UK Revokes Key GNSS Signal Patent That Sparked Dispute over Cooperation, Interoperability
[SIGNALS Exclusive] Legal filings suggest the U.S and the United Kingdom may be well on their way to working through a heated dispute over patents that, if left unresolved, could scuttle efforts to make GPS and Galileo interoperable. (more)
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European Space Solutions: A Different Kind of Galileo Public-Private Initiative
A combined conference and trade fair, European Space Solutions - scheduled for December 3-5 in Central Hall, Westminster Storey's Gate, London, England - will bring businesses and the public sectors together with users and developers to explore how space technologies and applications, including satellite navigation, can make a difference in the lives and livelihoods of people across Europe. (more)
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U.S. Naval Office Looks for Methods to Strengthen, Alternatives to GPS
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (ONRBAA13-002) seeking proposals from industry and academia for methods to mitigate the denial of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services to U.S. naval forces. (more)
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16th Beidou Satellite Launches
A Long March III rocket has carried the 16th Chinese Compass/Beidou2 navigation satellite - another GEO - into orbit from the Xichang Launch Center. (more)
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Indoor Navigation Smartphone App wins 2012 Galileo Masters Prize
Finding your way will be even easier with a new smartphone app from two Portuguese research institutes that augments GNSS with ultra-low magnetic field communication (ULF-MC) for reliable navigation in office buildings, airports, underground parking garages and other indoor locations. (more)
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