GPS World

09/19/2025

Testing GNSS receivers against jamming and spoofing is critical to ensuring reliable precision, navigation and timing (PNT) as signal threats are on the rise.

Read about the importance of controlled, repeatable GNSS threat simulations and the hardware and methodologies available for verifying receiver integrity under real-world threat conditions.

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GNSS jamming and spoofing pose a significant threat to global security, as satellite-based navigation and timing systems are utilized in various application fields.

09/18/2025

NASA’s GUARDIAN system recently detected a tsunami generated by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula—flagging atmospheric signals just 30-40 minutes before Pacific landfall.

GUARDIAN uses GNSS data to detect tsunami-driven waves in the ionosphere, providing valuable early warnings for coastal communities and emergency response teams.

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had deployed a critical component just the day before.

09/17/2025

Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), part of the Australian government’s Department of Defence, has selected Adtran's Oscilloquartz high-performance optically pumped cesium clock to support research at its Adelaide facility.

Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), part of the Australian government’s Department of Defence, has selected Adtran's Oscilloquartz

09/17/2025

Transport Canada has issued a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) to Volatus Aerospace Inc., authorizing the company to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations using MatrixSpace’s radar technology integrated with Kongsberg Geospatial’s IRIS Terminal platform.

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Transport Canada has issued a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) to Volatus Aerospace Inc., authorizing the company to conduct BVLOS drone operations.

09/15/2025

GPS World contributor Tony Murfin shares how recent eVTOL innovations, FAA-certified autonomous flight systems and advanced UAV testbeds are reshaping urban air mobility and cargo automation.

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Recent eVTOL innovations, FAA-certified autonomous flight systems and UAV testbeds are reshaping urban air mobility and cargo automation.

09/14/2025

Ghana Lands Commission, through its Survey and Mapping Division (SMD), in collaboration with the Licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana and GMX Systems Ghana Limited, has launched a nationwide observation exercise for Ghana’s GNSS Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) Network.

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Ghana Lands Commission, through its Survey and Mapping Division (SMD), in collaboration with the Licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana (LiSAG) and GMX

09/13/2025

A new satellite orbit method could revolutionize GNSS constellations.

Researchers at Wuhan University just cracked a major challenge in autonomous satellite navigation. Their rotation-corrected POD method achieves centimeter-level precision without relying on expensive ground station networks.

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Modern satellite constellations such as OneWeb, Starlink and CENTISPACE promise global communications and navigation capabilities using low-Earth orbit (LEO)

09/12/2025

In July, the California Spatial Reference Center (CSRC) modernized the California Spatial Reference Network (CSRN). While this directly impacts California's geospatial users, the update serves as an important preview of the nationwide modernization coming in 2026.

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The California Spatial Reference Center (CSRC) modernized the California Spatial Reference Network (CSRN).

09/12/2025

Viasat Inc. has received $252 million AUD from Geoscience Australia and Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to deliver additional satellite services for the region’s Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN).

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Viasat Inc. has received $252 million AUD from Geoscience Australia and Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).

09/11/2025

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has collaborated with Septentrio, a division of Hexagon, to enhance navigation resilience for unmanned aircraft systems.

The partnership focuses on ensuring compatibility between UAV Navigation’s guidance, navigation and control systems and Septentrio’s GNSS receivers.

Photo: UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has collaborated with Septentrio, a division of Hexagon, to enhance navigation resilience for unmanned aircraft systems.

09/10/2025

SPH Engineering has released a multibeam echosounder system for UAVs that uses the Cerulean Surveyor 240-16, a compact bathymetric sensor designed for shallow-water mapping.

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Photo: SPH Engineering

SPH Engineering has released a multibeam echosounder system for UAVs.

09/10/2025

Read about U.S. Space & Defense's first autonomous helicopter test flight using Shield AI's Hivemind autonomy package in Grand Prairie, Texas.

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Photo: Shield AI