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JCB introduces new 3.5 tonne Compact Excavator
JCB introduces new 3.5 tonne Compact Excavator JCB is launching a 3.5-tonne zero tailswing compact excavator and a new 3.6-tonne conventional model, expanding its ‘Next Generation’ line-up to meet customer demand. Features include: An engine designed for global markets with new hydraulic system Larg...
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JCB updates Loadall Telehandlers for the European construction market
JCB updates Loadall Telehandlers for the European construction market JCB’s construction range of Loadall telescopic handlers for European markets are now available with Stage V compliant engines. From the 531-70 through to the 540-200, the full line of machines can be powered by the JCB 448 DieselM...
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JCB crawler excavators 140X, 150X and 220X updated with JCB DieselMax 448 engines
JCB crawler excavators 140X, 150X and 220X updated with JCB DieselMax 448 engines JCB has introduced Stage V compliant versions of its popular 140X, 150X and 220X crawler excavators. All three machines will use the JCB DieselMax 448 engine. For the 140X and 150X this will result in substantial rise...
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JCB updates 55KW 3CX Backhoe Loaders with EU Stage V compliant engines
JCB updates 55KW 3CX Backhoe Loaders with EU Stage V compliant engines JCB, the world’s number one backhoe loader manufacturer, has launched a new 55kW 3CX ECO backhoe loader with EU Stage V compliant engine. The machine delivers improved operator comfort and ease of use, increased productivity and...
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SocietyWorks partners with Yotta to help UK residents fix issues with FixMyStreet Pro
SocietyWorks partners with Yotta to help UK residents fix issues with FixMyStreet Pro Yotta, the leading global connected asset management and services provider, today announced a partnership with local authority services provider, SocietyWorks to provide a revolutionary end-to-end solution that wil...
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Minnesota DoT leverages Iteris ClearMobility Cloud for improved mobility
Minnesota DoT leverages Iteris ClearMobility Cloud for improved mobility Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has launched the first state-wide deployment of Iteris’ newly expanded ClearGu...
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North Wales Plant Rental start-up kicks-off with 20 new Bobcats
North Wales Plant Rental start-up kicks-off with 20 new Bobcats EMY Plant Hire, a new start-up rental business based in Wrexham in North Wales in the UK, has purchased over 20 new machines of all types from the full-liner range offered by Bobcat. The new Bobcat mini-excavators, compact loaders, tele...
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VÖGELE SUPER Paver powers through the longest rail tunnels in Germany
VÖGELE SUPER Paver powers through the longest rail tunnels in Germany The contractor appointed by construction service provider Implenia Construction GmbH met the challenges of five water-bound base layers, stringent evenness requirements and logistical challenges to pave 8 km-long bores in the Albv...
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DCV Engineering expands with a new Doosan Excavator fleet
DCV Engineering expands with a new Doosan Excavator fleet With headquarters in Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, plant hire business DCV Engineering Ltd, has expanded the company’s rental fleet with the purchase of four new DX140LCR-5 15.5 tonne and two DX225LC-5 22.1 tonne crawler excavators from...
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Dobbs Truck Group expands Peterbilt dealership in Sumner, Washington
Dobbs Truck Group expands Peterbilt dealership in Sumner, Washington On Wednesday, March 31, the Dobbs Truck Group officially broke ground on their new Dobbs Peterbilt dealership, as well as Dobbs Truck Group corporate office. This will allow Dobbs Truck Group to add its 18th Dobbs Peterbilt dealers...
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Avinor takes step towards autonomous snow removal for Norwegian airports
Avinor takes step towards autonomous snow removal for Norwegian airports Norwegian airport operator Avinor is now taking the next step towards autonomous snow removal through a new framework agreement regarding the purchase of self-driving runway sweepers. The self-driving technology is developed by...
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Benninghoven TBA 3000 produces special mixtures for Formula 1 track in Sochi
Benninghoven TBA 3000 produces special mixtures for Formula 1 track in Sochi Formula 1 race tracks are one of the greatest challenges for installation teams and machinery. The Russian building contractor Tekhalyans already used Benninghoven technology during the initial construction of the SOCHI AUT...
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Air Taxis will utilize next-generation batteries and motors
Air Taxis will utilize next-generation batteries and motors Electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft (eVTOL) are moving from science fiction to reality, enabled by rapid advancements in electric motor, battery, and computing technology A new report from IDTechEx, “Air Taxis: Electric Vertic...
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African Development Bank funds €145m for railway safety and reliability in Egypt
African Development Bank funds €145m for railway safety and reliability in Egypt The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of €145 million to finance reliability and performance upgrades to the country’s rail system under the Egypt National Railways Modernization Pro...
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Bentley Systems delivers Infrastructure Digital Twins to NVIDIA Omniverse
Bentley Systems delivers Infrastructure Digital Twins to NVIDIA Omniverse Bentley Systems, the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that it is developing applications using the NVIDIA Omniverse platform for photorealistic, real-time visualization and simulation of digital twi...
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Faraday Future selects NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for Autonomous FF 91 Luxury EV
Faraday Future selects NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for Autonomous FF 91 Luxury EV Faraday Future, a California-based global shared intelligent mobility ecosystem company, announced today that it is deploying the NVIDIA Drive Orin platform in its flagship ultra-luxury FF 91 electric vehicle. Moving to this nex...
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Eagle Crusher appoints new Delaware and Maryland distributor
Eagle Crusher appoints new Delaware and Maryland distributor Eagle Crusher Co., Inc. has announced GT Mid Atlantic as the new Eagle Crusher distributor for the states of Delaware and Maryland. The company will represent Eagle Crusher’s full line of heavy-duty crushing and screening equipment for the...
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New TOTAL UK Bitumen Binder put to the test on A43 long-term study
New TOTAL UK Bitumen Binder put to the test on A43 long-term study A new bitumen binder which aims to increase the lifespan of roads and reduce the need for roadwork interventions is being put to the test in a long-term study. A section of dual carriageway in Northamptonshire has become the first in...
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Taylor Woodrow Plus wins £328m Highways England A358 contract
Taylor Woodrow Plus wins £328m Highways England A358 contract Highways England has awarded a £328 million contract to design and deliver an upgrade to the A358 between the M5 at Taunton and the Southfields roundabout on the A303 to Taylor Woodrow Plus. The contract award follows a competitive procur...
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ATG launches the next-generation of Bridge Protection Technology
ATG launches the next-generation of Bridge Protection Technology Leading innovator of road blockers, bollards and barriers, ATG Access, has launched the next generation in bridge protection technology: the Bridge Deck Expansion Beam. The system was developed after the identification of unique charac...
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The British bridges built by innovation
The British bridges built by innovation It’s easy to forget how far we’ve come with regards to bridge engineering. Our favourite bridges become a part of our natural environment. They are monuments no less than they are essential infrastructure. But even new bridges appear ageless despite their nove...
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UK super deductions a bonus for the construction equipment industry
UK super deductions a bonus for the construction equipment industry In the 2021 Spring Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an investment incentive, referred to as the super-deduction. From April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023, companies will receive a 130 per cent deduction against taxes for new pla...
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Peterbilt unveils all-new truck models
Peterbilt unveils all-new truck models Peterbilt Motors Company unveiled today the all-new medium duty Model 535 and Model 536, designed for the Class 5/6 non-CDL lease and rental markets and the all-new medium duty Model 537 and Model 548, designed for the Class 7/8 segment. Alongside the new truck...
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SENNEBOGEN tree care handler a game changer for Atlas Tree Surgery in California
SENNEBOGEN tree care handler a game changer for Atlas Tree Surgery in California Atlas Tree Care Surgery Inc, a tree care services company based in Santa Rosa, California, has grown considerably in many ways in recent months. In August 2020, the company took delivery of its first SENNEBOGEN machine,...
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DokaXact wins CTBUH Innovation Award of Excellence
DokaXact wins CTBUH Innovation Award of Excellence Doka has been awarded an Innovation Award of Excellence by the CTBUH 2021 Awards Programme for its DokaXact system. The award will be presented during the CTBUH 2021 Conference, which will be held virtually for the first time from 18-20 May. The Cou...
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VolvoCE adds entry-level package for Compact Assist Intelligent Compaction System
VolvoCE adds entry-level package for Compact Assist Intelligent Compaction System As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to customer productivity, Volvo CE has introduced Compact Assist Start, a new introductory package of their Intelligent Compaction system, Compact Assist. “If a customer hasn...
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6 things to consider when overseeing project cost control
6 things to consider when overseeing project cost control Project cost control is certainly complex, without taking the uncertainties of the Coronavirus pandemic into account. This typically incorporates two principal components; estimating and planning costs, subsequently creating a budget from the...
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Liebherr upgrades two crawler excavators with new electric models
Liebherr upgrades two crawler excavators with new electric models The R 976-E electric crawler excavator, along with the R 980 SME-E, replaces the ER 974 B for mine and quarry extraction. The latest electric excavators to be developed and produced by Liebherr-France SAS in Colmar, France, they are n...
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Comau UK develops battery manufacturing line for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre
Comau UK develops battery manufacturing line for UK Battery Industrialisation Centre Comau UK has been selected by the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) to develop and deploy a semi-automated battery module and battery pack assembly line for the publicly-funded ‘open access’ battery produc...
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GSSI highlighting StructureScan Mini XT at World of Concrete 2021
GSSI highlighting StructureScan Mini XT at World of Concrete 2021 GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, will be showcasing its StructureScan™ Mini XT all-in-one concrete inspection GPR system at the in-person World of Concrete, to be held on June...
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Global Construction Industry set for 5 percent growth in 2021
Global Construction Industry set for 5 percent growth in 2021 Following the historic collapse in construction activity in 2020 amid the severe disruption caused by restrictions imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19, the construction industry is set to grow by 5.2% in 2021, according to GlobalDat...
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High steel prices restraining the Guardrail road safety industry
High steel prices restraining the Guardrail road safety industry The European Union Road Federation, together with its members active in the Road Restraint Systems business, have expressed their concerns over the recent dramatic increases of steel prices and their impact on their road safety industr...
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FreeWire Boost Charger reduces installation and operating costs for Vehicle Charging
FreeWire Boost Charger reduces installation and operating costs for Vehicle Charging FreeWire Technologies, a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging and power solutions, today announced that an independent study conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) validated the functionality...
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Eaton Power Distribution Technology selected by OEM for Electric Vehicle Platform
Eaton Power Distribution Technology selected by OEM for Electric Vehicle Platform Power management company Eaton announced its eMobility business secured a contract to supply power distribution units (PDUs) and Bussmann™ series fuses to a global vehicle manufacturer for use in a new battery e...
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Granite awarded $34m Tucson road rehabilitation project in Arizona
Granite awarded $34m Tucson road rehabilitation project in Arizona Granite has announced it has been awarded the Tucson – Oracle Junction – Globe Hwy (SR77), Junction I-10 to Calle Concordia project in Tucson, Arizona by the Arizona Department of Transportation. The $34 million contract award was in...
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Renesas launches RX23W Module with Bluetooth Control for Wireless IoT devices
Renesas launches RX23W Module with Bluetooth Control for Wireless IoT devices Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RX23W Module with full Bluetooth® 5.0 Low Energy support for system control and wireless communication on IoT en...
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Insight LiDAR develops Gesture Detection Technology for Autonomous Vehicles
Insight LiDAR develops Gesture Detection Technology for Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology company Insight LiDAR today announced that its product, Insight 1600, is the first LiDAR with the combined high resolution and velocity detection to enable pedestrian gesture recognition. T...
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Skydio named Frost and Sullivan 2021 Company of the Year
Skydio named Frost and Sullivan 2021 Company of the Year Skydio, the leading United States (US) drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight, today announced it was recognized as Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan, a leader in global research and consulting solutions. The Award...
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Public-Private Partnership brings VR to Crane Operator Training
Public-Private Partnership brings VR to Crane Operator Training Learning to operate a crane is serious business. It requires skilled trainers, adequate facilities, and an ample supply of lifting equipment similar to what students will eventually be working with in their jobs. But what if training co...
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Fluke introduces non-contact Clamp Meters for Voltage Measurement without leads
Fluke introduces non-contact Clamp Meters for Voltage Measurement without leads Any time an electrician or technician makes a voltage measurement on a live conductor, there is a risk of electrical shock. The new Fluke® 377 FC and 378 FC Non-Contact Voltage True-RMS AC/DC Clamp Meters minimize this r...
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Hyliion forms Hypertruck Innovation Council to advance electric transportation
Hyliion forms Hypertruck Innovation Council to advance electric transportation Hyliion Holdings Corp., a leader in electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 semi-trucks, today announced the formation of the Hypertruck Innovation Council, a select group of fleet, logistics, and transportation indu...
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National Electrical Safety Month promotes Connected to Safety
National Electrical Safety Month promotes Connected to Safety May is National Electrical Safety Month, and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is launching its annual effort to help reduce electrically-related fatalities, injuries, and property loss. This year’s campaign them...
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MaxLinear G_hn Spirit Grid Software transforms IoT connectivity
MaxLinear G_hn Spirit Grid Software transforms IoT connectivity MaxLinear, Inc., a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analogue, digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits, announced today the general availability of its G.hn Spirit Grid software for industrial IoT (IIoT) applications. The s...
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Intel launches 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Intel launches 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors Intel today launched its most advanced, highest performance data centre platform optimized to power the industry’s broadest range of workloads — from the cloud to the network to the intelligent edge. New 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (co...
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Turf Production in Bavaria now relies on a Bobcat TL30_60 Telehandler
Turf Production in Bavaria now relies on a Bobcat TL30_60 Telehandler Bayernrasen, based in Schwabhausen in Bavaria in Germany, has been a leading producer of rolled turf in the region since 2002. Owner Roderich Graf von Beust now relies on a new Bobcat TL30.60 telehandler for daily work in both the...
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Geosun UAV LiDAR scanning systems selects ACEINNA as IMU provider
Geosun UAV LiDAR scanning systems selects ACEINNA as IMU provider ACEINNA, one of the world’s leading developers of inertial based guidance and navigation systems for autonomous vehicles and automated machines, today announced that Geosun, a leading developer and manufacturer of LiDAR based navigati...
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Tarmac secures accreditation for innovative rubber asphalt
Tarmac secures accreditation for innovative rubber asphalt Tarmac has become the first company in the UK to secure recognised industry approval for its innovative rubber modified asphalt incorporating recycled end of life car tyres for use on the strategic road network. Following a series of success...
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Ritchie Bros. Inspection Services completes 600,000+ inspections in 2020
Ritchie Bros. Inspection Services completes 600,000+ inspections in 2020 Ritchie Bros. inspects tens of thousands of equipment items each month, in preparation for sale in one of its numerous sales solutions, including live/online auctions with Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, weekly online marketplaces a...
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Symology, the highways asset management specialist wins Esri global partner award
Symology, the highways asset management specialist wins Esri global partner award Esri UK partner Symology has been recognised in the global Esri Partner Network awards, for its achievements using cloud-based GIS, by winning an ArcGIS Adoption Award. The awards took place during the virtual annual E...
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Rio Tinto produces battery grade lithium from waste rock at Boron mine in California
Rio Tinto produces battery grade lithium from waste rock at Boron mine in California Rio Tinto has commenced production of battery-grade lithium from waste rock at a lithium demonstration plant at the Boron mine site in California, United States. The demonstration plant is the next step in scaling u...
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Fire safety – underappreciated existing obligations and upcoming changes
Fire safety – underappreciated existing obligations and upcoming changes In the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, the government and construction sector have reconsidered many aspects of building safety and special consideration has been given to fire safety. To target the factors which...
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Sunbelt Rentals the first Plant Hire Company to upgrade existing fleet with CESAR ECV
Sunbelt Rentals the first Plant Hire Company to upgrade existing fleet with CESAR ECV At Plantworx 2019, the CEA announced the launch of its biggest evolution of the CESAR scheme to date; the addition of Emissions Compliance Verification (ECV). CESAR ECV takes the machine’s engine emission sta...
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Top 7 trends driving growth in Global Crane Rental Market through 2026
Top 7 trends driving growth in Global Crane Rental Market through 2026 The crane rental market is projected to record momentous gains over the forthcoming timeframe owing to changing preference of construction contractors towards rental equipment because of the high investments needed for purchasing...
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John Deere enhances GP-Series Motor Graders with exclusive features
John Deere enhances GP-Series Motor Graders with exclusive features Adding industry-exclusive features, John Deere further demonstrates the precision of its Grade Pro (GP)-Series motor graders. Building upon the releases of Machine Damage Avoidance and exclusive Blade-Stow added in November 2020, tw...
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John Deere enhances Dozer range with 950K and 1050K machine improvements
John Deere enhances Dozer range with 950K and 1050K machine improvements Delivering improved ride quality and increased productivity on the industry’s toughest and most challenging job sites, John Deere announces enhancements to its largest dozers, the 950K and 1050K models. Enhanced with the custom...
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John Deere Compact Machine now features Integrated Grade Control
John Deere Compact Machine now features Integrated Grade Control John Deere is building upon its industry-leading range of OEM precision grade management products by integrating SmartGrade™, its proprietary grade control technology, into the 333G Compact Track Loader. The implementation of Sm...
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John Deere launches SmartGrade for Excavators
John Deere launches SmartGrade for Excavators John Deere increases the range of its grade control solutions with the launch of SmartGrade™ on the 210G LC and 350G LC Excavators. The factory-installed and -calibrated 3D SmartGrade system delivers increased productivity and accuracy on the job...
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John Deere reveals their vision with Precision Construction
John Deere reveals their vision with Precision Construction Advancing its commitment to delivering smart technology solutions to its customers, John Deere unveils Precision Construction. Paving the way for the future of construction, Precision Construction provides customers with a suite of technolo...
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John Deere rolls out tiering brand strategy for machines based on performance
John Deere rolls out tiering brand strategy for machines based on performance Developed in response to evolving customer needs and expectations, John Deere launches its Performance Tiering Strategy, delivering a range of products at different levels of capability and user experience. Available first...
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Septentrio develops OSNMA for GNSS anti-spoofing security
Septentrio develops OSNMA for GNSS anti-spoofing security As technological advances allow GPS/GNSS devices to be more reliable, our lives are becoming increasingly dependent on accurate positioning and timing. Today, GNSS time is used to synchronize telecom and energy grids, while precise positionin...
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