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  • BAE Systems and UST team up at XPONENTIAL

     

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    UST and BAE Systems booths at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2023. BAE sys

    Unmanned Systems Technology (UST), the global digital marketplace for unmanned systems, technology and software, is exhibiting alongside BAE Systems Digital Intelligence at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2023 in Denver, Colorado, May 8-11.

    The collaboration aims to increase capabilities of uncrewed systems through user engagement. The BAE Systems Digital Intelligence team is available throughout XPONENTIAL, exhibiting alongside Unmanned Systems Technology at booth 4227.

    At the booth, the UST team will demonstrate KINETIC — an online demand generation solution for companies across the unmanned systems supply chain. Existing Kinetic partners attending the show will be introduced to the team responsible for small uncrewed systems programs at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence.

  • Septentrio collaborates with Braemac on product distribution  

    Septentrio collaborates with Braemac on product distribution  

    Credit: Septentrio
    Credit: Septentrio

    Septentrio has signed a distribution partnership with Braemac for North America and Mexico. Braemac will distribute the full Septentrio portfolio including the compact mosaic module family, OEM boards, GNSS enclosures and GNSS/INS solutions for demanding industrial applications. 

    Braemac distributes electronic components in the North American market and offers GNSS antennas, wireless connectivity solutions and other products, which are complementary to the Septentrio portfolio. 

    Septentrio’s advanced GNSS chipset and proprietary algorithms provide consistent pinpoint accuracy for its receivers. The built-in advanced interference mitigation technology ensures resilience to GNSS jamming and spoofing, making Septentrio’s GNSS and GNSS/INS receivers a suitable positioning component in any robotic, UAV or machine control system. 

    Septentrio will be exhibiting at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL conference in Denver, Colorado, on May 9 -11 at booth 4912. On Tuesday May 9, GNSS experts from Septentrio as well as other UAV integrators will share their experience in the panel discussion about “The Importance of GNSS Security in UAV Applications”.  

  • GPS World attending AUVSI XPONENTIAL

    GPS World attending AUVSI XPONENTIAL

    Credit: AUSVI
    Credit: AUVSI

    GPS World staff is attending AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2023.

    AUVSI XPONENTIAL, co-hosted by Messe Dusseldorf North America, will be held in Denver, Colorado, May 8-11. This year’s theme is “Building the Blueprint for Autonomy.” XPONENTIAL is also celebrating its 50-year anniversary.

    The event invites industry changemakers and end users to experience new technology that is solving real world problems such as safety and defense, energy and infrastructure, business, construction, health, and the environment. The convention features keynote speakers, panel presentations, educational programs, specialized workshops, networking opportunities, and an extensive exhibitor hall teaming with newly developed technology to preview, as well as co-located events.

    XPONENTIAL attracts more than 7,500 attendees each year, who attend more than 200 educational sessions as part of the full conference.

    For more information about XPONENTIAL visit xponential.org. To follow our live coverage, click here.

  • Finalists announced for AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards

    Finalists announced for AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards

    The Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI) has announced the finalists for its sixth annual XCELLENCE Awards. The winners will be announced during an awards ceremony at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2023 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

    The AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards honor innovators who demonstrate commitment to advancing technology, leading and promoting safe operations and developing programs that use unmanned systems to improve the human conditions.

    “XCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH”

    • Neural10, Autonomous Navigation in GPS-Denied Zones
    • Ocean Alliance, Tagging Whales with Drones
    • University of Colorado Boulder, 20 Years of UAS Research XCELLENCE
    • University of Michigan, Alireza Mohammadi
    • Virginia Tech’s Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership, Robert Briggs

    “XCELLENCE IN INNOVATION”

    • Austal USA, Austal MCS
    • Plus, PlusDrive, An Industry-defining Driver-in, Highly Automated Driving (HAD) Solution
    • Sentera, Eliminating Stitching with the Sentera DGR System
    • Skydio, Skydio Dock, Automated Inspections of Sites with Autonomous, Remote Drone Operations
    • UPS Flight Forward, Inc., Safety Management System First in the Industry Accepted by the FAA

    “XCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS”

    Enterprise Application

    • Advanced Navigation, Cloud Ground Control
    • City of Pendleton, Pendleton UAS Range
    • JobsOhio and the Ohio Department of Transportation, Propelling AAM in Ohio

    “XCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY”

    Enabling Components & Peripherals

    • Elsight, Elsight Halo
    • infiniDome, infiniDome’s GPSdome2
    • LEMO Corporation, LEMO M Series High Power
    • MatrixSpace, MatrixSpace Networked Radar
    • SBG Systems, Quanta Micro

    Hardware & Systems Design

    • Advanced Navigation, Hydrus
    • Connect Tech, Anvil Embedded System with NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Orin™
    • D-Fend Solutions, EnforceAir
    • ModalAI, Inc., VOXL 2: 16g Blue UAS Framework 2.0 Autopilot
    • TOPODRONE, TOPODRONE AQUAMAPPER

    Software Design and Coding

    • Advanced Navigation, Cloud Ground Control
    • AlarisPro, Inc., AlarisPro Safety Ecosystem (ASE) – Advancing UAS Reliability Through Shared Data Across UAS Operators and Manufacturers
    • BlueSpace.ai, Scalable and Explainable AI for Autonomy, powered by 4D Predictive Perception
    • Skydio, Skydio Scout, Situational Awareness for Moving Convoys
    • VOTIX, VOTIX

    “XCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT”

    • DroneUp, with partner, Richard Bland College, Established the First Commercial Drone Workforce Training Program for College Credit
    • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide and Warren College, Better Together: Producing Effective Educational Opportunities for the UAS Workforce
    • Fullerton College, Fullerton Drone Lab, Drone Piloting Registered Apprenticeship
    • Laurel Ridge Community College, Laurels Take Flight
    • National Robotics Education Foundation NREF, National Robotics Education Foundation (NREF)

    “XCELLENCE IN MISSION”

    Humanitarian Project or Program

    • ArroTech, Rapid and Accurate Autonomous UXO Detection
    • MissionGO, Inc., Operation Healing Eagle Feather
    • Near Earth Autonomy, Autonomous Aerial Blood & Medical Supply Delivery to the Wounded
    • The David McAntony Gibson Foundation (GlobalMedic), GlobalMedic RescUAV Response to La Soufrière Volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    • UCAL Fuel Systems Limited, Drone Based Disaster Relief

    Public Safety

    • Brookhaven GA Police Department, Brookhaven Police sUAS Team
    • DRONERESPONDERS, DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Alliance
    • Hidden Level, Inc., Airspace Monitoring Service (AMS)
    • Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Department of Public Safety
    • United States Forest Service, Testing and Scaling New Technologies for Operations and Safer Mixed Airspace Ops

  • FAA’s Drone Safety Day is quickly approaching

    FAA’s Drone Safety Day is quickly approaching

     

    Credit: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
    Credit: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

    Drone Safety Day (DSD) is returning for its fifth consecutive year on April 29. The annual campaign, designed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is dedicated to educating the drone community on the importance of flying safely.

    The event will highlight the societal, economic, and safety benefits of safe drone operations. DSD will feature in-person, virtual and hybrid events in areas such as education, economics, equity, environment and emergencies.

    DSD provides opportunities for businesses, schools and organizations to share how they use drones, as well as kick off new safety initiatives. The 2023 campaign encourages drone pilots and recreational flyers to “Fly RIGHT” by focusing on five safety elements:

    • Register your drone
    • Interact with others
    • Gain knowledge
    • Have a safety plan
    • TRUST and Train

    A full list of events and registration can be found on the FAA website.

  • Full paper submission for ENC 2023 deadline coming up

    Full paper submission for ENC 2023 deadline coming up

    Image: extravagantni/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images
    Image: extravagantni/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

    The annual European Navigation Conference (ENC23), set for May 31-June 2, will be hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) at its ESTEC facilities in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Full papers need to be submitted by May 15.

    This year’s conference will focus on resilient navigation. Organized by The Netherlands Institute for Navigation, the conference will address resilience in a broad sense, including navigation sub-functions, operational routines, standards and policies.

    The ENC23 tech committee has broken down the overarching theme into a range of topics, including integral end-to-end navigation solutions, specifics in position, navigation and timing, routing, data integrity questions and more.

    Registration is open until May 21. For more information, visit the ENC23 website.

  • ESA opens applications for Navigation Training Course

    ESA opens applications for Navigation Training Course

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    Image: European Space Agency (ESA)

    The European Space Agency (ESA) Academy is requesting university students to apply for the pilot edition of the Navigation Training Course. The course will take place June 26-30 at ESA Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium.

    With a specific focus on Galileo, the ESA Academy course aims to provide university students with an introduction to satellite navigation. Designed by ESA experts that developed the Galileo space and ground segment, this training course will offer students fundamental knowledge of Galileo’s architecture, tools, services and functionalities.

    The training course will include lectures and hands-on exercises with a tour of Galileo in-orbit test facilities in ESEC, which provides an essential part of the current Galileo ground segment.

    Upon completion of the training course, students will be evaluated and will receive a certificate of participation and course transcript, allowing them to request ECTS credits from their respective universities.

    For more information and application requirements, visit the ESA website.

  • Septentrio launches agnostic corrections program

    Septentrio launches agnostic corrections program

     

    Image: Septentrio
    Image: Septentrio

    Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, has launched the Agnostic Corrections Partner Program.

    The program facilitates the use of Septentrio receivers with high-accuracy services that provide varying levels of accuracy, coverage and delivery methods. This also allows users to select the service that suits specific applications and business models.

    The Agnostic Correction Partner Program, which includes Polaris from Point One, Skylark from Swift Navigation, and PointPerfect from u-blox, provides documentation for the use of Septentrio receivers with these high-accuracy services.

    Agnostic GNSS corrections refer to correction services that are not specific to a particular GNSS receiver or device. It provides correction data that can be used by any receiver that can process the correction signal. Agnostic corrections are useful in situations where multiple types of GNSS receivers are being used, such as in a large-scale surveying project or in a fleet of vehicles that use different types of navigation systems.

  • Great funding opportunity to support geodesy: March 22 deadline!

    Great funding opportunity to support geodesy: March 22 deadline!

    In July 2020, my First Fix article discussed the Geodesy Crisis in the United States. In January 2022, Mike Bevis, collaborating with others, prepared a white paper titled “The Geodesy Crisis,” documenting the concern about the lack of trained geodesists in the United States. Since then, my November 2022 survey scene column highlighted that without investment in geodesy, the United States will not have the available skills and knowledge to develop new geodetic technologies and improve models to address challenges to society. In December 2022, Matteo Luccio discussed the urgent need for U.S. geodesists with Everett Hinkley, who works for the federal government, serves as a subject-matter expert on several high-level boards, and dubs himself a “concerned citizen geodesist.”

    Well, things are starting to happen. NGS is soliciting grant proposals from eligible organizations to implement activities that modernize and improve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) and advance the science of geodesy in the United States. See the image below.

    I realize that this is very short notice, but all Letters of Intent (LOIs) must be received no later than Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Full proposals do not have to be completed until April 24, 2023. The grant information and related material can be found here.

    This is a great opportunity for institutions of higher education, state, local and Indian tribal governments to partner with industry and private consultants to advance the science of geodesy.

    (Image: NGS Website)
    Image: NGS Website

    NGS Geospatial Grant Opportunity: https://content.govdelivery.com.

  • Geospatial and location intelligence capabilities highlight GCA 2023

    Geospatial and location intelligence capabilities highlight GCA 2023

    Geo Connect Asia (GCA) 2023, Asia’s leading international geospatial industry event, will take place March 15-16 at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore.

    GCA 2023 will be held alongside Digital Construction Asia (DCA) 2023, and co-located with the launch of Drones Asia 2023. The three-in-one event, held fully in person, is expected to bring together more than 2,500 delegates and attendees from around the world.

    With the theme “Advancing sustainable and resilient geospatial solutions for an interconnected world”, a key focus of GCA 2023 will be the use of advancements in geospatial technology and data interoperability to address regional challenges.

    Supported by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), the event will feature more than 70 exhibiting companies and demonstrate the role played by the mix of geospatial, location intelligence, remote sensing and drone-based solutions.

    The two-day in-person conference comprises ten main sessions featuring more than 50 prominent industry speakers, panelists and moderators.

    Shining light on opportunities for enhancing productivity in the construction world, DCA 2023 will focus on showcasing digitalized processes and improved workflows. By enhancing ground-based equipment with aerial capabilities and implementing technology — such as artificial intelligence (AI), building information modeling and internet of things — current challenges in construction can now be targeted via novel and more efficient approaches.
    Drones Asia 2023 will address the commercial UAV industry. The newly launched and co-located show aims to create a focused platform for the complete drone ecosystem.

    Drones Asia 2023 plays a critical role in enabling AI in today’s geospatial marketplace, broadening the conversation as industry experts investigate the application of UAVs in the commercial and industrial world, exploring industrial adoption to improve productivity and efficiency.

    For the full programme and registration, visit the GCA 2023 website.

  • Hoptroff livestreams GNSS vulnerabilities roundtable

    Hoptroff livestreams GNSS vulnerabilities roundtable

    Hoptroff will host its thought leadership industry roundtable, “GNSS, the time is up,” on March 21. The virtual roundtable will explore the impact of escalating GNSS vulnerabilities to business continuity and how organizations can best protect business-critical operations.

    “Businesses and financial institutions need to accept and start planning how they are going to mitigate the risks associated with GNSS,” said Tim Richards, CEO at Hoptroff. “This livestream roundtable will allow business and financial institutional decision-makers to better understand the impact and disruption GNSS vulnerabilities can have on their bottom line, and why they need to act now.”

    The roundtable is an opportunity for those in the financial and business sector to learn more about the status of GPS, the growing potential risks from increased jamming, spoofing and cyberattacks, what disruption looks like, and the new technologies available to provide complementary positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies to help mitigate risk.

    “GNSS vulnerabilities create serious consequences for critical infrastructure,” said Richard Hoptroff, founder and chief time officer at Hoptroff. “To effectively mitigate these threats, complementary PNT solutions need to be deployed.”

    The event will be moderated by Robert Hampshire, deputy assistant secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation.

    Speakers at the roundtable event include:

    • Robert Hampshire – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation
    • Diana Furchtgott-Roth – Heritage Foundation and George Washington University
    • Judah Levine – Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    • Karen Van Dyke – Director for PNT, U.S. Department of Transportation
    • Steve Suarez – Global Head of Innovation, Financial Services
    • Kathryn Condello – Senior Director, National Security/ Emergency Preparedness, Lumen Technologies
    • Richard Hoptroff – Founder and Chief Time Officer, Hoptroff

    Areas of discussion at the roundtable include:

    • The rising GNSS vulnerabilities and the potential consequences of GNSS disruption such as service outages, errors, or inaccuracies.
    • Example use cases where GNSS vulnerabilities can have a significant impact on your business continuity.
    • How to enable new resilient complementary technologies for your disaster recovery plans.
    • How to start utilizing these technologies today in your real-life applications such as precision timing for global financial services.
    • Practical advice for businesses on reducing GNSS risk in financial transactions, fraud detection, compliance and data integrity.

    Those interested in attending the livestream roundtable can sign up on the Hoptroff website.

  • ION hosts webinar on SQM

    ION hosts webinar on SQM

    On March 9, the Institute of Navigation (ION) is hosting a complimentary webinar on “Signal Quality Monitoring Based on Chip Domain Observables: Theory, Design, and Implementation.”

    The webinar is presented by Xiaowei Cui and Mingquan Lu, professors at Tsinghua University, China.

    Signal quality monitoring (SQM) is a technique utilized by satellite- and ground-based augmentation systems (SBAS/GBAS) to detect potential hazardous deformations in signals and better protect integrity for safety-critical users.

    The next generation of SBASs will incorporate dual-frequency multi-constellation (DFMC) techniques, for which SQM is important since signal deformations might be the largest source of uncertainty in ranging error after first-order ionospheric delays are eliminated.

    However, the performance bounds of the traditional multi-correlator-based SQM technique face some challenges because of the raised requirement on detection sensitivity by dual-frequency ionosphere-free measurements and multiple modulation modes of civilian signals from multi-constellation techniques.

    To mitigate the challenges and improve overall performance, SQM based on chip domain observables (CDOs) is emerging but has not yet been systematically studied.

    Presenters will propose a design methodology for CDO-based SQM, consisting of derivations and corresponding massive simulations. Correctness and effectiveness are assessed to confirm the methodology, and a simplification process by checking the sensitivity of CDOs is demonstrated in terms of implementation.

    Space is limited; register at ion.org to secure a spot.