75238 512-772-3615 sales@vectornav.com www.vectornav.com

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Rudolf-Diesel-Ring 2 Holzkirchen, 83607 Germany 49-802-4640-8222 sales@work-microwave.com work-microwave.com/ applications/gnss-simulator

2220 Northmont Pkwy Ste 250 Duluth, GA 30096 770-241-2645 waylon.sun@ work-microwave.com www.work-microwave.com

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121 Amboy Rd PO Box 319 07747 Matawan, NJ 07747 732-566-2035 info@usradar.com www.usradar.com

Branch Location: 101 N Pacific Coast Hwy Ste 306 El Segundo, CA 90245 310-481-1800 info@xsens.com www.xsens.com

Z ZMicro 9820 Summers Ridge Rd San Diego, CA 92121 858-831-7000 techsupport@zmicro.com www.zmicro.com

Wang Electro-Opto Corp 805 Franklin Ct SE Ste B Marietta, GA 30067 770-955-9311 products@weo.com www.weo.com

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Connectors

Allis Communications Co Borealis Precision Cases Plus ComNav Epson America European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) Eve Energy Falcom USA Foxcom iCONN Systems Inertial Labs Instock Wireless Components JAVAD GNSS L3Harris Corp Leica Geosystems AG NavCom, A John Deere Co Omnetics Connector Corp Optical Zonu Corp Rockwell Collins Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Skyworks Solutions Tersus GNSS Trimble ZMicro

Accubeat Allis Communications Co Borealis Precision ComNav GPSTrackit.com Hirschmann Car Communication ikeGPS Inertial Labs Janus Remote Communications Laipac Technology Larsen Antennas/Pulse Electronics Linx Technologies NavSync Omnetics Connector Corp Panorama Antennas Rojone Pty Trimble USGlobalsat

Cable Assemblies AeroAntenna Technology Allis Communications Co Brandywine Communications C-Nav Falcom USA GPSTrackit.com Hirschmann Car Communication Impact Power Inertial Labs Janus Remote Communications Larsen Antennas/Pulse Electronics Leica Geosystems AG Linx Technologies Mobile Mark NavCom, A John Deere Co NavSync Omnetics Connector Corp Panorama Antennas PCTEL Rojone Pty Trimble USGlobalsat

Communications Datalinks/Modems Borealis Precision ComNav Technology Foxcom Janus Remote Communications JAVAD GNSS John Deere AMS Laipac Technology Leica Geosystems AG NavCom, A John Deere Co NavSync Optical Zonu Corp QinetiQ Rojone Pty Satel Oy Satel Survey USA Skyworks Solutions Trimble u-blox AG

Power Supplies/Converters C-Nav Eve Energy GPSTrackit.com ikeGPS Inertial Labs Leica Geosystems AG NavCom, A John Deere Co NavSync Skyworks Solutions Trimble USGlobalsat

Other Borealis Precision Cases Plus Epson America Eve Energy Foxcom Geotab ikeGPS Inertial Labs Instock Wireless Components NavSync PCTEL USGlobalsat

NavCom, A John Deere Co NovAtel Optical Zonu Corp Oscilloquartz SA Parsec Technologies Quantum Reversal Quectel RFOptic Rockwell Collins Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Skyworks Solutions Spirent Synergy Systems Tallysman Wireless Taoglas TeleOrbit GmbH Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS Wang Electro-Opto Corp

Antijam/Interference Suppression Units AeroAntenna Technology Allis Communications Co Antcom Corp Applied EM BAE Systems Rokar CAST Navigation ComNav Technology GlobalTop Technology GPSAntennas.com Harxon Corp JAVAD GNSS L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp Micro-Ant NavCom, A John Deere Co NovAtel NVS Technologies AG QinetiQ Quantum Reversal Raytheon UK Reelektronika B.V. Tallysman Wireless TeleOrbit GmbH Thales Wang Electro-Opto Corp

GPS, External ANTENNAS Allis Communications Co Allystar Technology (Shenzhen) Co Antcom Corp Antenova Arbiter Systems Borealis Precision Carlson Software CHCNAV ComNav Falcom USA Foxcom GPS Networking GPS Source GPSAntennas.com Gutec AB Harxon Corp Hemisphere GNSS Inertial Labs JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Leica Geosystems AG Maruwa America Corp Maxtena Meinberg Funkuhren GmbH & Co KG Microlab Multicom

AeroAntenna Technology Allis Communications Co Altus Positioning Systems Antcom Corp Arbiter Systems Carlson Software CHCNAV Chemring Technology Solutions ComNav ComNav Technology DataGrid DeLorme Falcom USA FEI-Zyfer ftech Corp Garmin International Globalsat Technology Corp GlobalTop Technology GPS Networking GPSAntennas.com GPSTrackit.com Harxon Corp Hemisphere GNSS Hirschmann Car Communication ikeGPS Impact Power Inertial Labs

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Inventek Systems Janus Remote Communications JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Laipac Technology Laird Technologies Larsen Antennas/Pulse Electronics Leica Geosystems AG Linx Technologies Micro-Ant Microlab Mobile Mark Motorola Multicom NavCom, A John Deere Co Novariant NVS Technologies AG Oscilloquartz SA Panorama Antennas Parsec Technologies PCTEL Reelektronika B.V. Rojone Pty Sokkia Corp Spectratime Surrey Satellite Technology Synergy Systems Tallysman Wireless TeleOrbit GmbH Time & Frequency Solutions TomTom Trimble u-blox AG USGlobalsat Wang Electro-Opto Corp

GPS, Integrated AeroAntenna Technology Allis Communications Co Altus Positioning Systems BAE Systems Rokar Brandywine Communications Carlson Software CHCNAV ComNav ComNav Technology DataGrid Falcom USA FEI-Zyfer ftech Corp Garmin International GlobalTop Technology Harxon Corp Hemisphere GNSS Hirschmann Car Communication ikeGPS Impact Power Infospectrum Inventek Systems Janus Remote Communications JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Laipac Technology Laird Technologies Larsen Antennas/Pulse Electronics Leica Geosystems AG Linx Technologies Micro Modular Technologies Micro-Ant Mobile Mark NavCom, A John Deere Co Novariant NovAtel OriginGPS Oscilloquartz SA

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PRODUCT & SERVICES DIRECTORY Panorama Antennas Parsec Technologies PCTEL Rojone Pty Sokkia Corp Spectratime Tallysman Wireless TeleOrbit GmbH Time & Frequency Solutions Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS u-blox AG USGlobalsat Wang Electro-Opto Corp

GPS/Communications AeroAntenna Technology Allis Communications Co Altus Positioning Systems Antcom Corp Blue Sky Network Brandywine Communications Carlson Software CHCNAV ComNav ComNav Technology CSR plc FEI-Zyfer Foxcom Garmin International GPSTrackit.com Harxon Corp Hirschmann Car Communication Impact Power Inventek Systems Janus Remote Communications Japan Radio Co JAVAD GNSS John Deere AMS KCS BV Laipac Technology Laird Technologies Larsen Antennas/Pulse Electronics Leica Geosystems AG Linx Technologies Micro-Ant Mobile Mark NavCom, A John Deere Co Oscilloquartz SA Panorama Antennas PCTEL RFOptic Rojone Pty Skyworks Solutions Spectratime Tallysman Wireless TomTom Trimble u-blox AG Wang Electro-Opto Corp

CONNECTED CAR Averna Galileo Satellite Navigation GPSAntennas.com Infospectrum KVH Industries Rakon Limited Spirent STMicroelectronics Swift Navigation Trimble Xsens

Components (including software) Infospectrum Rakon Limited

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Integrated Systems Averna GPSAntennas.com Infospectrum

DIFFERENTIAL GPS Emlid Eos Positioning Systems Galileo Satellite Navigation Geneq Geodetics Geomatics USA Geostar Navigation Hemisphere GNSS Inertial Sense JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Oscilloquartz SA Rakon Limited Sapcorda Services GmbH Satel Oy Spirent Swift Navigation Tersus GNSS Trimble

DGPS-Capable Radiobeacon Receivers Garmin International Geneq Hemisphere GNSS JAVAD GNSS KCS BV NVS Technologies AG Rakon Limited Satel Oy Sokkia Corp Trimble

Real-Time DGPS Correction Services AXIO-NET GmbH C-Nav Geodetics Hemisphere GNSS JAVAD GNSS KCS BV NVS Technologies AG OmniSTAR Swift Navigation Trimble

Oscilloquartz SA Satel Oy Sokkia Corp Swift Navigation Trimble

Reference Stations AXIO-NET GmbH Broadcom Corp Communication & Navigation DataGrid Geneq Geodetics JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Novariant NVS Technologies AG Rx Networks Swift Navigation Trimble

DIGITAL COMPASSES Advanced Navigation Globalsat Technology Corp GlobalTop Technology Honeywell PNI Sensor Corp Silicom STMicroelectronics Trimble ZMicro

ELECTRONIC CHARTS/ MAPS DeLorme DigitalGlobe Geocortex by VertiGIS Global Navigation Software Co Silicom TomTom Trimble

GENERAL SERVICES AND PRODUCTS Chronos Technology European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) Frontier Precision GEICO Geocortex by VertiGIS OHB Digital Solutions GmbH

Insurance GEICO

Real-Time DGPS Receivers Altus Positioning Systems BAE Systems Rokar Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology Blue Sky Network C-Nav Communication & Navigation DataGrid Eos Positioning Systems Esterline CMC Electronics Geneq Geodetics Geomatics USA Geostar Navigation Hemisphere GNSS Inertial Sense JAVAD GNSS KCS BV Motorola Novariant NVS Technologies AG

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INTEGRATED INSTRUMENTATION WITH GPS AutonomouStuff Geodetics Geomatics USA GPS Source JAVAD GNSS Juniper Systems Laser Technology Lockheed Martin M3 Systems Meitrack Group Microlab NextNav Orolia Defense & Security

Rakon Limited Remote GeoSystems RIEGL Seven Solutions Spectratime Spectrum Instruments Stanford Research Systems Telit Trimble UTC Aerospace Systems

Automated Machine Control Applanix AutonomouStuff Communication & Navigation Geodetics JAVAD GNSS Trimble

Bar-Code Scanner Juniper Systems Ricoh Americas Corp Trimble

Camera Applanix AutonomouStuff ftech Corp JAVAD GNSS Juniper Systems NavSys Corp Remote GeoSystems Ricoh Americas Corp Trimble

Datalogger Applanix AutonomouStuff Cobham AvComm Communication & Navigation ftech Corp Geomatics USA JAVAD GNSS Juniper Systems M3 Systems NavSys Corp Remote GeoSystems Trimble

Infrared/Multispectral Sensors Applanix AutonomouStuff DigitalGlobe Remote GeoSystems Trimble

Integrity Monitoring Applanix Broadcom Corp Geodetics JAVAD GNSS M3 Systems Remote GeoSystems Thales Trimble

Ionospheric Calibrators Geodetics

Laser Rangefinders Applanix AutonomouStuff Laser Technology Remote GeoSystems RIEGL Trimble

PC/Laptop/Handheld Computer 4P Mobile Data Processing Applanix AutonomouStuff Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology Geodetics Juniper Systems Maxim Integrated Products Remote GeoSystems Trimble

Parker LORD Physical Logic PolyExplore Rakon Limited Sensonor SoftNav Systems Spirent Swift Navigation Trimble Tronics Microsystems UTC Aerospace Systems VectorNav Technologies Xsens

Sonar Applanix AutonomouStuff

Time and Frequency Stability GPS Source Rakon Limited Seven Solutions Spectratime Spectrum Instruments

Variable-Rate Controllers Trimble

Videography (including time/position captioning) Applanix JAVAD GNSS Remote GeoSystems Trimble

Wireless Communications Applanix AutonomouStuff Beijer Electronics Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology Broadcom Corp FEI-Zyfer Geodetics JAVAD GNSS Juniper Systems Maxim Integrated Products Microlab NavSync NextNav Qualcomm Remote GeoSystems Ricoh Americas Corp Satel Survey USA Spectratime Spectrum Instruments Tallysman Wireless Telit Trimble

Yield Monitors Trimble

INTEGRATED NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT Allystar Technology (Shenzhen) Co Bynav Technology Co EMCORE Corp Ericco General Dynamics Mission Systems Inertial Sense Jackson Labs Technologies JAVAD GNSS KVH Industries M3 Systems Oxford Technical Solutions

Dead Reckoning Advanced Navigation Applanix CSR plc Honeywell Inertial Sense M3 Systems NavSys Corp Parker LORD Spirent Trimble Xsens

Inertial Advanced Navigation Applanix CAST Navigation EMCORE Corp General Dynamics Mission Systems Honeywell Inertial Sense NavSys Corp Oxford Technical Solutions Parker LORD Physical Logic PNI Sensor Corp Reelektronika B.V. SBG Systems Sensonor Sparton Spirent Trimble Tronics Microsystems UrsaNav UTC Aerospace Systems VectorNav Technologies Xsens

RIEGL SoftNav Systems Spectra Geospacial Spirent Trimble

Ricoh Americas Corp Spectra Geospacial Spirent Trimble US Radar

Chartplotters

PRECISE EPHEMERIS INFORMATION

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Baseband Technologies Rx Networks Swift Navigation Trimble

Data Conversion AMC Azimap i-cubed Trimble

PUBLICATIONS, GUIDES, VIDEOS, TRAINING SOFTWARE, ETC.

Digital Mapbases AMC Azimap deCarta i-cubed Trimble

Artech House Publishers Institute of Navigation (ION) Trimble

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) AMC Azimap Carlson Software Eos Positioning Systems i-cubed L3Harris Corp Laser Technology Lidar USA Spectra Geospacial TeleType GPS Trimble

RECEIVER COMPONENTS GPS Networking Greenray Industries Gutec AB iCONN Systems Instock Wireless Components Microchip Technology Parsec Technologies Rakon Limited RFOptic Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Telit Trimble

Alphanumeric Displays

Imagery

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AMC Azimap Carlson Software deCarta i-cubed Lidar USA Nearmap US SoftNav Systems Trimble

Bandpass Filters Maxim Integrated Products

Chips/ICs CellGuide Maxim Integrated Products Microchip Technology Parsec Technologies Qualcomm SigNav Pty Trimble

Interfaces Azimap i-cubed SoftNav Systems Trimble

Graphical Displays Trimble

Loran-C/eLoran Reelektronika B.V.

Market Analyses/Reports Azimap

Beijer Electronics Maxim Integrated Products Trimble

Radiobeacon Advanced Navigation JAVAD GNSS Locata Rakon Limited Trimble

Systems

MAPPING

Travel Information Databases

Azimap Carlson Software Eos Positioning Systems ESSP SAS Frontier Precision Industrial SkyWorks L3Harris Corp Laser Technology Lidar USA Nearmap US Oxford Technical Solutions Phase One PolyExplore Propeller Aero

Interfaces

Azimap Oxford Technical Solutions RIEGL SoftNav Systems Trimble

AMC ITRAK Corp TeleType GPS

Modules CellGuide Gutec AB Inventek Systems Maxim Integrated Products Micro Modular Technologies Microchip Technology OriginGPS Parsec Technologies SigNav Pty Telit Trimble

PHOTOGRAMMETRY/GPS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

Quartz Crystals

i-cubed JAVAD GNSS Nearmap US Phase One Propeller Aero

Greenray Industries Maxim Integrated Products Microchip Technology Rakon Limited Time & Frequency Solutions

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PRODUCT & SERVICES DIRECTORY Trimble OEM GNSS Unicore Communications

RF Amplifiers/ Preamplifiers GPS Networking Maxim Integrated Products Microchip Technology Parsec Technologies Rakon Limited RFOptic Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG

Rubidium Oscillators Microchip Technology Rakon Limited

RECEIVER PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Averna Orolia Defense & Security Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Spirent Trimble

RECEIVERS Advanced Tracking Technologies Antenova Arbiter Systems Baseband Technologies Bynav Technology Co CHCNAV Effigis Geo Solutions eSurvey GNSS F4 Tech Furuno USA Geneq General Dynamics Mission Systems GEOsat GmbH Geostar Navigation Greenray Industries IFEN GmbH iP-Solutions, Japan Jackson Labs Technologies JAVAD GNSS Juniper Systems Kolmostar Lockheed Martin Multicom NovAtel Precise Time and Frequency Quectel Rakon Limited RIEGL Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Rokubun S.L. Satlab Geosolutions Septentrio Seven Solutions Spirent Suzhou Foif Co Swift Navigation Synergy Systems Syntony TeleOrbit GmbH Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS Unicore Communications

Attitude/Direction Finding Baseband Technologies JAVAD GNSS NovAtel Septentrio Swift Navigation Syntony TeleOrbit GmbH Trimble

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Automatic Vehicle Location Advanced Tracking Technologies Baseband Technologies GPS Insight ITRAK Corp Septentrio Swift Navigation Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS Unicore Communications

Aviation Baseband Technologies Esterline CMC Electronics General Dynamics Mission Systems Jackson Labs Technologies JAVAD GNSS Multicom NovAtel Septentrio Swift Navigation Syntony Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble OEM GNSS

Computer GPS Cards/ Modules Antenova Baseband Technologies Jackson Labs Technologies Spirent Syntony Trimble Unicore Communications

Digital Signal Processor Integrated Chips (DSP-IC) Baseband Technologies CellGuide Syntony TeleOrbit GmbH Trimble

Geodetic/Geophysical CHCNAV eSurvey GNSS JAVAD GNSS Septentrio Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Unicore Communications

Handheld Baseband Technologies CellGuide CHCNAV Effigis Geo Solutions eSurvey GNSS F4 Tech Geneq GEOsat GmbH Greenray Industries L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp Suzhou Foif Co Syntony Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Unicore Communications

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Land Vehicle Navigation/ Route Guidance Baseband Technologies CellGuide CHCNAV eSurvey GNSS General Dynamics Mission Systems L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp NovAtel Precise Time and Frequency Septentrio Swift Navigation Syntony TeleOrbit GmbH TeleType GPS Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS Unicore Communications

Marine Baseband Technologies CHCNAV eSurvey GNSS Geneq Greenray Industries Jackson Labs Technologies JAVAD GNSS NovAtel Septentrio Swift Navigation Syntony Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS

Military Baseband Technologies EndRun Technologies General Dynamics Mission Systems Greenray Industries Jackson Labs Technologies L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp Lockheed Martin Multicom Northrop Grumman NovAtel Precise Time and Frequency Raytheon UK Spirent Syntony Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS UrsaNav

OEM Modules/Engines/ Chipsets Baseband Technologies Bynav Technology Co CellGuide CHCNAV Esterline CMC Electronics eSurvey GNSS Geostar Navigation Jackson Labs Technologies Japan Radio Co JAVAD GNSS Loctronix Corp NovAtel Precise Time and Frequency Septentrio SigNav Pty SkyTraq Technology Spirent Swift Navigation

Syntony TeleOrbit GmbH Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS Unicore Communications

Radio Frequency Integrated Chip (RF-IC) Baseband Technologies Greenray Industries TeleOrbit GmbH Trimble

Software Receivers Baseband Technologies CHCNAV eSurvey GNSS iP-Solutions, Japan Loctronix Corp Nottingham Scientific Swift Navigation Syntony TeleOrbit GmbH Trimble

Space Baseband Technologies JAVAD GNSS Lockheed Martin NovAtel Surrey Satellite Technology Swift Navigation Syntony Trimble

Surveying CHCNAV eSurvey GNSS GEOsat GmbH JAVAD GNSS NovAtel RIEGL Satlab Geosolutions Septentrio Suzhou Foif Co Swift Navigation Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Unicore Communications

Surveying/GIS CHCNAV Effigis Geo Solutions eSurvey GNSS F4 Tech Geneq GEOsat GmbH JAVAD GNSS NovAtel Septentrio Suzhou Foif Co Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Unicore Communications

Surveying/RTK Bynav Technology Co CHCNAV eSurvey GNSS Geneq GEOsat GmbH Geostar Navigation JAVAD GNSS NovAtel Septentrio SkyTraq Technology Spirent

Suzhou Foif Co Swift Navigation Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Trimble OEM GNSS Unicore Communications

Timing Arbiter Systems Baseband Technologies EndRun Technologies Greenray Industries Jackson Labs Technologies JAVAD GNSS NovAtel Precise Time and Frequency Septentrio Seven Solutions SigNav Pty Synergy Systems Trimble Unicore Communications

Tracking Advanced Tracking Technologies Baseband Technologies CellGuide Geneq GEOsat GmbH Geostar Navigation GPS Flight JAVAD GNSS L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp NovAtel Swift Navigation Synergy Systems Syntony TeleOrbit GmbH Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble Unicore Communications

SATELLITE SIGNAL SIMULATORS/ PSEUDOLITES Cobham AvComm iP-Solutions, Japan LabSat Loctronix Corp Nottingham Scientific OHB Digital Solutions GmbH Orolia Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Spirent Syntony WORK Microwave GmbH

SECURITY CODE DECRYPTION DEVICES Retail Secure Spirent

SEMINARS/TRAINING Chronos Technology Institute of Navigation (ION) NavtechGPS Space Foundation Trimble

SOFTWARE Advanced Tracking Technologies ALLSAT GmbH AutonomouStuff Azimap Clark Labs

Effigis Geo Solutions eSurvey GNSS Forsberg Services GEOsat GmbH Global Navigation Software Co Industrial SkyWorks JAVAD GNSS LabSat LocoNav OHB Digital Solutions GmbH Phase One Qascom Remote GeoSystems Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Rokubun S.L. Sapcorda Services GmbH SBG Systems Spirent Swift Navigation TDK Trusted Positioning TerraGo Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

Coordinate Conversion ALLSAT GmbH AMC Azimap Best-Fit Computing Effigis Geo Solutions eSurvey GNSS JAVAD GNSS Polaris Wireless Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

Geodetic Surveying ALLSAT GmbH AMC Best-Fit Computing Effigis Geo Solutions eSurvey GNSS JAVAD GNSS Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

Geotagging ALLSAT GmbH Azimap Effigis Geo Solutions Polaris Wireless Remote GeoSystems Trimble

GPS Insight Polaris Wireless Position Logic Remote GeoSystems Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software TerraGo Topcon Positioning Systems Track Your Truck Trimble

JAVAD GNSS Polaris Wireless Remote GeoSystems Rokubun S.L. SBG Systems Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

Mapping

ALLSAT GmbH Chemring Technology Solutions Polaris Wireless Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Spirent Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

ALLSAT GmbH AMC AutonomouStuff Azimap deCarta JAVAD GNSS PeopleNet Phase One Polaris Wireless Remote GeoSystems Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software TerraGo Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

Mission Planning ALLSAT GmbH AutonomouStuff Effigis Geo Solutions Phase One Polaris Wireless Remote GeoSystems Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Spirent Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

Navigation/Route Guidance ALLSAT GmbH AMC AutonomouStuff Azimap deCarta Geotab Global Navigation Software Co PeopleNet Phase One Polaris Wireless Swift Navigation Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software TerraGo Trimble

GIS/LIS ALLSAT GmbH AMC Azimap Clark Labs eSurvey GNSS F4 Tech GEOsat GmbH GPS2CAD JAVAD GNSS Remote GeoSystems Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

GPS-Related Internet Applications (mapping, navigation, tracking, etc.)

Advanced Tracking Technologies ALLSAT GmbH AMC deCarta Geotab

System Performance Analysis

Vehicle/Vessel/Asset Tracking Advanced Tracking Technologies ALLSAT GmbH deCarta GEOsat GmbH Geotab GPS Flight GPS Insight PeopleNet Polaris Wireless Swift Navigation Telogis Fleet Mgmt Software Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

SURVEYING-RELATED EQUIPMENT ALLSAT GmbH Fredericks Co Lidar USA Phase One Suzhou Foif Co Trimble US Radar

Dataloggers 4P Mobile Data Processing ALLSAT GmbH Trimble

Electronic Fieldbooks ALLSAT GmbH Trimble

Pen-Based Survey/GIS Network Adjustment ALLSAT GmbH Azimap Best-Fit Computing Effigis Geo Solutions eSurvey GNSS Polaris Wireless Topcon Positioning Systems Trimble

Orbit Analysis and Simulation ALLSAT GmbH Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Trimble

Pre- & Post-processing ALLSAT GmbH AXIO-NET GmbH Effigis Geo Solutions eSurvey GNSS Forsberg Services

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SYSTEM DESIGN/ INTEGRATION Braxton Technologies Meitrack Group OHB Digital Solutions GmbH Parker LORD Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG Spirent Syncworks Trimble

TIMING Connor-Winfield Furuno USA JAVAD GNSS Locata Microchip Technology

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PRODUCT & SERVICES DIRECTORY Orca Technologies Orolia Precise Time and Frequency Rakon Limited Satelles Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Spectrum Instruments Spirent Syncworks TimeTools Trimble

Orca Technologies Orolia Precise Time and Frequency Rakon Limited Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SpectraDynamics Spectrum Instruments Syncworks TimeTools Trimble

Timing/Frequency Systems Time-Code Generators Accubeat EndRun Technologies Microchip Technology Orca Technologies Orolia Precise Time and Frequency Spectrum Instruments

Time-Transfer Stations EndRun Technologies Microchip Technology Precise Time and Frequency Spectrum Instruments

Accubeat Connor-Winfield EndRun Technologies JAVAD GNSS Microchip Technology Orca Technologies Orolia Precise Time and Frequency Rakon Limited SpectraDynamics Spectrum Instruments Syncworks TimeTools Trimble

Timing Clocks Accubeat Connor-Winfield EndRun Technologies Microchip Technology

TRACKING SERVICES (MOBILE ASSETS, ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, E-911, FLEET MANAGEMENT, ETC.) Back2You LocoNav OHB Digital Solutions GmbH Ready Track Pty Trimble Unicore Communications Union Leasing

Airobot Antcom Corp EMCORE Corp ESSP SAS Hitec Commercial Solutions JAVAD GNSS Maxtena Phase One Physical Logic Rakon Limited RIEGL Sensonor Septentrio Spirent Trimble Wingtra

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Components (including software)

EMCORE Corp JAVAD GNSS Physical Logic RIEGL Sensonor Septentrio Trimble Wingtra

VEHICLE LOCATION/ TRACKING WORKSTATIONS AND SYSTEMS (COMPUTERAIDED DISPATCH) Position Logic Ready Track Pty Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG TDK Trusted Positioning

GUIDING VEHICLES ON BUSY CITY STREETS

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f the hundreds of papers researchers presented at the Institute of Navigation’s annual ION GNSS+ conference, which took place virtually Sept. 21–25, the following four focused on autonomous vehicle positioning for automobiles on city streets. The papers are available at www. ion.org/publications/browse.cfm.

DIGITAL MAPS WITH TETHERED POSITIONING The authors propose a new method for tight integration of digital map and dead-reckoning (DR) system (inertial measurement unit plus wheel odometer) to provide reliable navigation solutions in challenging GNSS environments for extended periods. Integrated DR and GNSS have been widely used as the backbone of any navigation system for the internet of things (IoT) and vehicle navigation applications. Dollarlevel micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) inertial measurement units (IMUs) aided by vehicle-wheel odometers have been recently used as low-cost DR systems to bridge GNSS gaps in harsh environments, such as urban canyons, tunnels and under bridges. However, DR drift errors rapidly increase over time and cannot satisfy most IoT and landvehicle navigation requirements. Plus, the GNSS receiver may fail to provide accurate position or even experience a complete outage for more than 15 minutes, causing the tethered positioning error to reach several hundred meters. Because land vehicles are supposed to travel on roads, feedback from a digital map can be used to constrain their position.

The authors used a fuzzy-logic map-matching algorithm to identify the correct road segment on which the vehicle moves.

A feedback filter senses a correct map-matched position as well as the road segment as measurement updates to the Kalman filter (KF) of the tethered positioning system. The proposed tight integration of digital maps and a DR system is evaluated using datasets collected by Profound Positioning Inc. in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Results show the proposed method has an average of 0.15% of relative horizontal position error for Calgary datasets — a considerable improvement over the tethered-solution-only with 3.3% of relative horizontal position error. The average azimuth error of the proposed system is 1.3 degrees, while the tethered positioning system shows an average azimuth error of 9.7 degrees.

Citation. Yashar Balazadegan Sarvrood, Haiyu Lan, Aboelmagd Noureldin, Naser El-Sheimy and Profound Positioning Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. “Tight Integration of Digital Map and Tethered Positioning and Navigation Solution for IoT applications and Land Vehicles.”

5G SIGNALS FOR OPPORTUNISTIC NAVIGATION This paper presents a navigation framework in which 5G signals are used for navigation purposes in an opportunistic fashion. A carrier-aided code-based software-defined receiver (SDR) produces navigation observables from received downlink 5G signals. The SDR produces navigation observables from 5G signals and a navigation filter in which the observables are processed to estimate the user equipment’s position and velocity.

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RESEARCH Roundup

RESEARCH Roundup the navigation performance of 5G signals. In the experiment, the vehicle-mounted receiver navigated using 5G signals from two 5G base stations (also known as gNodeBs, or gNBs) for 1.02 km in 100 seconds. The proposed 5G navigation framework demonstrated a position root-mean-squared error of 14.93 m, while listening to signals from only two gNBs. Citation. Ali A. Abdallah, Kimia Shamaei and Zaher M. Kassas, “Assessing Real 5G Signals for Opportunistic Navigation.”

USING LOW-COST ONBOARD SENSORS

For autonomous vehicles, accurate positioning must be ubiquitous — reliably available at all times and in all places in which the vehicle is expected to operate. While GNSS commonly provides the basis for absolute positioning, it suffers from the problem of availability whenever a direct view of enough satellites is not possible. To address this failure mode, additional complementary sensors can be added to the overall navigation solution through a technique known as sensor fusion. Sensors such as inertial measurement units (IMUs), cameras, lidars, radar and more can be selected in such a way that the individual shortcomings of each sensor are mitigated, and the overall robustness and reliability are improved.

Although current autonomous-vehicle applications employ sensor-fusion techniques, they tend to rely on highperformance sensors to meet the accuracy requirements. These high-performance sensors tend to induce a much higher cost burden than would be acceptable for commercial production, and therefore make mass autonomy too expensive.

This paper focuses on using the lower cost sensors already available on most modern vehicles. These include lowresolution odometry and consumer-grade IMUs currently used for dynamic stability control and wheel-slip detection.

A novel approach for combining vehicle speed, steering angles, transmission settings and multiple odometry inputs is presented along with achievable results while operating under a GNSS-denied environment. The test trajectory mimics a typical parking structure with many corners and short, straight segments. The only a priori information required for the filter is the wheel track and wheelbase (separation distance of the wheels).

A 90% performance improvement compared to the standalone GNSS/INS solution was observed during GNSS outages of up to 30 minutes. Furthermore, up to a 50% improvement was observed when comparing the multi-odometry to the single-odometry outages during the same 30-minute outage condition. Beyond GNSS outage performance, this paper shows how the use of the extra input to the filter can improve the positioning system’s protection levels to allow for more 60 G P S W O R L D

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frequent engagement of the autonomous navigation system.

Citation. Ryan Dixon, Michael Bobye, Brett Kruger and Jonathan Jacox, “GNSS/INS Sensor Fusion with On-Board Vehicle Sensors.”

RADAR AND INS/GNSS

An autonomous vehicle requires a ubiquitous, accurate, precise and reliable localization system. Many sensors can be used for positioning and navigation, each with its strengths and weaknesses. Inertial measurement units (IMU) are usually used to build inertial navigation systems (INS). INS can be accurate for short durations; however, an INS accumulates errors and loses its accuracy quickly, especially when using low-cost MEMS-based sensors. GNSS can provide an absolute position and velocity to update the INS over time.

A barometer provides absolute elevation information, and an odometer provides a speed update.

An integrated navigation solution consisting of an IMU, a GNSS-RTK receiver and odometer can perform well in open-sky areas and on highways. This system can achieve lane-level accuracy most of the time based on the condition of the sensors and the quality of the measurements. However, in downtown and urban environments, the degradation, multipath and blockage of the GNSS signal leads to poor performance for such an integrated navigation system, which is challenged to maintain lane-level positioning.

This paper presents a version of AUTO (formerly known as Coursa Drive), a real-time integrated navigation system that provides an accurate, reliable, high-rate and continuous navigation solution for autonomous vehicles by integrating INS, RTK GNSS, odometer and radar sensors with TomTom’s HD Maps. AUTO performs a tight nonlinear integration of the radar data and maps with the INS/GNSS/odometer system.

Results demonstrate that radar measurements and HD Maps can be tightly integrated with INS/GNSS in an effective manner, such that the integrated system can provide a highrate, accurate, reliable and robust navigation solution. This is a crucial requirement for realizing a fully autonomous vehicle that can operate in urban environments under a wide range of conditions, including adverse weather and lighting conditions, even in downtown areas with degraded or denied GNSS signals.

Citation. Abdelrahman Ali, Billy Chan, Amr Shebl Ahmed, Medhat Omr, Dylan Krupity, Qingli Wang, Amr Al-Hamad, Jacques Georgy and Christopher Goodall, “Tight Coupling Between Radar and INS/GNSS with AUTO Software for Accurate and Reliable Positioning for Autonomous Vehicles.”

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eptentrio has launched the AsteRx-i3 — a new product line of high-performance GNSS plus inertial navigation system (INS) receivers.

The AsteRx-i3 product family brings to market an array of next-generation receivers from plug-and-play navigation solutions to feature-rich receivers with raw measurement access. OEM boards are available for rapid integration as well as ruggedized receivers enclosed in a waterproof IP68 housing.

The variety of products in the AsteRx-i3 line accommodates the specific needs of applications that require high-accuracy positioning together with 3D orientation, heading, pitch and roll angles.

“Using our off-the-shelf GNSS/INS systems allows our customers to focus their efforts on core technology and reduce their products’ time-to-market,” said Danilo Sabbatini, product manager at Septentrio. “With this new generation of products, we aim to satisfy specific needs of various customers. Instead of releasing a single general-purpose product, we bring several dedicated

ASTERX-I3 RECEIVERS are designed for autonomous applications, such as this harvesting robot.

solutions for fastest and easiest integration into systems that require robotic navigation or sensor fusion.”

Five Receivers. The AsteRx-i3 product line includes five new GNSS/ INS receivers. The Pro receivers offer high accuracy positioning with 3D orientation and dead-reckoning functionality for fastest and easiest plug-and-play integrations.

The Pro+ are the most versatile receivers providing integrated positioning and orientation along with raw measurements, in single- or

dual-antenna configurations, suitable for applications with sensor fusion.

AsteRx-i3 Pro+ receivers support either single- or dual-antenna modes.

The sing le-antenna mo de is suitable for compact and lightweight configurations. The dual-antenna mode reduces the need for movement during IMU initialization, allowing fully informed navigation from mission start.

One of the receivers offers an offboard inertial measurement unit (IMU), which can be mounted exactly at the alignment point of interest.

SkyTraq Launches Stamp-Sized RTK Positioning and Heading Receiver

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kyTraq is offering a new multi-band, multi-GNSS receiver module for real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning and heading applications, suitable for autonomous vehicles. The PX1172RH surface-mount receiver measures 17 x 22 mm, about the size of a

postage stamp.

With dual-antenna input, the PX1172RH receiver delivers sub-degree heading and pitch or heading and roll angles on top of centimeter-level positioning under both dynamic and static conditions. This removes the dependency on vehicle movement to initialize an

inertial measurement unit (IMU) for attitude determination.

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The PX1172RH works with dual-frequency GPS/ QZSS L1/L2, GLONASS L1/ L2, Galileo E1/E5 and BDS B1/B2 GNSS signals concurrently to enable robust positioning and heading performance under challenging partial-sky environments and to provide RTK convergence in seconds.

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Timing Module Designed for 5G Networks Precise timing and synchronization optimize and improve wireless network performance.

At 19 x 19 millimeters, the RES 720 module provides a low-cost, easyto-use, highly accurate and reliable GPS timing source for critical infrastructure in a broad range of industries.

The RES 720 is suitable for 5G Open Radio Access Networks (RAN)/ XHaul, smart grids, data centers, industrial automation and satellite communication networks, as well as calibration

services and perimeter monitoring applications.

The RES 720 meets the resilient timing requirement mandated by the U.S. 2020 Executive Order (EO13095) for timing services and critical infrastructure operators.

Using dual-frequency (L1 and L5), the RES 720 provides better multipath detection capabilities than single frequency, and provides protection against signal jamming and spoofing.

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rimble has introduced its first dual-frequenc y embedded timing module that provides nextgeneration networks with 5-nanosecond accuracy.

Surface mountable, the RES 720 GNSS timing module can be integrated into network equipment. It uses L1 and L5 GNSS signals to provide superior protection to jamming and spoofing, mitigates multipath in harsh environments, and adds security features to make it suitable for resilient networks.

the ionospheric error from multi-GNSS satellite constellations, while reducing the timing error under clear skies to less than 5 nanoseconds.

To further improve its accuracy locally, the RES 720 module features differential timing modes for highly accurate local timing.

Rugged IMUs Ready for Commercial, Defense

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oneywell has launched a new series of miniature inertial measurement units (IMUs) ruggedized to offer high accuracy along with the durability to survive high-shock environments.

Roughly the size of a water-bottle cap, the new HG1125 and HG1126 IMUs are low cost and serve both commercial and military applications.

The new family of IMUs can survive shocks up to 40,000 G-force, making it one of Honeywell’s toughest IMU products to date. The HG1125 and HG1126 can be used for a variety of defense and commercial applications such as tactical military needs, drilling, unmanned aerial vehicles or navigation systems for general aviation aircraft.

“Low-cost, ultra-rugged IMUs are in high demand across a variety of market segments where customers need highperformance navigation, but they’re limited by size or cost constraints,”

said Matt Picchetti, vice president and general manager, Navigation & Sensors, Honeywell Aerospace. “Our new HG1125 and HG1126 products meet all of these requirements, making them an ideal solution for customers operating in a wide variety of high-shock environments, including everything from military tactical operations to industrial applications such as drilling.”

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An IMU uses gyroscopes, accelerometers and electronics to give precise rotation and acceleration data. This enables a vehicle system to calculate where it is, in what direction it is going, and at what speed, even when GPS signals are not available.

The HG1125 and HG1126 use sensors based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology to precisely measure motion. They are the newest IMUs from Honeywell’s tactical IMU production facility, which delivers nearly 100,000 IMUs each year to customers across a wide range of segments. The first deliveries begin this month.

Honeywell’s lineage in navigation dates to the 1920s, and it has long been a pioneer in MEMS-based IMUs. Honeywell has developed and manufactured high-performance navigation solutions found on many aircraft and other vehicles worldwide.

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2 Hunter Rejoins Javad, Strengthens J-CORE Team

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after a short retirement, Tom Hunter has rejoined Javad GNSS as chief sales officer. Hunter will draw on more than three decades of GNSS industry experience, most recently with Javad GNSS and previously with Ashtech/Magellan as vice president.

“Tom is key to our operations,” said Nedda Ashjaee, CEO. “I am looking Tom Hunter forward to reigniting this group of companies and continuing our fourdecade tradition of bold innovation. Who better to do this with than the person who helped my father build the original company in the first place?” Hunter will oversee sales-channel development in support of a new market-driven roadmap developed by the executive team at Javad GNSS (J-CORE).

Hunter’s association with Javad began in 1987 as one of the original seven people at Ashtech, Javad Ashjaee’s namesake firm created shortly after his departure from Trimble Navigation.

The firm brought numerous surveying industry firsts and other legendary products to market.

Company founder Javad Ashjaee passed unexpectedly in May 2020, leaving behind 200 employees in offices around the

globe. A strategic thinker, Javad Ashjaee was known for operating “several steps ahead,” said one employee, having groomed his executive office and other support staff for a swift takeover in the event he were unavailable. Javad’s daughter Nedda spent the past 12 months carefully restructuring the business plan.

With the J-CORE team, Nedda Ashjaee and Hunter hosted on March 31 a two-day virtual gathering of global dealers, technicians and other personnel to unveil the firm’s new strategic vision. The information and overall strategy was met with an overwhelmingly positive response. Javad GNSS retains significant patent holdings relating to survey and mapping and offers what many of its customers believe to be one-ofa-kind system(s).

“If you’re a surveyor or other positioning professional working with GNSS, you owe a debt of gratitude to Javad — the man dedicated his life to developing GNSS for the highprecision marketplace,” Hunter said. “You can see his hand in nearly every major GNSS survey system on the market today.

As we continue to develop and introduce new products in support of the surveying and reference station markets, we will use our exceptional technology and our U.S.-based worldclass manufacturing facility to focus on new OEM applications and opportunities including strategic partnerships and private labeling.”

Rugged Tablet Boots up in the Field

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new high-performance tablet provides fast data processing for construction surveying applications. The rugged Trimble T100 tablet brings a 10-inch screen to the field and is suitable for both experienced and novice users. The tablet is optimized for Trimble Siteworks Software and supporting office applications such as Trimble Business Center. Its accessories are designed to complement user workflows, enabling users to complete quality assurance and quality control before leaving the field.

The tablet is designed to be flexible and usable in a variety of configurations and job sites, said Scott Crozier, Trimble Civil Construction. “It is engineered to be ergonomic and portable on and off the pole, enabling users to stay mobile while they work, with features that increase productivity and reduce downtime,” he said.

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XPeng P5 Comes with 32 Autonomous Sensors

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Peng Motors’ new XPeng P5 smart electric vehicle is equipped with automotivegrade lidar technology. The P5 has “navigation guided pilot” (NGP) capabilities, which will be on China’s city roads for the first time in a production vehicle, powered

by XPeng’s full-stack in-housedeveloped autonomous driving system XPILOT 3.5.

The XPILOT 3.5 autonomous driving system has a high-precision positioning unit (GNSS + inertial measurement unit) along with 32 perception sensors — two lidar units, 12 ultrasonic sensors, five millimeterwave radars and 13 high-resolution cameras. The sensors are fused into a 360° dual-perception system to provide sufficient redundancy to handle complex road conditions.

The double-prism lidar units are able to distinguish pedestrians, cyclists and scooters, static obstacles, and road work, in challenging scenarios such as night and lowlig ht condit ions, back lig hting and alternating light-and-dark illumination in tunnels.

Extending the NGP function from highways to city driving, the P5 will be able to handle situations such as other autos cutting in, automatic follow and speed-limit optimization on urban roads, recognizing traffic lights as well as small objects.

The P5’s Xmart OS 3.0 in-car operation system supports all-voice interaction. It uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon SA8155P auto-grade computing platform to ensure seamless user control and interaction. The instrument console includes a 15.6inch screen with essential information and controls where the driver needs them. Xmart OS 3.0 also allows vehicleto-home connection.

Verizon’s Location Service Hits US Roads

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yper Precise Location (HPL), a real-time kinematics (RTK) service, is now available via Verizon ThingSpace to customers and application developers in more than 100 U.S. markets. When paired with Verizon’s 5G Edge capabilities, HPL provides precise positioning data for emerging cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology, which is necessary for certain safety applications.

Verizon has teamed with automakers to demonstrate vehicle-pedestrian safety scenarios made possible through HPL, 5G Edge and C-V2X. HPL is software as a service (SaaS) that provides a stream of real-time GNSS correction data to receivers in devices, enabling location accuracy within 1-2 centimeters, for users on 5G and 4G networks. This can enable high-scale, low-cost, centimeter-level location capabilities for industries such as automotive, HD mapping, robotics, construction, and smart agriculture (AgriTech). Designed and deployed in a privacy-

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protective manner, HPL does not store or share user location data.

HPL embraces open delivery standards including RTCM for its data streams, with others to be added on a rolling basis.

IoT devices using HPL can be accessed and managed through a user API and the ThingSpace IoT management platform.

Support resources on ThingSpace will detail API integration, coverage availability, and more.

“Hyper Precise Location stands to boost or enable nextgen technologies across industries, from intelligent-driving to drone delivery to highly automated operations within construction, agriculture and much more,” said TJ Fox, SVP of Industrial IoT and automotive for Verizon Business. “HPL’s fast expanding coverage area, API friendliness, privacy protection, and use of open-delivery standards make it ideal for developers and customers demanding precision and flexibility.”

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entral Italy — already home to an ambitious national autonomous driving research initiative — will be the site of the P-CARS laboratory, intended to certify positioning devices for use within driverless cars.

The new P-CARS laboratory is financed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) through the Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP) of the European Space Agency.

The lab will support the goals of EMERGE, a public-private partnership for innovation established in 2018 between Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development, the University of L’Aquila and the mountainous Abruzzo region. Also in the partnership are the RadioLabs research consortium and the Leonardo, Telespazio and Elital companies.

EMERGE-ing Tech. EMERGE will develop satellite navigation and 5G solutions for connected, cybersecure and autonomous vehicles. The new P-CARS laboratory will be an independent venue for testing devices supporting autonomous and connected driving.

“The idea behind it is to create a research ecosystem, focused on developing, testing, validating and promoting the use of Galileo and other GNSS — along with 5G communications — for connected and autonomous driving,” said Francesco Rispoli, chief satellite operations at Hitachi Rail STS and director general of RadioLabs.

Abruzzo already hosts a manufacturing site for Stellantis’ Fiat Ducato light truck, the Galileo control center at Fucino, and the connected-car center of the University of L’Aquila.

P-CARS will be integrated into the university’s Center of Excellence for Geo-localized, Connected and Cyber-secure vehicles.

P-CARS Testbed. “The P-CARS lab will have a 150-squaremeter testbed area, beside an existing driving circuit, with the right to use the surrounding open space as well,” Rispoli said. “We’ll be addressing connected autonomous driving functions with GNSS technologies that are safety critical.

Safety must be ensured through standardized test procedures, serving as a trusted third-party to validate specific solutions from companies.”

Alberto Tuozzi, head of ASI’s Navigation and Telecommunication Department, said, “This is a valuable response to our national strategy, promoting the adoption of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solutions in the fast-growing automotive sector by leveraging the latest technologies brought by Galileo and 5G. Cross fertilization, cooperation and interaction among the stakeholders will be pursued in the unique ecosystem of the Abruzzo region,

RADIOLABS’ LABORATORY at the University of L’Aquila is part of Italy’s EMERGE initiative developing autonomous and connected driving tech.

bringing together space and non-space stakeholders: ASI, ESA, satellite and automotive industries, universities and research centers.”

Network of Excellence. Leveraging its expertise on Galileo and safety applications, ESA will support this initiative with technical support and through exchanges with other institutions and laboratories at the international level. P-CARS could become part of a network of centers of excellence in the PNT domain applied to autonomous cars.

P-CARS will exploit the synergies between the rail and automotive sectors to provide benefits to both. “Car manufacturers produce millions of vehicles and are investing heavily in autonomy and safety systems, but had little experience in this field before they began investing a few years ago,” Rispoli said. “Meanwhile, the rail community has almost 20 years’ experience managing train driving functions with a high degree of autonomy, through the common European Rail Traffic Management System, ERTMS.” He added, “It is well recognized that ERTMS guarantees the highest safety levels as a connected and autonomous driving system, where the human driver is largely bypassed, but does not have the volume for mass producing such systems for reducing their cost. By leveraging these two peculiarities it will be possible to get low cost but safety-proven GNSSbased devices.”

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nertial Labs has released a new generation of GP S -aided inertial navigation systems (INS) for applications such as UAVs, helicopters and lidar surveys.

The GPS-aided INS-U is a fully integrated attitude and heading reference system (AHRS), IMU and air-data computer high-performance strapdown system that determines position, navigation and timing information for any device on which it is mounted.

The INS-U uses a single antenna, multi-constellation U-blox GNSS receiver. With access to GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou, the INS-U can be used in a variety of GPS-enabled environments and is protected against spoofing and jamming.

The INS-U has two barometers, a miniature gyro-compensated fluxgate compass, and tri-axis temperature-

calibrated advanced MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes. These high-performance sensors, along with Inertial Labs’ new on-board sensorfusion filter, and state-of-the-art guidance and navigation algorithms, provide accurate position, velocity and orientation of the device under measure.

Inertial Labs points to a defining feature of the INS-U — its embedded ADC. An essential avionics component for modern UAV applications, an ADC outputs static and dynamic pressure, pressure altitude, calibrated and true airspeed, true angle of attack, rate of climb, and wind speed of the device under measure. This data, combined with inertial reference information, provide UAVs with accurate information about the unit and its relation to its environment.

By using data from an INS, AHRS,

IMU and ADC, the INS-U provides a complete navigation solution for UAV and helicopter applications. The unit can use time-of-flight aiding data from a ground station for long term GNSS-denied conditions as well as external position and heading so it can still output accurate PNT information regardless of the environment.

The INS-U is a lightweight and compact solution with dimensions of 82 x 40 x 26 mm and a weight of less than 200 grams. This, along with an IP67 environmental enclosure, ensures that the INS-U can meet the environmental requirements and size and weight restrictions of a wide range of applications.

Emlid Offers PPK Modules for cm-Accurate Drone Mapping

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mlid is offering two positioning modules for mapping with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Both the Reach M+ and Reach M2 provide centimeterlevel accuracy in real-time kinematic (RTK) and post-processed kinematic (PPK) modes, enabling precise UAV mapping with fewer ground control points.

The Reach M+ single-band receiver has a baseline up to 20 kilometers in PPK. The Reach M2 is a multi-band receiver with a baseline up to 100 kilometers in PPK. Usually an autopilot triggers the camera and records the coordinates it has at that moment. When the drone is flying at 20 m/s and GPS works at 5

Hz, the UAV autopilot will have position readings only every four minutes, which is not suitable for precise georeferencing. In addition, there is always a delay between the trigger and the actual moment the photo is taken.

Reach solves this problem by connecting directly to the camera’s hotshoe port, which is synced with the

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shutter. The time and coordinates of each photo are logged with a resolution of less than a microsecond. Reach captures flash sync pulses with submicrosecond resolution and stores them in a raw data RINEX log in the internal memory. This method allows ground control points to be used only to check accuracy.

The Reach M2 PPK UAV mapping kit consist of the Reach M2 multi-band GNSS receiver onboard the aircraft that records the location of each photo at a frequency of 20 Hz. It is combined with the Reach RS2 GNSS multi-band receiver on the ground, drastically reducing the number of ground control points and simplifying the setup process on site.

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he mobility department of Munich, Germany, has selected Hexagon Geospatial to implement a smart monitoring system to better manage and understand the impact of shared mobility services in the city.

Hexagon will partner with Fujitsu to provide Munich a software-as-aservice (SaaS) solution to track, visualize and analyze internet of things (IoT) data from a variety of mobility providers.

The solution will monitor shared vehicles, such as e-scooters, bikes and cars, and will be the first of its kind in Germany.

The solution will also feature a dynamic digital twin of the city, allowing users to fuse the real and digital worlds and receive constant updates. Along with Hexagon’s M.App Enterprise software, Fujitsu will provide the

TRACKING ELECTRIC SCOOTERS in Munich with Hexagon’s M.App Enterprise necessary infrastructure for the project, which is designed to evolve constantly according to officials’ needs.

Hexagon was selected from among 14 competitors based on the technical completeness and capabilities of its

offering and established expertise in the transportation domain.

With this smart monitoring system in place, the city can continually monitor and guide future mobility concepts based on data.

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opcon Agriculture is offering new manual guidance and autosteering receivers, the AGS-2 and AGM-1. Topcon also launched Topnet Live, a real-time GNSS correction service.

Location data enable crop optimization, including soil preparation, seeding, crop care and harvesting. Designed to suit virtually any agricultural machine type, make and model, the AGS-2 receiver and steering controller combines steering with network reception and tracking.

It comes standard with DGNSS correction services and is upgradeable using NTRIP and the optional RTK radio in the Topcon CL-55 cloud connectivity device. The AGM-1 is offered as an economical entry-level manual-guidance receiver.

The new Topnet Live provides a variety of services.

Realpoint provides greater accuracy and a quick start-up time. Starpoint and Starpoint Pro provide service anywhere on the planet, independent of local networks. Skybridge

allows subscribers to combine RTK and PPP correction services. The AGS-2 uses the Skybridge option so that users can maintain network connection during any RTK interruption. Calibrated to accuracies of within 2 centimeters, the new correction services provide reliable pass-to-pass precision.

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2 Emcore SDI500/505 IMU Receives Non-ITAR Status Photo: Emcore

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mcore’s dual-use SDI500/SDI505 Revision F inertial measurement units (IMUs) are not subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) administered by the U.S. Department of State. Emcore’s SDN500 inertial navigation system (INS) is also not subject to ITAR. The non-ITAR status for the devices, announced in April, greatly increases their marketability to international customers.

The SDI500/505 IMUs are designed for sophisticated systems such as weapons guidance and targeting, commercial and defense fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and other high-precision commercial, industrial, marine, defense and space applications. They leverage quartz micro-electro-mechanical systems (QMEMS) technology to deliver angle random walk (ARW) values of 0.02°/√hr with 1°/hr bias stability.

The SDN500 is Emcore’s most advanced QMEMs INS/ GPS tactical-grade system. It combines the latest generation quartz gyros and accelerometers from the SDI500/SDI505, with high-speed signal processing and a 48-channel coarse/ acquisition code GPS receiver into a powerful, tightly coupled guidance and navigation system.

The SDI500/505 IMU was ranked first in overall accuracy in a U.S. military-commissioned trade study of 19 IMUs being evaluated for various weapons systems. The independent study provided a comprehensive report to the government

on the most advantageous IMU products and services available.

Defense Contract Award. In March, Emcore was awarded a development contract valued at $1.1 million by a major U.S. prime contractor to design and manufacture a high-end IMU for tactical intelligence and reconnaissance systems.

The prototype phase has been successfully completed. In this follow-on phase, Emcore will deliver initial production units for proof of manufacturing and system-level qualification.

The custom IMU will be based on Emcore’s proprietary closed-loop fiberoptic gyro (FOG) technology that delivers proven cost, size, weight and power (CSWaP) and performance. It is designed to deliver the highest level of performance in Emcore’s tactical IMU product line, exceeding Emcore’s EN-300.

Emcore’s FOG IMU technology delivers 10 times the bias performance of legacy systems.

New SDI170 IMU. Emcore also launched a replacement IMU. The SDI170 quartz MEMS tactical-grade IMU is designed as a form-, fit- and function-compatible replacement for the HG1700-AG58 ring-laser gyroscope (RLG) IMU, but with superior overall performance, versatility and a significantly higher mean time between failures (MTBF) rating over ruggedized environments. The SDI170 IMU delivers highly linear accelerometer performance and longer life compared to the HG1700 IMU.

Honeywell Demos Alternative Navigation Tech

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oneywell has successfully demonstrated multiple alternate navigation technologies for military aircraft. These new products are intended to help ensure seamless navigation — even when GPS signals are blocked, interrupted or unavailable.

Alternate navigation technologies provide a different means of measuring position, velocity and heading when GPS is disrupted. These technologies include: Vision-aided navigation. This technology uses a live optical or infrared camera feed and compares it with maps to provide a passive, not jammable, highly accurate alternative PNT solution that provides GPS-like accuracy in GPS-denied or jammed conditions.

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Celestial-aided navigation. Honeywell’s celestial-aided navigation technology observes stars and “reference objects” orbiting Earth, such as satellites, which have known positions and velocities. This technology compares those reference objects to stars and can determine position and velocity, the same way a GPS receiver can.

Magnetic anomaly-aided navigation. This technology measures magnetic strength using sensors and compares this data with known geographical magnetic maps to accurately identify the position of the aircraft relative to the Earth.

Prototypes of these alternate navigation systems will be available in 2022, with initial deliveries expected to start in 2023.

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Grandmaster Clock Goes to the Edge

ADVA’S OSA 5405-MB provides nanosecond timing at a network’s edge.

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dva has launched the OSA 5405-MB, a compact outdoor precision time protocol (PTP) grandmaster clock with multi-band GNSS receiver and integrated antenna. It ensures timing accuracy by eliminating the impact of ionospheric delay variation, enabling communication service providers and enterprises to deliver the nanosecond precision needed for 5G fronthaul and other time-sensitive applications.

A multi-constellation GNSS receiver and antenna enable the OSA 5405-MB to meet PRTC-B accuracy requirements (+/–40 nanoseconds) even in challenging conditions. It receives GNSS signals in two frequency bands, using the differences between them to calculate and compensate for ionospheric delay variation. Additionally, the OSA 5405-MB is resilient against jamming and spoofing, considered critical for 5G synchronization.

It can work with up to four GNSS constellations concurrently (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou), increasing the number of observable satellites in urban canyons. A comprehensive set of Syncjack PTP and GNSS jamming and spoofing monitoring features, in combination with Adva’s Ensemble Controller and Sync Director, assures high synchronization quality and provides transparency for simple operation of large synchronization networks.

The OSA 5405-MB also offers network-delivered

timing backup to further mitigate GNSS vulnerabilities and make synchronization more robust and resilient.

The OSA 5405-MB has a minimal footprint, helping operators achieve required accuracy and reliability as they roll out wide-spread small-cell networks. It can be installed in almost any outdoor location, including urban canyons. The OSA 5405-I indoor variant can be positioned on windows to avoid multipath signal interference.

With both electrical and optical interfaces and Ethernet cabling, the OSA 5405 series avoids RF feeds of traditional GNSS installations by integrating an antenna, receiver and PTP grandmaster in a single device.

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SEEN HEARD NETWORK TOOL HELPS FIND CHILDREN Microsoft and Esri Canada have developed the Child Search Network to enhance Canada’s national strategy for missing children. The network provides police services with a quick way to share information and collaborate with others, as well as with the general public, to find missing children faster and reunite them with their families. Police can put out information on a missing child via a website and smart-phone app.

Members of the public can then offer tips by downloading the MCSC rescue app to register to receive alerts and share any information they may have regarding a missing child or youth. The tool helps meet the “gap of response” for high-risk cases of missing children that do not meet the strict criteria for the AMBER Alert.

MULTIPLE UAVs SHORTEN PENGUIN SURVEY One of the largest Adélie penguin colonies in the world was surveyed with multiple UAVs in March.

Survey time was reduced from three days (with a single drone manually piloted) to under three hours. The work was led by a team of experts from Stanford University, Point Blue Conservation Science and Conservation Metrics. UgCS software by SPH Engineering was used to develop a system to autonomously survey the penguins. Thousands of high-resolution images were taken on each survey. An artificial intelligence model by Conservation Metrics is under development that will automatically identify and count adult penguins and their chicks.

Using UgCS with a Stanford-provided planning algorithm, the survey team efficiently photographed more than 300,000 breeding pairs at Cape Crozier, Antarctica. The surveys will contribute to large-scale assessments of penguin populations and breeding success, key metrics for monitoring the health of the Antarctic marine ecosystem.

S’MORE DELIVERY OPTIONS Grocery chain Kroger and Drone Express have launched a pilot delivery program in Centerville, Ohio, filling orders in as quickly as 15 minutes.

Orders are sent to the customer’s smartphone location, which could include sending picnic supplies to a park or sunscreen to a beach. As part of the project, Kroger is selling bundled products within the payload weight — about five pounds, such as a S’mores bundle with graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate.

SEEING SINKHOLES WITH SATELLITES Synspective Inc. is offering a sinkhole-detection prediction tool using satellite imagery analysis.

Part of the company’s Land Displacement Monitoring service, an algorithm uses data science and machine learning to detect spatial and temporal variations. It can identify areas where sinkholes are likely to occur, areas where cave-ins have occurred, and areas where cave-ins are in progress. The input data is automatically updated, and the platform handles the processing and analysis of the complex satellite imagery.

PHOTO CREDITS: screenshot, Missing Children Society of Canada; delivery drone, Kroger; penguins, Photodynamic/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images; sinkhole, Bryngelzon/E+/Getty Images.

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