Tracy Cozzens

1 week ago | gpsworld.com | Tracy Cozzens

The Ruta OWA drone — actively used by Ukrainian forces for strikes at ranges up to 300 km — is being improved with a new visual navigation system, tested in combat conditions. The Ruta, manufactured by Destinus, is essentially a miniature cruise missile. It is often referred to as a “missile drone.” It will receive a new navigation system enabling high-precision strikes in GPS-denied contested environments, especially those from enemy electronic warfare (EW) countermeasures.

1 week ago | gpsworld.com | Tracy Cozzens

Hi-Target, a Chinese high-precision positioning enterprise and manufacturer of high-end GNSS equipment, and GMV, a global technology group specializing in advanced navigation solutions, have established a strategic alliance to jointly develop integrated differential service solutions. Through this partnership, Hi-Target and GMV support a wide range of automation-driven positioning applications — ADAS, robotics, UAVs, precision agriculture, smart infrastructure and intelligent mobility systems.

2 weeks ago | gpsworld.com | Tracy Cozzens

Advanced Navigation has successfully demonstrated a hybrid solution — AdNav OS Fusion — for long endurance GNSS-denied navigation, a software-fused inertial-centered architecture that can be updated or modified for harsh environments and mission requirements, including on the moon. This advancement is achieved by integrating a strategic-grade fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) inertial navigation system (INS) with a new class of navigation aid: a laser velocity sensor (LVS).

2 weeks ago | gpsworld.com | Tracy Cozzens

UK-based Chronos Technology Ltd, an international leader in resilient synchronization and timing solutions, has acquired Norwegian company UpLink A/S. UpLink is a leading supplier of time and timing systems and test equipment for the Norwegian market. Established in 1990 by owner and Managing Director Joachim Nielsen, UpLink supplies solutions to the telecoms, IT, transport, frequency and timing, power grid, offshore and defence markets.

2 weeks ago | gpsworld.com | Tracy Cozzens

China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system has achieved major breakthroughs and in-depth applications across a wide of range of sectors, according to a white paper issued May 19 and reported by South China Morning Post. The report was released by the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Location Based Services (LBS) Association of China, a semi-official industry body. It reported that BeiDou cemented its leading position in the Chinese market in 2024.