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Protect the Frequencies – By preventing interference
Toughen Receivers – With readily available technology
Augment Services – With difficult to disrupt terrestrial signals
Our Challenge
Much of the world depends upon satellite systems for precise navigation and timing services. These are exceptionally accurate and dependable, yet GPS/GNSS jamming, spoofing, and other forms of interference appear to be growing in frequency and severity. Neither are space systems immune to severe space weather or cyber-attack. This has the potential for devastating effects on our lives and economic activity.
From Our Blog
Crewless container ships (and oil spills?) appear on the horizon
Image: Shutterstock (and is that an oil spill?) What's New: Maritime is getting ever closer to autonomous operation. Why its Important: Except for China, needed navigation systems are not in place to do this safely. Safe automatic navigation will require a layered...
99.9% Not Good Enough for Urban Drones – Prof. Todd Humphreys
Image: Univ of Texas Blog Editor's Note: If commercial aviation had a 99.9% safety record, in a normal year there would be 4,000 plane crashes around the world every day. That's why each component of a safety of life system is built to the most rigorous of standards...
Gone in seconds! Car thieves in Delhi using jammers to render GPS ineffective – Times of India
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: This is not the first of these we have seen. Even more dramatic were reports we have forwarded you about a Scottish criminal gang using all kinds of jammers to run drugs and commit heinous acts, and devices being found in the...
Near loss of aircraft, major disruptions at Denver and Dallas – One page grabbers
Image: Shutterstock We have been talking with aviation folks in Congress and elsewhere about the impact of GPS disruption on aviation. Here are three one-pagers we have been using. Feel free to distribute and use yourself! Click on each to download. For more on each...
We Need GPS Alternatives ASAP – DOD CIO (Defensescoop)
Image: US Navy/DVIDS, DOD CIO John Sherman and USAF LGEN Robert Skinner What's New: The Department of Defense CIO said adversaries are going attack GPS on the first day of any conflict. Getting alternatives now is a high priority, Why it's Important: The CIO is the...
