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DeLorme Mapping and AAA recently created the AAA Map’n’Go software that has a data base of more than 57,000 accommodations, restaurants, campgrounds and points of interest. With the Internet, users […]

Lowrance Electronics Inc. [LEIX] recently expanded its Mexican manufacturing facility in Ensenada, which employees 150 people. Because of demand for GPS units, Lowrance said it will expand its operation to […]

Reston, Va.-based Mogee Research & Analysis Associates’ (MRAA) new report, "Competitive Technology Report on Global Positioning System Technology," analyzes GPS international patents. The report identifies companies patenting GPS technology and […]

Litton Industries Inc. [LIT] won a $4 million contract to be the navigation component supplier for the German Tornado attack aircraft. The contract, which could have options worth $50 million, […]

Trimble Navigation [TRMB] recently won a contract from the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department in Florida to equipment 70 fire and rescue vehicles with its GPS/AVL Subsystem. In addition, […]

Honeywell Inc. [HON] and Pelorus recently showed off its DPGS Satellite Landing System 2000, or SLS-2000, at the Northwest American Association of Airport Executives meeting in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The […]

The Panasonic KX-G7001 subscriber communicator has GPS circuitry and antenna that is designed for the Orbcomm low-Earth orbit satellite system. The units, marketed in the U.S. by Panasonic Industrial Co., […]

Interstate Electronics Corp. (IEC) recently named C. Stephen Jungers as vice president of business development. Jungers, who will market the company’s defense and commercial GPS products, previously was Lockheed Sanders’ […]

San Dimas, Calif.-based Magellan Systems Corp. named Dean Connor of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Connor Marketing its consultant to market its GPS 2000. Connor Marketing, which specializes in outdoor products, will […]

Integrated Strategies, in conjunction with Russian Business News, NASA, the Russian Space Agency and other organizations will sponsor a conference, "Russian Aviation and Aerospace Partnerships With the West: The Emerging […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo.–Contrary to press reports, a lawsuit and rumors, the Federal Aviation Administration expects to meet its phase I deadline for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) by late […]

The Washington State Department of Transportation and ITS America are sponsoring the National Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference in Spokane, Wash. For details, call 206/543-3332 or e-mail blegg@u.washington.edu.

Teledesic Corp., the prospective broadband LEO operator, named Jeffrey Finan manager of its launch operations. Finan most recently handled the procurement of launch vehicles for Iridium Inc.; he previously led […]

Qualcomm Inc. signed a value-added reseller agreement with Ragsdell Group Inc. to incorporate Ragsdell’s geographical database with its OmniTracs fleet management system. Ragsdell’s database, dubbed GeoMaster, enhances OmniTracs’ vehicle location […]

The Gorca Group announced it acquired a majority stake in The Fountain Group, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting and engineering services company. The company (renamed Fountain Integrated Systems Inc.), will serve […]

TRW Inc. followed up months of threats regarding infringement of its Odyssey system design patents by filing a lawsuit against ICO Global Communications Ltd. in federal court in California last […]

American Mobile Satellite Corp. said it lost $29.9 million for the first quarter, compared with a first quarter 1995 loss of $6.3 million. Service revenue growth for the first quarter […]

The first of five Inmarsat 3 satellites entered commercial service on schedule Saturday, May 11. The satellite–eight times more powerful than its predecessor–will serve the Indian Ocean Region from the […]

ICO Global Communications Ltd. appointed the WPP Group, the London-based international marketing communications conglomerate, to head up its worldwide public relations effort. WPP Group and its subsidiaries also will assist […]

For the 15th consecutive year, SATELLITE NEWS, Via Satellite magazine and the 1995 World Satellite Directory announce “Satellite ’96: Emerging Global Markets,” Feb. 7-9, 1996, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal […]

Rockwell Gets $11.8 Million Contract Rockwell International’s Collins Avionics and Communications Division won an $11.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Naval Systems Command for 701 control display navigation units. […]

Technologies, including GPS, will be the cornerstones of a new intelligent transportation system (ITS) initiative that recently was unveiled by Transportation Secretary Federico Pena at the Transportation Research Board meeting […]

Tech-Syn said it would post lower than expected earnings because of technical problems that delayed shipments, the company said. The announcement dropped the company’s stock $3.25 to $28.62. Tech-Sym makes […]

Rand Corp.’s Critical Technologies Institute will be releasing its “The Global Positioning System: Assessing National Policies” report on Jan. 31. Topics will include discussion on how GPS should be governed, […]