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Henniker, N.H.-based MPN Components Inc.’s new GPS Pro Map features software from Blue Marble Geographics. The unit is compatible with most GPS handheld receivers for office or field mapping applications,...

The Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association’s (CEMA) 1997 International Winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will feature an ITS pavilion. The Winter CES show will be Jan. 9-12 at the Sands Expo...

Alexandria, Va.-based Institute of Navigation’s (ION) National Technical Meeting will be Jan. 14-16 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. Topics include the Wide Area Augmentation...

Chicago-based Global Technology Communications Inc.’s "Navigating Your Way to Profits Through GPS-Wireless Integration" will be March 19-20 in Chicago. Topics include new markets and applica tions, service providers, who will...

Smiths Industries Aerospace recorded a 12 percent increase in profits for the fiscal year that ended in August. The company recorded profits of $70.2 million on sales of $584.5 million...

Rockwell International‘s [ROK] new Collins Flight2 Systems product line provides autonomous traffic capability, weather and terrain awareness, seamless navigation and guidance from take off to landing for fixed- and rotary-wing...

Geotek Communications [GOTK] signed a deal with Hughes Network Systems Inc. [GMH] for $100 million in vendor credit financing. Geotek also announced that it has launched the first Windows-based fleet...

General Motors OnStar [GM] recently won the Cellular Telephone Industry Association’s (CTIA) New Vision APPY Award for its GPS/cellular system. The CTIA APPY awards are presented to the "most innovative...

Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] recently was awarded a seven-year, $27 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin Federal Systems [LMT] to support the U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). CSC also...

Honeywell Inc. [HON] recently won a $7.2 million NASA contract for a Space Integrated GPS/Inertial Navigation System that can be used in the Space Shuttle, International Space Station and its...