Los Angeles, CA (SPX) May 04, 2026
Lockheed Martin has completed the core mate production phase for GPS IIIF Space Vehicle 11 (SV11), the manufacturing milestone that formally marks a satellite's structural birth. SV11 is the first GPS IIIF spacecraft scheduled to launch and the third in the block to reach that stage, following SV13 and SV14, which completed core mate last year. Core mate joins the primary structural and el

Tokyo (SPX) May 04, 2026
Researchers from Wuhan University and Chongqing University have developed a monocular camera localization system that uses prebuilt colored point cloud maps to sharply reduce navigation drift in environments where Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals are unavailable, achieving absolute trajectory error reductions of 52 to 95 percent over leading existing methods. The work, pub

Boulder CO, US (SPX) Apr 29, 2026
Halter has become the first virtual fencing provider to deliver direct-to-satellite connectivity through its smart cattle collars, eliminating the need for cell towers or on-ranch radio infrastructure and opening the technology to large, remote operations across millions of acres previously beyond the reach of connected cattle management systems. The Boulder, Colorado-based company uses St

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2026
China has achieved mass production of a chip-scale atomic clock the size of a fingernail that loses just one second every 30,000 years, a development with direct applications in low-Earth-orbit satellites, underwater Beidou navigation systems, drone swarms and GPS-denied military environments. The device was developed by Wuhan University's Satellite Navigation and Positioning Technology Re

Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 8, 2026
The global positioning system (GPS) capabilities of cargo ships, oil tankers and other vessels stuck in the Middle East because of the widening war are likely worse than those in your cell phone. Experts say this deficiency explains why since the start of US-Israeli strikes, the jamming of satellite navigation signals has left about 1,000 ships in the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman unable to dete

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2026
Vantor has signed an agreement with Google to integrate Google Earth AI imagery models into the Vantor Tensorglobe spatial intelligence platform, expanding geospatial analysis options for government and commercial users operating in sensitive and classified environments. The company positions itself as the first spatial intelligence provider to deliver Earth AI model powered analysis in air gapp

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2026
The Australasian Space Innovation Institute has launched a 15 million dollar National Digital Twin for Australian Agriculture to create a coordinated decision making and innovation capability across agriculture, forestry and fisheries at national scale. The flagship project will develop a sovereign, AI enabled geospatial digital twin that fuses satellite Earth observation, Internet of Thin

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 10, 2026
China has introduced a new satellite short messaging service that uses the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to maintain communication when ground-based mobile networks are unavailable. The service is aimed at providing a reliable link during emergencies and in remote areas where cellular coverage cannot be guaranteed. China Space-Time Information Co., Ltd., the national operator of BeiDo

London, UK (SPX) Feb 08, 2026
Britain has contracted GMV to build a Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer system designed to deliver assured Position, Navigation and Time services for national infrastructure, defense operations, and the wider economy. The system will reduce dependence on Global Navigation Satellite Systems, which remain vulnerable to interference and disruption. GMV won the competitive tender t

Columbia, MO (SPX) Feb 04, 2026
For generations, farmers have spent backbreaking hours tearing down and rebuilding fences just to move livestock to fresh grazing fields. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking project at the University of Missouri's Center for Regenerative Agriculture, that chore is becoming a thing of the past. With a $900,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, five Missouri producers are bet

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026
Lockheed Martin's ninth Global Positioning System III satellite has reached orbit, adding new resilience and security to the GPS constellation that underpins both military operations and critical civilian services worldwide. Launched late Tuesday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the GPS III space vehicle 09 (SV09) lifted off at 11:53 p.m. ET on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and quickly

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2026
SES and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme have extended the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service GEO 1 satellite service agreement through 2030, with an option to prolong it further to 2032. The renewed contract is intended to maintain high precision navigation services for aviation and other critical users across Europe by keeping the EGNOS space segment in service

London, UK (SPX) Jan 21, 2026
A new study has resolved how wild bats navigate complex environments in complete darkness by showing they regulate their flight using a form of acoustic flow, offering fresh insight into biosonar and potential applications for autonomous navigation systems. The research, led by the University of Bristol, appears in Proceedings of the Royal Society B and addresses how bats manage thousands of ove

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
China's geospatial information sector, a key component of digital mapping and positioning, is approaching a scale of 1 trillion yuan, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The industry is expected to have exceeded 900 billion yuan in output for 2025, representing growth of more than 30 percent compared with 2020, and it employs more than 4 million people. At the core of the

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 05, 2026
China's geospatial information industry is approaching a total value of 1 trillion yuan (about $143 billion), according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The ministry reported that by the end of 2025 the sector is expected to generate more than 900 billion yuan in output, an increase of over 30 percent compared with 2020, and now employs more than 4 million people. A core element of th