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FAA Selects Six Sites for UAV Research
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he Federal Aviation Administration announced it has chosen six uunmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research and test site operators across the country. According to the announcement, in selecting the six test site operators, the FAA considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, safety, aviation experience and risk. “It’s vital that the FAA move forward quickly and give commercial operators a path to integrate UAS technology into their operations in the U.S.,” said GPS World Survey Editor Eric Gakstatter. “There’s a tremendous number of applications UASs in a variety of different vertical markets.”The six test site operators will research future UAS use and each has additional focus areas: University of Alaska. The proposal contained a diverse set of test site range locations in seven climatic zones and geographic diversity with sites in Hawaii and Oregon. State of Nevada. Research will include how air traffic control procedures will evolve with the introduction of UAS into the civil environment and integration with NextGen. New York’s Griffiss International Airport. The airport will focus on sense and avoid capabilities for UAS, and the complexities of integrating UAS into the congested Northeast airspace. North Dakota Department of Commerce. North Dakota will conduct human factors research. It includes a variety of different airspace that will benefit multiple users. Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. A&M plans to develop system safety requirements for UAS vehicles and operations for protocols and procedures for airworthiness testing. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Virginia Tech plans to conduct UAS failure mode testing and identify
and evaluate operational and technical risks areas. Proposal includes test sites in both Virginia and New Jersey. The FAA goals are: system safety and data gathering, aircraft certification, command and control link issues, control station layout and certification, ground and airborne sense and avoid, and environmental impacts. Each test site operator will manage the test site in a way that will give access to parties interested in using the site. The FAA’s role is to ensure each operator sets up a safe testing environment and to provide oversight that guarantees each site operates under strict safety standards. Test site operators must comply with federal, state, and other laws protecting an individual’s right to privacy, and conduct an annual review of privacy practices. Under the current law, test site operations will continue until at least February 13, 2017.
Receiver Survey Addendum
The following company was inadvertently omitted from the January Receiver Survey. GPS World regrets the error. Manufacturer
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CHC www.chcnav.com
X91+ GNSS Receiver
220
44
GLMNVPR1
18(φ)*8cm
1.35Kg
N71 GNSS Receiver
220
44
GLMNVPR1
19.5*14.5*5.1cm
X900+ GNSS Receiver
120
GPS L1C/A,L1C,L2C, L2E,L5;GLONASS L1C/ A,L1P,L2C/A,L2P,L3;SBAS;Galileo E1 E5A,E5B;Beidou B1, B3 GPS L1C/A,L1C,L2C, L2E,L5;GLONASS L1C/ A,L1P,L2C/A,L2P,L3;SBAS;Galileo E1 E5A,E5B;Beidou B1, B3 GPS L1,L2,L2C;GLONASS L1,L2; SBAS;Gallileo E1,E5A,E5B;BeiDou B1,B2
19*20*8.4cm
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Flexible GLMNVPR1 Configuration:120 L1, 60 L1/L2
Position: autonomous (code) / real-time differential (code) / , real-time kinematic/postprocessed2 1-5m/0.25m+1ppm/ 8mm+1ppm/ 3mm+0.5ppm
Time (nanosec)
Position fix update rate (sec)
100
Up to 5 Hz RTK
1.35Kg
1-5m/0.25m+1ppm/ 8mm+1ppm/ 3mm+0.5ppm
100
Up to 50 Hz output standard
1.4Kg
1-5m/0.25m+1ppm/ 10mm+1ppm/ 5mm+1ppm
20
Up to 5 Hz RTK
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NovAtel Supplies Reference Receivers for IRNSS Ground Segment NovAtel has signed an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to supply reference receiver products for use in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) ground segment. India-based Elcome Technologies Pvt. Limited, a sister company to NovAtel in the Hexagon Group of Companies, will provide
local integration, training and technical support services for the NovAtel receivers. The receivers are based on NovAtel’s G-III reference receiver platform, the same platform used for the Third Generation WAAS Reference Receiver (WAAS G-III), which will monitor the ▲▲ The NovAtel G-III reference GPS signals for the FAA’s modernized Wide Area Augmentation System network. receiver.
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Hemisphere GNSS Names Chuck Joseph President and CEO Hemisphere GNSS, Inc. has named Chuck Joseph president and chief executive officer, replacing Phil Gabriel. Joseph has also been appointed to the Hemisphere GNSS board of directors. Joseph has more than 30 years of executive leadership across multiple industries, serving in corporate officer and board of director capacities. He has extensive experience in GNSS OEM and direct sales market segments including survey and mapping, GIS, machine control, marine, avionics, personal (mobile) navigation, and tracking systems. Before joining Hemisphere GNSS, Joseph served as president and chief operating officer of nusola, Inc., an
energy technology company he cofounded and where he continues to serve as executive chairman of the board. Joseph has been senior vice president and general manager of Immersion Corporation, a tactile CHUCK JOSEPH feedback technology company focused on GPS-centric mobile and industrial applications, corporate vice president of marketing and sales for Magellan Corporation, and executive vice president and general manager of Trimble Navigation.
» ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING
SkyTraq Seeks Crowdfunding for GPS/BeiDou Development Board
SkyTraq Technology is undertaking a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to explore if there is sufficient interest in applying GPS/GNSS processor technology beyond traditional ways by offering NavSpark, a small, powerful, thumb-sized, 32-bit, microcontroller development board with GPS/GNSS receiver as an onboard peripheral. With a
price approaching an 8-bit microcontroller development board, the GPS/GNSS receiver is effectively provided to investors free of charge. The NavSpark-BD model has a GPS/BeiDou receiver onboard The developers are seeking $27,000 in funding by February 6. See http://bit.ly/1dBpits.
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