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SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. [NASDAQ: SIRF] unveiled its SiRFecosystem strategy and introduced SiRFstudio. This is a standards-based, end-to-end location services enabling platform designed to simplify and speed the development and deployment of location-aware applications across a broad range of mobile devices.
Read MoreTrimble [NASDAQ: TRMB] has now launched its wireless fleet productivity solutions for the European commercial vehicle market. The company provides Global Positioning System (GPS) based fleet management products for a variety of industries.
Read MoreAs you may have read in our October 17th news story entitled Lockheed Martin Has No Blockage for IIR-M… Launch Set”, such has come to pass. A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], was launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle.
Read MoreNAVTEQ [NYSE:NVT] is a global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation and the company has just been selected by Intelligent Direct to provide map data for use in its CASS-certified US Postal Carrier Route Boundaries.
Read MoreThe fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the U.S. Air Force is set for launch aboard a Delta II rocket on October 17th from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
Read MoreNovAtel Inc. [NASDAQ: NGPS] has been awarded of a contract worth €6.3M (US$8.6M) by Thales Alenia Space Italia (TAS-I) for the continued development of the Ground Reception Chain (GRC) reference receiver for Galileo, Europe’s state-of-the-art Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). TAS-I, NovAtel and Space Engineering were initially selected by the European Space Agency (ESA)/ESNIS/Thales Alenia Space France (TAS-F) and began work on the program in June 2005.
Read MoreHemisphere GPS has reported the company has reached a confidential settlement with Trimble Navigation Limited. The suit related to outstanding patent infringement lawsuits filed in the Northern District of California and the District of Kansas. The company has also announced the latest addition to its product line, Eclipse dual-frequency GPS receiver technology.
Read MoreThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is reported to be developing an India-specific navigation system along the lines of the Global Positioning System (GPS) at an investment of about Rs 1,600 crore, according to The Economic Times (Indiatimes) online news site. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), comprising seven satellites, should be ready in 2011-12 according to a statement made by the ISRO Chairman, G Madhavan Nair, on September 27th.
Read MoreYou may recall reading about the funding troubles plaguing the European Union’s (EU) Galileo satellite in previous issues of SatNews… processes for an implementation to pay for this positioning system space vehicle continue to have trouble. A week after the EU proposed to pay for the satellite using the bloc’s joint budget to come with the needed 2.4 billion euros.
Read MoreSpirent Communications has made improvements to customer support capabilities across the world. In Asia, Spirent has added dedicated support facility for its Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) test systems, based out of the existing Spirent offices in Beijing, P. R. China. This new facility enhances Spirent’s existing support offices in USA and Europe.
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