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50+ LEADERS TO WATCH Dave Biggs CEO | Axonn, LLC Gregory J. Boegner, Jr. Electrical Systems Engineer | GNC Component Hardware and Systems Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ª Providing wireless data communications since 1985, Axonn has for ª We are researching and developing the Navigator GPS the last four years fielded products receiver for spacecraft, expanding the GPS sensing capability from LEO through GEO to trans-lunar orbits. This that acquire and transmit GPS data includes developing and implementing custom signal-proover satellite networks for the purcessing algorithms for weak-signal acquisition and tracking pose of tracking assets. One of our and onboard orbit-determination filters, design and fabricacurrent focuses is integration of GPS tion of radiation-hardened electronics for space-flight environments, and receiver dereceiver chip sets and transmitters that communicate data over satellite sign to take advantage of the modernized GPS constellation to include the new L2 and º networks, and reducing the cost and L5 signals as well as the planned European Galileo GNSS. size of tracker products. One of our most recent develop| Director of Engineering | ments has reduced Trimble' s Engineering and Construction Segment the combined cost of GPS and satellite ª Adoption of new GNSS signals is fundamental to Trimble' s transmission functechnology strategy. Plans to utilize new elements of GNSS tionality to below include modernized GPS and GLONASS, and future Galileo what it previand Compass signals. By combining GNSS and augmentaously cost to tions Ð WAAS, EGNOS, QZSS, and GAGAN Ð it will produce just be possible to work in more locations and obtain more a satellite robust positioning in difficult environments. Also, the transmitter integration of lasers, optics, and radio-location technolby itself. º ogies with GNSS provides additional user benefits.º Chuck Maniscalco Janet Brown Neumann GPS Specialist | NovAtel Inc. Rein van Gooswilligen Council Chairman | European Group of Institutes of Navigation ª EUGIN will continue to aim to foster human activities in the area of navigation in combination with a contribution to the development of the science and practice of navigation and related information techniques. It will actively support the implementation of the next phase of the European GNSS programmes. Awareness and remedial measures for the potential for interference of GNSS signals also remains an area of activity. Development of the European Radio Navigation Plan (ERNP) will be strongly and actively supported. Finally eSafety, aimed to accelerate the development, deployment, and use of Intelligent Integrated Safety Systems, will continue to be actively supported. º www.gpsworld.com As technical lead for NovAtel' s real time kinematic (RTK) development group, Neumann' s expertise in GPS algorithms and software development have played a vital role in NovAtel' s success. After 25 years in the industry, she believes the future challenge for GNSS software developers will be ensuring that carrier-phase positioning works in an ever-increasing range of environments for a broad range of customers, including those with no GNSS expertise. Her team continues to seek ways to optimize carrier-phase positioning products by taking advantage of the expanding number of frequencies, constellations, and error corrections available. May 2008 | GPS World 45 http://www.gpsworld.com

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