Articles Tagged with ''GPS''

Tracking rail carts with GPS and cellular could bring value to the rail sector; however, penetration rates on rail carts are currently very low (globally less than 50,000 in 2014), and growth is not forecasted to be very strong over the next 5 years, or even the next 10, according to ABI Research. Therefore, for the time being at least, it looks like RFID will dominate this sector.

OriginGPS announced the launch of the Nano Spider, the world’s smallest fully integrated GPS receiver. The Nano Spider module is designed to support ultra-compact applications where size is at a premium, such as smart watches, wearable devices, trackers and digital cameras.

 Richardson RFPD, Inc. announced the availability and full design support capabilities for two new GPS helix antennas from Maxtena, Inc.

The Aaronia GPS Logger offers a very high update rate of up to 35 complex sensor data sets per second. This enables a “real-time” recording/viewing of the alignment, altitude and acceleration of the Logger in all axes (X, Y, and Z).

 General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a $25.4 million full-production contract from Lockheed Martinto support the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) III Network Communications Element (NCE) for space vehicles seven and eight (SV 07-08). 

 Health, commercial/enterprise, wearables, and iBeacons will help to revive the GPS tracking device market, with ABI Research forecasting the market to reach over $3.5 billion in 2019. 

BAE Systems Australia and industry partners have designed, manufactured and tested hardware and software for a space-qualified GPS receiver, as part of Project Biarri.

IFEN, working in partnership with WORK Microwave, announced an enhanced version of its NavX®-NCS Professional, a multi-frequency simulator, which is optimized for research and development of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) safety and professional applications.