At the 20th AERO Friedrichshafen, representatives of the European GNSS Agency (GSA), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) highlighted the importance of EGNOS for general aviation and discussed its challenges.
At the AERO Friedrichshafen, a global show for general aviation in Germany, we had the opportunity to meet and converse with Michiel Klinkspoor, a European (EASA) and United States (FAA) Flight Instructor from The Netherlands who uses EGNOS.
On 15th May the European GNSS Agency (GSA) launched a public consultation on the Galileo Commercial Service (CS). Businesses and service providers throughout the European Union are invited to share their views, ideas, and potential requirements, to help build this high-performing service targeted at commercial applications.
The project CLOSE-SEARCH, led by the Institute of Geomatics (Spain), will soon come to an end. The project supports the development of an unmanned vehicle prototype to detect people lost in difficult to access areas by means of body heat detection
Now in its ninth year, the European Satellite Navigation Competition is once again on the hunt for world-beating ideas for satellite navigation applications.
Delegates to the third Marrakesh Air Show in April were able to learn about progress in enabling African and Arabic countries to enjoy the benefits of EGNOS and Galileo
High-level representatives discussed the state of play in global satellite navigation technologies, including GPS, Glonass, EGNOS and Galileo, and China's Compass.
Since 2004, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) has been identifying and rewarding the best ideas in satellite navigation applications. And ESNC 2012, with some new sponsors and increased European Commission support, will be no exception.
