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 Washington (AFP) May 20, 2009 
You can put those maps away. The US Air Force has shot down fears that the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) is going to crash. A possible disruption in GPS service, relied upon by the US military as well as millions of drivers around the world as a navigation device, was raised in a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO, the investigative arm ... read more
Newtown, PA (SPX) May 25, 2009The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase, a major program milestone that allows the team to begin the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage. Lockheed Martin, Newtown, PA., along with teammates ITT, Clifton, NJ., and General Dynamics ... more
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Fort Collins CO (SPX) May 22, 2009While much of the competition in the cutting edge world of GPS tracking is struggling to survive during the current recession, Rocky Mountain Tracking is exceeding all expectations by posting record increases in business for 2009. Up a staggering 24% from its previous revenue statement, all figures show that Rocky Mountain Tracking is continuing to grow at a substantial rate. "Our ab ... more 
Paris, France (SPX) May 22, 2009NAVTEQ has launched NAVTEQ LocationPoint, a location-based advertising service, in Europe. NAVTEQ LocationPoint offers location aware applications and devices a turnkey approach for delivering high value content services, while enabling advertisers to reach and engage consumers where and when they are making shopping and purchasing decisions. NAVTEQ LocationPoint leverages NAVTEQ data incl ... more 
Livermore CA (SPX) May 22, 2009Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has been selected by the Beijing Meteorological Bureau (BJMB) to supply continuously operating reference stations (CORS). The stations will be used in the Beijing ground-based GPS-PWV (Precipitable Water Vapor) detection system project. Topcon will supply 14 sets of Net-G3 CORS receivers and CR-G3 GNSS choke ring antennas. Eduardo Falcon, senior vice ... more 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 22, 2009Motorola has announced that NTT DOCOMO will deploy Motorola Mobile Advanced Location System (MALS) to power DOCOMO's new location based services (LBS). Motorola MALS will enable DOCOMO to deliver new personalized user experiences to customers and enhance the operator's competitive edge in the international roaming market. Motorola MALS is an innovative, standards-compliant, end-to-end loca ... more |
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San Diego CA (SPX) May 19, 2009Cubic Defense Applications has reported more than $5 million in new orders from the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy for Cubic's AN/ARS-6 V12 Personnel Locator System (PLS), a compact and powerful receiver-transmitter used to locate downed pilots during combat search and rescue operations. All branches of U.S. armed services use Cubic personnel locator systems, as well as NATO combat search and res ... more 
Denver CO (SPX) May 19, 2009Intermap Technologies has announced that it has completed production of the first dataset of highly accurate 3D road vectors for Germany. Covering all classes of roads, the dataset features more than one million line kilometers of highly accurate road centerline position and elevation data for the entire country. Derived from the Company's recently completed database of uniformly accurate ... more 
Anaheim CA (SPX) May 19, 2009Location Based Technologies has announced it completed and passed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) laboratory tests for both its PocketFinder and PetFinder devices. "FCC test completion is a major achievement not only for the company but towards delivery of product in the United States." said Dave Morse, CEO of Location Based Technologies. "We will start shipping working units ... more  
Hong Kong (UPI) May 15, 2009 At the most recent Zhuhai Air Show, China put on open display its FT-5 Global Positioning System-guided bomb. The FT-1 and FT-3 500/250-kilogram-class, or 1,100/550-pound-class, GPS-guided bombs were on display at the previous show in 2006. China also showed off its 500-kilogram-class FT-2 with gliding fins added. The FT-2 has an effective range of 15 to 90 kilometers, a circular error probabi ... more |
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