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The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Spain-based multinational aerospace company GMV as a supplier of an RF constellation simulator for Galileo second-generation satellites, which have just entered production. The main objectives of Galileo Second Generation (G2G) are the phasing in of new services, improvement of existing services and increase of security. Work on the simulator will be performed at the company’s facility in Portugal. GMV will lead a consortium that will supply a simulator covering both the 1st and 2nd Galileo generations, to support G2G engineering and experimentation ...

Copy Microsoft has acquired Kinvolk, a German open source company whose best known project is Flatcar Container Linux, a distribution designed for container workloads. Kinvolk was founded in 2015 in Berlin and its first project was building a container runtime, called rkt, for Container Linux (formerly CoreOS), a lightweight Linux distribution. CoreOS Inc, the company behind Container Linux, was acquired by Red Hat in early 2018. Anxious for the future of Container Linux, Kinvolk founder and CEO Chris Kühl said "Flatcar Linux is a friendly fork of CoreOS's Container Linux and as such, compat...

Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda answers 2 key questions Kubernetes co-creator wants container orchestration software to be as ‘boring’ as Linux kernel and easier to configure as we move into the next phase of adoption Credit: VMware The co-creator of Kubernetes, Joe Beda, has admitted that the container orchestration tool continues to be tricky to learn and that community efforts should focus on making the technology as “boring” as the Linux kernel to drive the next wave of industry adoption. “Kubernetes is now the anchor for a broader ecosystem and ways of thinking abo...

TeleOrbit GmbH of Nuremberg, Germany, announced that it has implemented testing capability for Galileo’s Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) aboard the company’s GNSS Receiver with Open Software Interface (GOOSE). As the threat of GNSS spoofing continues to grow, authentication of signals represents a safeguard for industry, vital infrastructure and safety-critical GNSS applications, including autonomous vehicles. As yet there is no authentication service available, but Galileo will be first to the market with scheduled launch in 2023. The European Space Agency (ESA) an...

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) released a new Galileo Open Service Signal in Space Interface Control Document (OS SIS ICD), the second issue of this document geared towards GNSS receiver manufacturers. Although the modified signals are not yet broadcast by Galileo satellites, the ICD will allow GNSS receiver manufacturers to prepare for the improved signals, set for debut in 2023. Among other updates, three new features are introduced to the I/NAV message transmitted on the Galileo E1-B signal component: Reduced Clock and Ephemeris Data (RedCED); Reed-Solomon Outer Forward Error Correction Da...