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GPS personal tracking device shipments will more than double by 2021 with a 21 percent CAGR as the industry shifts away from traditional markets, such as family and pet locator devices. ABI Research predicts that non-traditional markets including elderly/health, corporate, and personal asset tracking will embrace ubiquitous indoor and outdoor location technology.

New technologies on display at IMS2016 will include ETL’s range of products for Global Positioning System (GPS) and the broader Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) applications. The new range includes outdoor and indoor GPS over Fibre and GPS Splitter units, which provide a reliable method for distributing GPS timing signals from a single antenna.

ARC Technologies will be presenting solutions for RF & Electromagnetic Interference at the upcoming RFID Journal Live! event taking place May 3-5 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

VectorNav Technologies introduced the VN-360 GPS-Compass heading and position sensor. The VN-360 is an OEM GPS-Compass module that provides an accurate, True North heading solution for systems integrators seeking a reliable alternative to magnetic-based sensors.

OriginGPS, one of the leading manufacturers of miniature Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) modules, announced the launch of their new revolutionary Multi Micro Spider, boasting the world’s smallest footprint within a fully integrated and highly sensitive multi-GNSS module.

Pulse Electronics Corp.'s new Monarch series multi-mode global navigation satellite system ceramic antennas provide wireless signal reception for the four major global and regional satellite systems: GPS, GLONASS, Beidou (Compass) and Galileo. The Monarch Series W3010 is a compact, low profile antenna that delivers high efficiency (75% typical) over a wide bandwidth for enhanced navigation and device tracking. 

JADAK LLC, a global leader and supplier of HF RFID, optical data collection and machine vision technologies to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in medical, security, gaming and kiosk industries, announced that it has acquired the assets of SkyeTek, a Denver, Colo.-based provider of embedded and stand-alone UHF RFID Solutions for OEM equipment suppliers.

Rohde & Schwarz offers a new, speed-optimized production tester – the R&S SMBV100A vector signal generator equipped with the R&S SMBV-P101 package – for the production testing of Global Navigation Satellite System receivers.

QinetiQ has announced a major breakthrough in developing a robust navigation receiver which will utilize the new global navigation satellite system Galileo, and particularly the secured Public Regulated Service.