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31 December 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Prof Terry Moore recognised in New Year Honours List »
Prof Terry Moore, Immediate Past President of the RIN and Emeritus Professor of the University of Nottingham, received an...
24 November 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
Leap Seconds To Be Phased Out By 2035 »
Governments from around the world agreed to put an end to leap seconds at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (...
24 May 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
London hospital employs internal navigation »
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital has installed an internal navigation system for patients and visitors. The hospital...
17 March 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
FocalPoint receives £6 million to improve GNSS accuracy »
The Cambridge-based company has received funding from venture capital company Draper Esprit to accelerate introduction of...
18 July 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
Navigation belts for the military »
The Dutch Army has received mission navigation belts to give soldiers navigation guidance whilst freeing up their hands, e...
19 February 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
UK Met Office to get new supercomputer »
The £1 billion new supercomputer is set to transform weather forecasting. The Office's current Cray XC40 supercom...
19 January 2020   (0 Comments - view/add)
13-year-olds who cannot tell the time . . »
A Scottish school has had to teach some teenagers how to read an analogue clock. The Sunday Telegraph reports th...
29 June 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Car autopilot successfully spoofed »
A Tesla model 3 on autopilot has been successfully spoofed in several GNSS attack scenarios. The ‘navigate on au...
07 June 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
UK entrepreneurs invited to help shape future of Space in international competition »
Press Release from The University of Nottingham: The call is out for aspiring entrepreneurs across the UK to en...
05 April 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Geospatial Systems Centre for Doctoral Training »
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Geospatial Systems invites high-quality applications for up to 9 fully fun...
05 March 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
New Galileo SAR beacons launched »
The EU Helios project has announced the availability of the first Galileo-enabled personal location beacons (PLB)....
08 February 2019   (0 Comments - view/add)
Bluetooth enhances navigation »
The short-range nav/comms facility has introduced an new facility to greatly improve location services. Current B...
15 December 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
UK’s first digital air traffic control centre (DATCC) »
Cranfield Airport has become the first UK airport to employ a DATCC for ‘Local’ control. The service was opened by the Avi...
11 December 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
There is still time to complete the GLAs’ Differential GPS user survey »
Survey responses can be provided until 31 December 2018. The survey can be completed online or may be po...
03 December 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
Funding Competition for Geospatial Sector »
Learning how crowd-sourcing data could change the geospatial sector The Geospatial Commission will invest up...
29 November 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
AR & AI for new vehicle satnavs »
A new line of vehicle satnavs, employing both augmented reality (AR) & artificial intelligence (AI) is to be launched...
10 November 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
UK’s first quantum accelerometer demonstrated »
The quantum accelerometer for navigation has been demonstrated by a team from Imperial College London and M Squared....
07 November 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
Just published: First report series on User Needs and Requirements on Position, Navigation and Time »
The reports provide an in-depth analysis of user needs and requirements in various market segments. A first series o...
02 November 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
Tourism AR Challenge 2018-19 »
Tourism Northern Ireland is offering up to £200,000 for technology/tourism partnerships to develop industry exemplars....
20 October 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
Capacitive Accelerometers Launched »
Capacitive sensors are replacing pendulous crystals in MEMS accelerometers. Hitherto, modern small inertial...
26 September 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
Spirent announce partnership with Fraunhofer and LZE »
Spirent, a RIN Corporate member, announces its approach to ensure continuity of test and evaluation facilities for the Gal...
21 September 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
New eLoran signal standards »
SAE International has issued a new ‘Transmitted Enhanced Loran Signal Standard’. Their PNT Committee has issued 3...
18 June 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
The 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference held on Gran Canaria, Spain »
The 2nd URSI Atlantic Radio Science Conference held on Gran Canaria, Spain The International Union of Radio Science (Un...
13 June 2018   (1 Comment - view/add)
Dual-frequency GNSS smartphone hits the market »
Dual-frequency GNSS smartphone hits the market Mobile brand Xiaomi has launched a dual-frequency GNSS smartphone....