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GPS Problem Disables 911 System – ‘Suddenly it was 1997’
April 18, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: This incident from last year is an example of how GPS and PNT are taken for granted by many users. During the…
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“Beyond GNSS – UK Efforts to Combat PNT Vulnerability” at RNTF Annual Meeting
April 17, 2018
Join us on the 15th of May for the RNT Foundation Annual Meeting and Reception aboard the USS Constellation in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. – All…
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The sneaky ways China and Russia could threaten US satellites – Defense News
April 16, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Attacking satellites directly is difficult and dangerous. Attacking and disabling the GPS constellation would be especially difficult as it would require damaging…
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Expect Bad GPS: Egypt, Turkey, Korea, Philippines, Elsewhere – Flight Services Bureau
April 13, 2018
The most recent Unsafe Airspace Summary from the Flight Services Bureau cautions pilots about chronic GPS disruptions in Egypt, Turkey, North and South Korea, and…
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China Installed Jammers on Spratly Islands – Wall Street Journal
April 12, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: China has been jamming US drones and patrols in the area for a while. Installing jamming equipment on the Spratly Islands extends…
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Russia Jamming GPS in Syria to Counter US Drones – NBC News
April 11, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Russian military doctrine is that all signals from space will be denied in any hot conflict, so their forces are fully prepared…
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“Expect your GPS to be Trashed”- GPS & ADS-B Problems At Manila Airport
April 10, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: We have reported several times on GPS disruptions in the Philippines. See for example Unsafe Airspace and Aviation Disruptions. Kudo’s to RNTF member Guy…
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Space war is coming — and the U.S. is not ready – Politico
April 9, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: The best way to prepare for something bad that might happen is to make sure when it does, it causes the least…
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GPS Jamming at Ports a Problem – US Coast Guard R&D gets $500K to Examine
April 8, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: In 2014 portions of a mid-Atlantic container port were idled for seven hours by an apparent GPS jamming incident. Since then the…
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New GPS Costs Up $930M Last Year – What if just 10% went to protect users?
April 6, 2018
From C4IRSNET 5 April 2018: The cost of new GPS programs jumped $930 million last year By: Mark Pomerleau The cost of two Air Force…
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Google Doodle – Father of Trusted Time, John Harrison, 325th Birthday
April 3, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Today Google celebrated the 325th birthday of John Harrison, inventor of the first practical chronometer with a doodle. Harrison’s was the first…
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Extended GPS Interference Eastern Mediterranean – MARAD
March 30, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Kudo’s to MARAD for posting this. Getting info out about GPS problems is not their job. We have had a hard time getting…
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$10M Funds GPS Backup Tech Demo – GPS.gov
March 30, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: The last two administrations (G.W. Bush and Obama) promised Congress they would build eLoran systems to serve as a complement and backup…
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Air Force: GPS Satellites Vulnerable to Attack
March 30, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: The nation relies heavily on vulnerable space assets, including GPS. The Department of Homeland Security has called GPS “a single point of…
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Space Launches Causing Small GPS Disruptions – Ars Technica
March 30, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Space launches are on the upswing with over 12,000 new satellites scheduled to go into orbit in the next several years. Most…
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“Shutting off DGPS OK, But Don’t Destroy Valuable Infrastructure” – Congress
March 30, 2018
The US Coast Guard has announced termination of the nation’s remaining Differential GPS (DGPS) transmissions beginning in September of this year. The first phase of DGPS decommissioning…
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Too Much Sun Could Wreak Havoc on Driverless Cars – Bloomberg
March 30, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: We understand from developers that autonomous cars will be able to use wheel counters, hyper-fine maps, Lidar, cameras, and other sensors to…
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Govt Tests Show Ligado Interference w/ GPS
March 30, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: On Friday, the US Government posted a report entitled “Assessment to Identify Gaps in Testing of Adjacent Band Interference to the Global…
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EU Calls for Non-Space Backup Systems
March 17, 2018
The European Commission published the European Radio Navigation plan (ERNP) last week. Among other things, the plan calls for non-space backup systems – something we heartily endorse.…
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UK Government responds to GNSS dependence – call for action
March 15, 2018
“In the few weeks since the review of satellite determined position and time was released, the government has and continues to act. Some would say…
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GPS: Why our reliance on the Cold War satellite technology is an accident waiting to happen – The Telegraph
March 14, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: A good overview article, especially about what is happening in Britain. GPS: Why our reliance on the Cold War satellite technology is…
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Financial & Power Among Most Likely Spoofing Targets – Fugro
March 12, 2018
Nation-states attacking financial institutions and power grids, and organized criminals stealing high value assets were deemed among the most likely spoofing scenarios in a recent…
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Budget Spoofers and iPhone6 – Septentrio
March 10, 2018
In a recent presentation, Septentrio provided an excellent overview of GNSS jamming and spoofing issues. Of particular interest to us was their discussion of “budget…
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Haste and Consequence in Regulation: The Cautionary Tale of Ligado Networks – Bloomberg Law
March 8, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: There are really two areas of concern with Ligado’s proposal pending before the FCC. The first is the technical analysis. Ligado claims…
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GPS Spoofing A Growing Problem for Uber – Solid Driver
March 7, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: We have seen an increasing number of reports of drivers for taxi and ride-sharing services spoofing GPS/GNSS in order to increase the…
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“Interference will always be a problem for GNSS users” – Novatel
March 5, 2018
Novatel provided an excellent presentation that highlighted the attributes of its Interference Tool Kit (ITK) at the Dutch Institute for Navigation workshop on the 31st of January.…
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SPOOF, JAM, DESTROY: WHY WE NEED A BACKUP FOR GPS – Wired
March 4, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: An interesting overview article by Wired. It briefly discusses Satelles, which could be a good complement for GPS (though perhaps not a…
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Dozens of Jammers at Amsterdam Office Every Day – Dutch Aerospace Center
March 3, 2018
The Dutch Aerospace Center (NLR) office in Amsterdam detects numerous GNSS jammers passing by every day. On the 31st of January the Dutch Institute for…
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FCC must act to avoid a grave threat to GPS – The Hill
February 28, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: The three authors of this opinion piece are among the most qualified in the world to opine on this issue. Similar recommendations…
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‘Holistic thinking such as eLoran needed to protect space assets’ – Testimony at National Space Council
February 27, 2018
Vice President Pence chaired the second meeting of the National Space Council last week at the Kennedy Space Center. During the meeting the Hon.…
Read More DHS Looking for GPS Complementary and Backup Systems
February 26, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: This is the most recent of several requests for information (RFIs) that the federal government has issued on this topic in the…
Read More Why Russia is one step ahead of US Army’s plans for future GPS – GPS Daily
February 22, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: We don’t normally give space here to Russian propaganda, but this piece, re-posted by GPS Daily from Sputnik News, is noteworthy for several…
Read More UK Government Supporting eLoran – Maritime Journal
February 21, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Since we first reported on this, we have come to learn that the GPS backup issue in the UK is being lead…
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Detecting and Defeating GPS Jamming – Maritime Executive
February 20, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: A good overview article by Sean McCrystal at Orolia about the need for resilient PNT. Orolia has been positioning itself as a…
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When Everything is Critical, Nothing Is – Lt. Gen. Shea, AFCEA
February 19, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: – “Focus on what is most important” is the theme of an excellent commentary by Lt Gen Shea, USMC (ret) in this…
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Signals of Opportunity – Holy Grail or Waste of Time? – GPS World
February 16, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Another outstanding article by Mike Jones. Several points he makes are worth restating: One disadvantage of SOOP is that it can require…
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Europe Finding Lots of GPS Jammers, Even More “Interference”
February 15, 2018
The European Union’s STRIKE3 project found over 160,000 GNSS interference events during the most recent 18 month period for which a report is available. These…
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Pentagon space budget shaped by threats from Russia, China – Space News
February 14, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Not all problems with space services are best solved in space. Yet it seems that the way our budgets and policy making…
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“We built a glass house before the invention of stones” – USAF Secretary on space capabilities
February 13, 2018
Last month Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told the Washington Examiner “We built a glass house before the invention of stones” by way of explaining…
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GNSS Threat Monitoring – 37 Systems Examined, Global Approach Needed
February 12, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: We just discovered this recent paper available for free through the Royal Institute of Navigation’s “The Journal of Navigation.” It makes a…
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Easy Car Theft with a Jammer – UK Govt.
February 9, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: A recent UK government report sounds the alarm for every nation about dependence on GNSS. As an example of one of dozens…
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EU Worried About 150,000+ GNSS Jammers – STRIKE3 project wants your input
February 6, 2018
At the Munich Satellite Summit last year a rep from the European Union announced that they had detected more than 150,000 unique electronic signatures of…
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Aerospace Corp. warns of terrestrial interference with critical satellite services – Space News
February 5, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: This article speaks to general principles as well as the specifics of Ligado’s proposal to broadcast adjacent to GPS frequencies. We also…
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UK to Defend Homeland With eLoran
January 31, 2018
Yesterday we posted about a newly released report from the UK government on critical infrastructure and its dependence on satellite navigation systems. Today an official…
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UK Concerned About Russian Attack on Infrastructure, Dependence on GPS
January 30, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: The below Reuters article highlights an interesting confluence of events. Just last week the UK Minister for Defence expressed concern about Russia…
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Red Flag Military Jamming to Impact Vast Portions of West – Flying Magazine
January 26, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Military exercises are a necessity, including those that jam GPS. This year’s Red Flag exercise starts today and ends on February 16th.…
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“GPS Backup Will Save FAA $$$ Long Term” – Reason Foundation
January 25, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Robert Poole is director of transportation policy and Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow at Reason Foundation. Poole, an MIT-trained engineer, has advised the…
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What Makes a Resilient Receiver? – Workshop 17 April
January 24, 2018
The RNT Foundation and ATIS are co-sponsoring a workshop to identify what users need and want when it comes to resilient GPS/GNSS timing receivers in…
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“Threats to GPS Real & Relevant” – US Dept of Homeland Security
January 23, 2018
Speaking to a group at the New York Stock Exchange, a Department of Homeland Security official warned about the danger of GPS disruptions. David Wulf,…
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War In Space: How The Air Force Is Preparing, And What Might Go Wrong – Forbes
January 22, 2018
Blog Editor’s Notes: Almost every official advocating for resilient space systems we have heard or read about is only looking for solutions that can happen…
Read More ‘Fatal to GPS Devices’ – Concealing 2001 Study was “Massive Fraud” says Suit
January 20, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: We are always interested in studies that examine GPS vulnerability and the problems that come along with it. Academic studies are usually…
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More GPS Interference Concerns – This time it’s about Iridium
January 19, 2018
Blog Editor’s Notes: Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) are allocated frequencies adjacent to those for GPS/GNSS. Despite this proximity, there have been few, if any, documented…
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A grave threat to GPS and GNSS – Dr. Brad Parkinson in “GPS World”
January 18, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Dr. Parkinson certainly points out a grave threat. We are not sure about his speculation that this is “…possibly the gravest current…
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GPS System Vulnerable To Hacking Attack That Could Cripple Bay Area Economy – CBS News
January 18, 2018
Blog Editor’s Notes: The following web post and TV broadcast sounds the alarm about our over-dependence on GPS and the potential consequences of disruptions. Regular…
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Helicopter Group Warns on Govt GPS Interference Testing
January 17, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Helicopter Association International (HAI) recently posted an advisory for its members about GPS interference. Interestingly, the discussion is limited to government testing…
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DHS Warns Against Jamming and Spoofing in Critical Infrastructure, Provides Best Practices
January 12, 2018
In an undated, recently uncovered report, the US Department of Homeland Security warns readers that: “Almost every aspect of American life today relies on some…
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Wider GPS Spoofing by Govt Frustrates Moscow Taxis, Customers
January 11, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Reports from around the world show many security services using GPS jamming as a part of VIP protection efforts. As far as…
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How Russia, China or Even North Korea Hopes to Crush America’s Military
January 8, 2018
Editor’s Notes: Two new/developing technologies are described in the article. Both are important steps forward in resilient PNT. The description of the Echo Ridge system…
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Microsemi Supports Passage of National Resilience and Timing Security Act of 2017
January 7, 2018
Editor’s Note: Microsemi acquired Symmetricom in 2013 and is now a leading provider of highly precise time keeping technologies and solutions. We were very pleased…
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Don’t Like Drones? Use our Product to Jam GPS! (no one is paying attention)
January 4, 2018
Blog Editor’s Note: Many in the new drone countermeasures industry include GPS jamming in their equipment. Here are a few examples sent to us by…
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GPS Disruptions Lasting Days, Weeks Frustrate Aviation
January 2, 2018
Periodically RNTF posts information drawn from GPS disruption reports sent to the US government and others over the last several years. We endeavor to include…
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Thousands Fail After Air Force GPS Change – Receivers Did Not Comply w/ Specification
December 22, 2017
After the Air Force made a minor software update to the Global Position System on the 21st of September 2017, it received reports that “several…
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Drug Gang Jammed GPS & Phones to Evade Police While Torturing Victims, Running Guns
December 21, 2017
A trial this month in the United Kingdom resulted in the conviction of nine men for a wide variety of crimes including drug and weapons…
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What if we lost GPS? That’s one thing worrying the Air Force secretary – LA Times
December 20, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: This Los Angles Times edited interview with the Secretary of the Air Force, the Hon Heather Wilson, doesn’t spend a lot of…
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China, US Cooperate on SatNav – but US users are still breaking the law
December 20, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: The below joint statement formalizes (between the US and China) the principle that global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) should be technologically compatible.…
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GPS Software Attacks – Renewed Interest and Concern
December 19, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: We have noticed renewed concern among many in the field at the lack of discussion and effort on GPS/GNSS receiver resilience to…
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GPS Jamming Helps Steal Cars, Cargo Around World
December 18, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Thanks to Guy Buesnel for pointing out the most recent press on GPS jamming and car theft (this time it is a…
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Norway Especially in the Line of Fire for GPS Jamming
December 15, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Recent Russian jamming in northern Norway impacted air traffic. Russian jamming in the Baltic disrupted telecommunications and other services in several countries.…
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GPS Problem Impacted SatPhones in Nuclear Plants’ Security Systems
December 14, 2017
Periodically RNTF will post information drawn from GPS disruption reports sent to the US government and others over the last several years. We endeavor to…
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President Signs Law Requiring Demo of GPS Backup System
December 13, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Yesterday the President signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2018. This Act, now law, includes a requirement for the Secretaries of…
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Sens. Cruz, Markey Introduce the National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2017
December 12, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Very conservative Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and very liberal Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) are about as far apart on the political spectrum…
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Denmark – “Where are we going with autonomous ships?”
December 12, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Several outlets have reported on Denmark’s recent report about the need to bring some structure to how autonomous ships will be regarded…
Read More NIST explores timing alternatives for smart grids – GPS World
December 7, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: The workshop report discussed and linked to in the article below provides an interesting overview of timing issues and ways forward for the…
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London Times – “We’d Be Lost Without GPS Says Royal Institute of Navigation”
December 5, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: The British government has been actively addressing this issue. See the economic impact analysis they did earlier this year. We understand additional work…
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UK Digital Broadcast Disrupted by GPS Problems Third Year in a Row
December 4, 2017
Periodically RNTF will post information drawn from GPS disruption reports sent to the US government and others over the last several years. We endeavor to…
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CISOs take notice as GPS vulnerabilities raise alarms – TechTarget
December 3, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: A fairly comprehensive article focusing on commercial users. One item we had not seen before – a mention that some companies may…
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GPS Disruption Halts Wireless Provider in Kansas, 150 Mile -Wide Area Impacted
November 29, 2017
Periodically RNTF will post information drawn from GPS disruption reports sent to the US government and others over the last several years. We endeavor to…
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GPS Jammed for VIP Transport – Wireless Services Suffer
November 28, 2017
Periodically RNTF will post information drawn from GPS disruption reports sent to the US government and others over the last several years. We endeavor to…
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If GPS Failed, We’d Be More Than Lost – Wall Street Journal
November 27, 2017
If GPS Failed, We’d Be More Than Lost Congress should fund a land-based navigation system in case the other one goes down. Wall Street Journal…
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Mini Y2K for GPS Receivers in 2019?
November 27, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: In a very interesting presentation to the PNT Advisory Board recently, Mr. Ed Powers of the US Naval Observatory discussed several topics:…
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Hackers took ‘full control’ of container ship’s navigation systems for 10 hours – IHS Fairplay
November 25, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: This is an interesting article, though it would have been more helpful if it would have said which systems were hacked. One…
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US Navy Not Prudent Mariners?
November 21, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: This was the US Naval Institute Proceedings “Proceedings Today” daily post for November 21st 2017 under the title “Prudent Mariners Need a…
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w/o GPS Disaster, Good Technology Sitting Idle
November 17, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Describing a “civilian battlefield,” Mike Jones from Roke Manor gave an outstanding presentation this week to the US National PNT Advisory Board.…
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Defense Bill 2018: GPS Backup Demo, Use Other GNSS
November 10, 2017
The House and Senate agreed Wednesday on the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2018. It included at least two provisions of interest to…
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Air Force VERY Worried About GPS Jamming, Spoofing
November 8, 2017
Editor’s Note: An alert reader sent us the below item from an electronic newsletter. We are not sure about the title of the piece, though.…
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Newly Discovered Govt Report – GPS Dependencies, Alternatives
November 8, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Our friend and aviation systems expert Mitch Narins at Strategic Synergies, LLC ran across this published, but little-known report, last week. “GPS…
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Did Russia Make This Ship Disappear? – CNN Video and Post
November 3, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: This very good video and post by CNN includes new (to us) statements by a representative of the Russian government. It also…
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More Sophisticated Jammers & Receivers
November 2, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: This item was published by “Inside GNSS and is repeated here for the benefit of our members and followers. Its published title…
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Sen. Cruz Discusses GPS Vulnerability & eLoran at Hearing
November 1, 2017
Yesterday, the 31st of October, saw the confirmation hearing for several nominees to senior posts at the Department of Transportation. One was Ms Diana Furchtgott-Roth…
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97% Say More than GPS/GNSS Needed – GPS World
October 30, 2017
Only 3% of respondents to a GPS World on line survey answered “No need for a backup to GPS/GNSS” in response to the question”What is your…
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Cell Phones Hit – Russian GPS Jamming has NATO Worried
October 27, 2017
Blog Editor’s note: It is not clear from the report below if the Russians were jamming GPS and also jamming cell phone frequencies, or if,…
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Russia Jamming GPS – Official Norwegian Report
October 27, 2017
Two weeks ago we posted a Norwegian press report about Russia jamming GPS signals in northern Norway. Here is the translated official interference measurement report…
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Future Solar Storms Could Cause Devastating Damage – Scientific American
October 24, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: This is not a new issue to our regular readers, but it is always good to periodically highlight this issue. Not all…
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The entire global financial system depends on GPS, and it’s shockingly vulnerable to attack – QZ.com
October 23, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Here is another good overview article. The reporter from QZ.com, which focuses on the finance and banking industry, became interested in the…
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“Adversary can bring our economic system near collapse” – President’s National Space Council Panel
October 22, 2017
Vice President Pence chaired the new National Space Council’s first meeting on the 5th of October. The third panel discussed the importance of space assets…
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Despite $Billions Spent, 91% Say Defense/Security/Critical GPS Applications Vulnerable to Jamming – GPS World
October 19, 2017
“How vulnerable is GPS/GNSS in defense/security/critical government applications (that is M-code or similar) to disruption by jamming whether intentional or unintentional?” 91% of the respondents…
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Time and Money @ NY Stock Exchange
October 16, 2017
ATM transactions, market trades, network management… these and a host of other dependencies mean that, without good time references, financial services are out of business.…
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President’s Space Council Discusses Vulnerability, GPS-Independent PNT
October 11, 2017
Editor’s Note: The President reestablished the National Space Council in June and it recently held its first meeting. While furthering America’s efforts in space were…
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GPS Spoofing Nails Cell Phones in Portland
October 10, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: The cellular network’s vulnerability to GPS disruption has been well documented and was recently the subject of a report by ATIS. This…
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US Army – ‘Even Short Comms, GPS Disruption can be Disastrous to an Operation’
October 7, 2017
Editor’s Note: This statement in a US Army Handbook published in December 2016 came to our attention when it was cited and a link was…
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Russian Exercise Jams Aircraft GPS in North Norway for a Week – NRK
October 5, 2017
Editor’s Notes: Experts have observed that the jamming described below was very sophisticated in that it jammed only the US GPS satellite navigation system. The…
Read More FAA Next Gen – GPS Vulnerability a Concealed Cost
October 4, 2017
Editor’s note: The following is from Bob Poole’s Excellent ATC Reform News. It is a good reminder of the many concealed costs GPS vulnerability imposes…
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DR Per Enge Appointed to Satelles Board of Directors
October 2, 2017
Editor’s Note: Dr. Per Enge is a noted authority on electronic navigation and fellow member of the National PNT Advisory Board. If you were at ION in…
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Korean threats highlight need for GPS alternative – ME&C
September 29, 2017
Marine Electronics & Communications Wed 16 Aug 2017 by Martyn Wingrove Editor Martyn Wingrove expects the threat of another Korean war will lead to investment…
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Good navigation practices – How one vessel master managed safe navigation during a GPS outage
September 29, 2017
Editor’s Note: This post from the US Coast Guard is a good reminder about safe navigation practices. The master involved did very well. He was…
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SAE Tech Standards for GPS/eLoran
September 28, 2017
SAE, the world’s largest standards setting organization, recently concluded a work group meeting on standards for complementary PNT to protect critical infrastructure and automated vehicles…
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Ships at Airports – GPS Spoofing Patterns Discovered
September 27, 2017
Editor’s Note: Working with a maritime analytics company we discovered three instances in the last two years in which groups of ships were reporting their…
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Moscow GPS Spoofer Found? – Video
September 25, 2017
Several videos have been posted on YouTube alleging to show someone locating the source of GPS spoofing in Moscow. Here is one: The assertion is…
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Still Many Ways Ahead for eLoran in Norway
September 24, 2017
Ignoring pleas from its airline pilots’ association, a major electrical energy company based in Oslo, their telecommunications authority, informed citizens, and the government of the United…
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When a tanker vanishes, all the evidence points to Russia – WIRED
September 21, 2017
Editor’s Note: Every new article on maritime spoofing provides a bit more information on this unfolding story. This piece has a great first-person account from…
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Navy Opens Cyber-Collision Probes, Changes AIS Policy
September 20, 2017
Editor’s Notes: Two recent press items below of interest. The first is that the US Navy is not done examining the possible impacts of…
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Video of GPS Spoofing in Moscow, Black Sea, Norway
September 18, 2017
Editor’s Note: The item below on June’s GPS spoofing is outstanding. It was published by the government-owned Norwegian Public Broadcaster, NRK. The article includes video of: Spoofing…
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FBI Investigating Possible China Cyberattack on Yacht in New York
September 18, 2017
Editor’s Note: China certainly had the means, motive, and opportunity to harass this dissident. Yet people in the US should be safe from attack by…
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Telecom Organization Recommends US eLoran System
September 17, 2017
In technical report entitled “GPS Vulnerability” released Friday, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Standards (ATIS) renewed its call for an eLoran system to support telecom…
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GPS Jammer Delays Flights in France
September 15, 2017
Editor’s Note: The European Commission says they have identified over 140,000 unique electronic signatures for GPS jammers in Europe as a part of random sampling…
Read More US MARAD – Global GPS disruption reminder
September 13, 2017
The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued an alert concerning reports of GPS spoofing in the Black Sea on the 22nd of June. At the time…
Read More Air Traffic Control Newsletter Supports eLoran Legislation
September 11, 2017
Editor’s Note: Bob Poole is a respected authority on air traffic control policy issues. His widely read and respected newsletter offers thoughtful commentary on policy…
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Brian Ladin of Delos Shipping Shares Viewpoint on eLoran – Newswire
September 7, 2017
Editor’s Note: It is great to see some investors understand the need for an eLoran system to enable shipping to be safer and more efficient.…
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“Global eNav – Great Benefits Awaiting a Resilient System” Maritime Executive
September 6, 2017
Editor’s Note: This article responds to the question from mariners and others in the industry – ‘What’s going on? We hear about new Chinese satellites,…
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“Why Are Our Ships Crashing?” US Naval War College Professors’ Thoughts @ CIMSEC
August 31, 2017
Editor’s Note: This piece by three professors from the US Naval War College is comprehensive and disturbing. Very much worth the read for anyone remotely…
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Pravda.ru – 2014 Cyberattack on USS Taylor?
August 30, 2017
Editor’s Note: The below article from Pravda.ru says it was sparked by US and British media reports “…that Russia tested an unknown cyber weapon in…
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U.S. Worried North Korea Will Unleash Cyberattacks – NBC
August 29, 2017
Editor’s Note: North Korea has repeatedly trialed and demonstrated its GPS jamming capability on South Korea. There are some who have argued that GPS disruption…
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Navy – “No Cyberattack on USS McCain”
August 28, 2017
Editor’s Note: Our experience navigating at sea and in the air has shown that human error is by far the most likely culprit in mishaps…
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South Korea Developing an eLoran Network to Protect Ships from Cyber Attacks – ‘Inside GNSS’
August 24, 2017
Editor’s note: Several interesting nuggets in this article. First, the overt justification for eLoran in this instance is an external threat and its impact on…
Read More US ship collisions — was it outside scheming? – Fox News
August 24, 2017
Editor’s Note: Lots of press and speculation on this issue. We re-post this one here as it has something we have not seen elsewhere –…
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GPS Spoofing Incident Points to Fragility of Navigation Satellites – “National Defense”
August 23, 2017
National Defense VIEWPOINT: GPS Spoofing Incident Points to Fragility of Navigation Satellites 8/22/2017 By Dana Goward A relatively innocuous safety alert from the U.S. Maritime Administration…
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Navy Vessels Jammed then Rammed by Spoofed Merchant Ships?
August 22, 2017
There are many possible causes for the recent tragic collisions of USS Fitzgerald and USS McCain with merchant vessels. Several media outlets have speculated that…
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Will Maritime Save the Day for GPS? – Maritime Executive
August 21, 2017
By Dana Goward 2017-08-21 00:51:37 Maritime has historically played an outsize role in world affairs. Sailors, few in number compared to the population as a whole, have…
Read More ‘Short Term Panic’ – Jan 2016 GPS Error & Toronto Public Safety System
August 18, 2017
Editor’s Note: During last year’s GPS 13.7 microsecond timing error, most all the first responder/public safety radio networks in North America reported faults or failures.…
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NASA – “Eclipse could impact GPS, but probably not”
August 17, 2017
Editor’s Note: EUVs, TECs, TIDs and gravity waves – NASA thinks GPS service in the US will be “OK” during the eclipse next week, but…
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A back-to-basics stand-in for GPS navigation – GCN
August 16, 2017
Editor’s Note: Kudos to Matt Leonard for beginning this article by identifying purposeful GPS disruption as a cyber-attack. Despite the disruption of communication pathways, impact…
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Ships fooled in GPS spoofing attack suggest Russian cyberweapon – New Scientist
August 13, 2017
Editor’s Note: The Black Sea incident in June is almost inexplicable. The theory put forth below is plausible as to the mechanics of what happened,…
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DHS Tries Photos of Jammers
August 11, 2017
The European Commission has reported detecting over 140,000 unique electronic signatures of GPS/GNSS jammers during the limited sampling it has done on the continent. While…
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Asia-Pacific Powers Race for a Backup to GPS – The Diplomat
August 10, 2017
Editor’s Note: Good article from “The Diplomat.” About two-thirds the way through the reporter makes the point that the issue more important than navigation for…
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GPS Problems in Russia? – Try Chayka
August 9, 2017
Anecdotal reports about problems with GPS reception in Russian waters have been circulating for years. In June a well documented report showed a disruption in…
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Resilient PNT For the Maritime Sector – “GPS World”
August 8, 2017
Editor’s Note: A couple things of note about this very short item posted last week. First, it is published by “GPS World.” It shows wide…
Read More Cyber threats prompt return of radio for ship navigation – Reuters
August 7, 2017
Reuters Article carried by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others. Editor’s Note: A good article from Jonathan Saul below. For those new…
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Answering the Call for a GNSS Back-up – “Inside GNSS”
August 6, 2017
Editor’s Note: The below article from “Inside GNSS is a good follow-on to our June post about the UK government report on the economic impact of GNSS…
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House Provides $10M for GPS Backup Proof of Concept
August 1, 2017
“Inside GNSS” reported today that the House Defense Appropriations Act for 2018 provides $10M for the GPS complementary and back up system proof of…
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G20 Jams GPS?
July 28, 2017
Criminals stealing high value cargo, delivery drivers hiding from their employers and those hiding illicit affairs from their spouses aren’t the only ones who regularly…
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Norway Takes Lead in Race to Build Autonomous Cargo Ships – WSJ
July 25, 2017
Editor’s Note: Cameras, radar, and “sensors” will complement GPS in the navigation suite. We have asked for more detailed information from our friends at Kongsberg.…
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House Passes Bill Requiring eLoran to Safeguard GPS
July 24, 2017
Editor’s Note: Last week the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 2825 – the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Act of 2017. Part of that…
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In outer space, the US is vulnerable to China and Russia – The Hill
July 22, 2017
Editor’s note: The author is a USAF intelligence officer assigned to the Pentagon. After an interesting description of the problem he concludes with: “Military officers…
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Do you know how to report a GPS disruption? – US Coast Guard
July 19, 2017
Editor’s Note: While the Department of Transportation is the lead for civil PNT issues in the US government, the Coast Guard has long assisted them…
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Scott Pace to Be National Space Council’s Executive Secretary
July 17, 2017
Editor’s Note: Scott Pace has been a long time adviser to the National Space-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board. He is a big supporter…
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Mass GPS Spoofing Attack in the Black Sea? – Maritime Executive
July 12, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: The MarEx editors added the question mark in the title. See photos at the end of the text. Maritime Executive Article Here…
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Advisory Board Reaffirms Stance on Adjacent Band Signals to New Appointees
July 11, 2017
The US National PNT Advisory Board reaffirmed its position on allowing signals in frequencies near the GPS/GNSS spectrum in a letter posted to its…
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Retired Air Force Lead Scientist Points the Way for Assured PNT
July 10, 2017
At the most recent National PNT Advisory Board meeting Dr. Gene McCall, former Chairman of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, called for the nation…
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Trusted Time – Traceable, Tamper-proof, Wireless, Precise
July 9, 2017
The two biggest challenge using GPS precise time in critical applications is that so many things can corrupt the signal after it leaves the satellite…
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Congress Report Suggests $200M for eLoran System
July 6, 2017
Editor’s Note: The below information was recently posted on GPS.gov. The United States continues to progress toward fulfilling the commitments of the Bush and Obama…
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GPS Risks & Alternatives for Defending the Homeland – Congress Wants to Know
July 6, 2017
Last year two Department of Defense officials gave seemingly conflicting testimony at the same hearing. In response to a question about the importance of GPS,…
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New Leader for Space at Pentagon
July 5, 2017
Mr. Steve Kitay has been selected for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy position vacated when Mr. Doug Loverro retired. Mr. Kitay has…
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‘Military Should Use European, Japanese SatNav For Resilience’ – House 2018 NDAA
July 5, 2017
The recently released House version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) calls upon the Secretary of Defense to figure out how to incorporate…
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More Concerned About Air Force ‘GPS Near-Perfect’ Statement
June 30, 2017
A recent Air Force press release describing GPS performance as “near-perfect” raised eyebrows at the National PNT Advisory Board meeting in Baltimore this week.…
Read More 22 Diverse Groups Oppose Ligado in One Letter
June 30, 2017
In a letter to the FCC Tuesday, twenty-two companies and organizations opposed Ligado’s spectrum use proposals. Diverse as Thales and AccuWeather, the letter effectively refutes…
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“Father of GPS” Calls for Immediate eLoran Build
June 29, 2017
Dr. Brad Parkinson, widely known as the “Father of GPS,” opened a presentation Tuesday night with a call for immediate implementation of an eLoran system…
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House NDAA Adds $10M for Backup GPS Capability Demonstration
June 28, 2017
Editor’s Note: Unless there is a crisis, the government almost always takes small steps on things. The below announcement about the National Defense Authorization Act…
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Anti-jam systems: Which one works for you? – GPS World
June 27, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: An excellent article showing the wide variety of products available to help users resist jamming and spoofing (GPS/GNSS is a very weak…
Read More GPS Disruption and Critical National Infrastructure – World Security Report
June 23, 2017
Editor’s Note: An excellent article by Spirent’s Guy Buesnel. Guy is slated to speak at the US PNT Advisory Board meeting in Baltimore next week…
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‘GPS Performance Near-Perfect’ – USAF Press Release Ignores Problems
June 20, 2017
Last week the US Air Force boasted in a press release “New reports confirm near-perfect performance record for civil GPS service.” The press release is…
Read More “$1.32B/day Damage w/o GNSS” – New UK Study Points to eLoran, Satelles
June 19, 2017
A just-posted study from London Economics says that a 5 day disruption to GPS/GNSS services would cost the nation at least £5.2B or about $1.32B…
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OCX Costs to Reach $5.5 Billion, GPS III Satellites Pushed Back – Air Force Magazine
June 15, 2017
Blog Editor’s note: Maintaining GPS as a world premier and secure system is essential. The US government is spending a lot of money to make some…
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EU eLoran Efforts Sharpen while U.S. Requirements Study Continues – Inside GNSS
June 14, 2017
Editor’s Note: Another excellent article by award-winning reporter Dee Ann Divis. A great summary of where these projects stand in the US and Europe. It…
Read More How to Steal a Ship – Part 2, fm ‘Maritime Executive’
June 13, 2017
Editor’s Note: Last week we published a thought experiment about how a cargo ship could be spoofed and sailed into the hands of bad actors.…
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Unmanned Ships on the Horizon – Maritime Executive
June 11, 2017
Editor’s Note: Maritime probably has the greatest potential for early commercial use of unmanned cargo vessels. Human pilots could navigate ships out of and into…
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Real World Spoofing Trials and Mitigation – Inside GNSS
June 10, 2017
Editor’s Note: This working paper published by Inside GNSS is some great work by a group of satnav notables. It encourages use of sophisticated antennae…
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Video, Navy League to Congress – GPS a Single Point of Failure, eLoran
June 9, 2017
Wednesday, Mr. John Acton testified at one of a series of House of Representatives hearings on national infrastructure needs. Two Coast Guard Vice Admirals and an…
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Ships Collide, but AIS-GPS Says They Passed Safely
June 8, 2017
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) does a lot of things but it was designed to help prevent collisions between ships. AIS transceivers use Global Positioning System…
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eLoran and Loran testing underway in late June – GPS World
June 7, 2017
Editor’s Note: The Department of Homeland Security has long been concerned with the lack of an alternative for GPS to support critical infrastructure, particularly for…
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Army Trying to Solve Europe & Korea Cyber & PNT Problems
June 6, 2017
The US Army seems to be ramping up its concern and efforts over GPS denial in Europe and Korea. Last week, Maj. Gen. Wilson Shoffner told…
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Ligado May Hurt GPS, But They Will Sell You a Fix
June 5, 2017
The Ligado company (formerly Lightsquared) has asked the FCC for permission to broadcast in frequencies adjacent to those assigned for satellite navigation signals like GPS.…
Read More How to Steal A Ship – Maritime Executive
June 4, 2017
Editor’s Note: ‘The prudent mariner will use every means at their disposal to determine their position’ is an axiom that dates back to the age…
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More on Mystery Signals, Concerns Maybe Hurting GPS, GNSS
June 2, 2017
Editor’s Note: Here is a follow-on Linkedin post to a item we posted a couple days ago: How is GPS SVN-49 behaving? Published on May 30,…
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Master Mariners Support eLoran Provision
June 1, 2017
The Council of American Master Mariners wrote to Senator John Thune and the other members of the Senate Commerce Committee today expressing support for provisions…
Read More Can Congress establish a backup for GPS before it’s too late?- The Hill
May 31, 2017
Editor’s Note: “The Hill” is a publication widely read by members of Congress and their staffs. They published an opinion piece by RNTF President Dana…
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GPS Vulnerability Questioned After Cyber Attacks – Maritime Journal
May 30, 2017
Editor’s Note: The below article by Dag Pike caught our eye. Dag is an old salt of the finest sort. He has been merchant captain,…
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Extra Signals Being Heard on GPS Frequency
May 29, 2017
We recently saw the below interesting post on a Linkedin group and obtained permission from the author to re-post it here. Inquiries we made to various…
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Maritime Electronics Stds Body, RTCM, Supporting eLoran Legislation
May 27, 2017
View Post The world’s premier body for development of maritime electronics requirements and standards, Radio Technical Commission Maritime (RTCM), is supporting legislation requiring establishment of…
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Another Reason to Use GPS Jammers – Police Tracking Darts
May 22, 2017
Editor’s Note: There are all kinds of reasons why people buy and use illegal GNSS jammers. Sometimes they are even inadvertently advertised by the media. Last…
Read More Why Congress is Interested in GPS Vulnerability & eLoran
May 21, 2017
On Friday a bill was introduced into the House of Representatives that contained language requiring the Secretary of Transportation to work through the Coast Guard…
Read More “Secretary of Transportation Shall Protect GPS w/eLoran” – Bill in Congress
May 20, 2017
Yesterday Congressman Duncan Hunter introduced HR 2518, the House version of the US Coast Guard Authorization Act for 2018 and 2019. Chapter 807 begins: “80701.…
Read More “Time Warfare: Threats to GPS Aren’t Just About Navigation and Positioning” – Defense One
May 15, 2017
Editor’s Note – The authors make excellent points about the dominant importance of the “T” (time) in PNT (positioning, navigation and timing). Their suggestion for…
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“US Adversaries Focusing on Jamming GPS, Other Satellites” – Dir. National Intelligence
May 14, 2017
This week the US Director of National Intelligence informed the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are expected to…
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DHS Reports – Mobile Device Security, Critical Infrastructure & Growing Risks
May 12, 2017
Things seem to come in batches. Two reports by DHS of interest to our readers popped up on the radar the other day. The first…
Read More With $2T in Damage Looming, Senate Passes Space Weather Act
May 4, 2017
Bill Calls for Protection of Critical Infrastructure, National Security Assets On the first of September 1859 the Earth was hit by a massive solar flare. It…
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The Galileo clock failures have a lot to teach us about GNSS testing – ITProPortal
May 2, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: A great article by long-time RNTF member Guy Buesnel. As you read through the article, you will see that clock failures have not…
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“GPS not Critical Infrastructure” – US Dept of Homeland Security
April 29, 2017
This month Canada’s Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence has recommended that the nation’s satellites be declared critical infrastructure. In a report on military…
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ESA Space Debris Film – Do we have 20 years left in space?
April 24, 2017
“Tomorrow Never Dies,” a James Bond movie, premiered in 1997 and featured GPS spoofing that caused an international incident. Fourteen years later, in 2011, Iran…
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Outer-Space Hacking a Top NASA Concern – Bloomberg
April 17, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Several interesting things about the below article: A NASA facility monitoring the cyber-security of US satellites to ensure they don’t get hacked by adversary nation…
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Anti-jam technology: Demystifying the CRPA – GPS World
April 14, 2017
Editor’s Note: There is a lot of good technology out there, but not nearly enough people are using it. Good article in GPS World by…
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GEN Hyten & Sen. Cruz – GPS Reliance, Threats to Space
April 13, 2017
On the 4th of April General Hyten, Commander of Strategic Command, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senator Cruz asked about threats to space…
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The Politics of Resilience – Speaking Truth to Power on PNT
April 7, 2017
Here is the presentation that we gave at the ATIS Workshop on Synchronization and Timing Systems yesterday in San Jose, CA. We were surprised to see…
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Continental Electronics Patents New eLoran Antenna
April 6, 2017
A couple weeks ago one of our members, Reelectronika, showed us an eLoran/Chayka/GNSS receiver that was only 6cm long with a 5cm antenna. Yesterday our…
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Armed Police Drones & Hackable, Jammable GPS
April 5, 2017
It was the same day the House Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees were being warned by experts that GPS signals are weak, easily jammed…
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Interpol Sec Gen – Single Points of Failure for Critical Infrastructure
April 4, 2017
From discussion and passage of a United Nations’ Resolution calling on member states to address threats to critical infrastructure: “JÜRGEN STOCK, Secretary-General of the International…
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Congress Hearing Focuses on GPS Disruption, Homeland Security
March 30, 2017
In an unusual move the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, and the House Homeland Security Committee held a joint hearing yesterday…
Read More Is It Time for a Backup? – Opinion, GPS World
March 28, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: A great opinion piece by GPS World editor Alan Cameron. His editorials regularly speak for the GPS community at large and this one…
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FAA Abandons Drones, Future with Nav Strategy 2016
March 28, 2017
We will save you some time if you don’t want to wade through the 37 pages of the FAA’s Navigation Strategy 2016. It says: More…
Read More Senator Cruz – Admiral Zukunft on GPS Backup/eLoran
March 24, 2017
From Bloomberg Government Hearing on State of the Coast Guard, 22 March 2017 Senator Cruz (R-TX): Let me shift to a different issue, which is —…
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Results from Munich – It Is Time for a GNSS Backup! – US says “long overdue”
March 18, 2017
“GNSS – Is It Time for Backup?” was the theme of this year’s Munich Satellite Navigation Summit. The answer seemed to be a resounding “YES!”…
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Receiver only 6cm Integrates eLoran, Chayka, GNSS
March 15, 2017
The other day we posted about a new navigation receiver that integrated eLoran, Chayka, and GNSS signals. What we didn’t realize until we saw one…
Read More Next GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility Workshop (#4) 30 March 2017
March 14, 2017
We got this note from Stephen M. Mackey at the Volpe Center and are passing it along: “The next GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility Workshop, Workshop…
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New high-tech Turkish system reduces dependence on GPS
March 9, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: Turkey’s neighbors, Russia & Iran, as well as many other players in the region, have long histories of jamming and spoofing satellite…
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GPS disruption a full-fledged aviation problem – GPS World
March 7, 2017
Blog editor’s note: Great article below. See also report here of aircraft that almost lost control due to GPS jamming. March 6, 2017 By Guy…
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A Big Obstacle to Drone Safety, Productivity
March 2, 2017
Guest Post by CAPT Joe Burns, CEO, Sensurion Aerospace A major challenge facing the unmanned systems industry, especially in aviation and upcoming Beyond Visual Line…
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Ligado Says NASCTN LTE-GPS Report Completes Record for FCC Action
February 21, 2017
This is a re-post from NPSTC.org – Note that quite a way down in the post it reads “The report presents a huge amount of…
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DHS Will be Jamming and Spoofing – Asks Rcvr Makers to Participate
February 16, 2017
The Department of Homeland Security has announced an opportunity for GPS receiver manufacturers to test equipment performance in an active jamming and spoofing environment. The…
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Spectrum Piracy Threatens Aviation Nav & GNSS Freqs
February 14, 2017
Guest Post by Mitch Narins Last month a letter sent to the FCC by lawyers representing the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), provided great detail…
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Spirent security experts predict greater risk to GNSS in 2017
February 11, 2017
Editor’s Note: This is an interesting report that coincides with things we have heard from government officials. Longtime RNTF member Guy Buesnel from Spirent will…
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Sen. Roy Blunt at Hearing – ‘Where are we on GPS Backup?’
February 10, 2017
At a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo) questioned progress on establishing a system to protect GPS. Sen. Blunt asked DOT Inspector General Calvin…
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Time from the Sky – Orolia and Satelles
February 9, 2017
We have seen and heard a lot over the last year about Satelles and their new satellite PNT service. Recently, their efforts were bolstered when…
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‘Threats To Damage US via GPS Disruption Increasing’ – Dept of Homeland Security
February 8, 2017
At a New York Stock Exchange industry event last month a representative from the Department of Homeland Security said that adversaries of the United States are…
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Interference Location From Space – papers from Inside GNSS
February 3, 2017
In this post we are pointing you to two interesting papers about locating GNSS disruption sources on the ground using satellites. We like this idea because locating…
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Shipping industry vulnerable to cyber attacks and GPS jamming – CNBC
February 2, 2017
Blog editor’s Note: This is a good overview of the impacts on maritime and features comments from long-time RNTF Advisory Council member Prof David Last, BSc(Eng),…
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Performance Std for Marine eLoran Receivers Issued
February 1, 2017
On January 6th the Radio Technical Commission, Maritime (RTCM) issued its “Minimum Performance Standards for Marine eLoran Receiving Equipment.” This 71 page document is the…
Read More ‘Users Hazard Infrastructure With GPS Rcvr Picks’ – Notes fm ATIS Workshop
January 30, 2017
The ATIS “Time and Money” workshop at the New York Stock Exchange last week had something for everyone. There were technical presentations, panel discussions, and…
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The Next Big Threat to National Security Is ‘Spoofing’ – The Observer
January 29, 2017
Editor’s Note: We really like the author’s admonition to “Treat GPS like Reagan treated Russia: Trust but verify.” GPS jamming and spoofing are poorly recognized…
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eLoran Time – Results fm 2016 Tests & Demos
January 25, 2017
This week UrsaNav posted their most recent results from the work they have been doing with Harris Corp. and the Department of Homeland Security to…
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Cascading and Escalating Failures – World Security Report
January 24, 2017
A new paper by the World Security Report says: “Critical infrastructure interdependencies constitute a risk multiplier: they can themselves be a threat or hazard, affect…
Read More Galileo Working, but Some Clocks Failing
January 20, 2017
Editor’s Note: Each satellite has four clocks aboard, so these failures have not been fatal for the system, nor even an individual satellite. They are…
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Your Smartphone is Violating the Law – FCC Seeking Comment
January 18, 2017
OK – your smartphone is probably violating the law. It’s illegal in the U.S. to receive and use other nations’ satellite navigation signals. And most…
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PNT Leader Halvorsen to Retire from Defense Dept. in February
January 17, 2017
In a post last week Jared Serbu of Federal News Radio reported that Terry Halvorsen, Defense Department CIO, will retire by the end of February. While…
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The looming national security threat everyone keeps ignoring – Goward in the Washington Post
January 12, 2017
Blog Editor’s Note: The Washington Post just published an opinion piece by RNT Foundation President Dana Goward: Opinions By Dana Goward January 12 at…
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US DOT – ‘GPS Single Point of Failure for Transportation’
January 11, 2017
On Monday the US Department of Transportation issued a press release announcing the availability of “Beyond Traffic 2045,” the department’s framework for thinking about the…
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eLoran Infrastructure Waiting – Las Vegas Sun article
January 10, 2017
Editor’s note: A good reminder that the federal government still has all the properties needed for a quick implementation of system to defend GPS. And…
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US DHS Calls for Fake Antennae, Better GPS Receivers
January 9, 2017
Friday the US Department of Homeland Security published a list of 22 recommendations for installation, selection and use of GPS receivers to minimize opportunities for…
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ATIS Time & Money Workshop – 25 Jan 17
January 4, 2017
Editor’s Note: This looks like an interesting event at the New York Stock Exchange. We are going to attend. A similar event was hosted there…
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$Millions in US Supplied Drones for Ukraine Disappoint – too vulnerable to jamming/hacking
January 1, 2017
Editor’s Note: For years the US administration has turned a blind eye to problems of jamming and spoofing of all kinds. The example below of…
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New PNT Leader in DOD – Brig. Gen. Kevin Kelly
December 30, 2016
The Air Force announced the assignment of Brig. Gen. Kevin Kelly to be Deputy DOD Chief Information Officer for Command, Communications and Computers (C4) and Information…
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US Congress Leading GPS/PNT Issues – see article fm ‘Inside GNSS’
December 28, 2016
Editor’s Note: The following excellent article by Dee Ann Divis points out that the US Congress remains very much int the lead for GPS/PNT policy in the United…
Read More US DHS Looking for Tech to Find Jammers, Protect First Responder Comms
December 21, 2016
In a Request for Information posted on the 20th of December the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate is seeking partners in a…
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100 microseconds New Standard for US Markets
December 20, 2016
Last month the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to accept as a part of the National Market System a Consolidated Audit Trail data…
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‘GPS + eLoran Greater than Sum of Parts’ – Dr. Gene McCall
December 19, 2016
Editor’s Note: Dr. Gene McCall makes several excellent points in the below article about the need to focus on an architecture that will ensure delivery…
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Better Protection of Spectrum is a Defense Necessity
December 18, 2016
Graphic from AFCEA Editor’s Note: The author of this article starts with “Safeguarding the electromagnetic spectrum is critical to success throughout the battlespace, but the…
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Jamming Biggest GPS Danger to U.S.
December 15, 2016
The cumulative effects of daily low power jamming by thousands of criminals and privacy seekers, and the threat of high power jamming by terrorist and…
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“GPS Vulnerable, But There Is a Solution” by Congressman John Garamendi
December 13, 2016
Editor’s Note: “National Defense” is the journal of the National Defense Industrial Association. This article was posted on it’s website in December 2016 and will…
Read More Telecom Industry Comes Down Hard for Better PNT
December 12, 2016
In a presentation to the National PNT Advisory Board last week, ATIS, the telecommunications industry standards body, strongly urged: Great care licensing transmissions in bands adjacent…
Read More Europe Finding Jammers Everywhere – U.S. Not Even Looking
December 8, 2016
In a dramatic presentation at the National PNT Advisory Board this week, Mr. Mark Dumville of Nottingham Scientific, Ltd. discussed the European GNSS Agency’s STRIKE3 project to detect…
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Cyber Commission Slams Administration – “Need to Protect PNT”
December 6, 2016
The 1 December “Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy” by the President’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity quietly slams eight years of inaction on many…
Read More Defense Act for 2017 Speaks to Resilient PNT & eLoran
December 5, 2016
Blog Editor’s Note: The House Report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for 2017 directs the Secretaries of Defense, Transportation, and Homeland Security to examine…
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DoT Starts Hunt for GPS Timing Backup Supplier – from Inside GNSS
December 2, 2016
Blog Editor’s Note: Another excellent article below by Dee Ann Divis. One additional note – the federal register notice focuses on timing, which has always been…
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GPS & eLoran Under Trump – Article from “Inside GNSS”
December 2, 2016
Editor’s Note: The below is yet another excellent article by award-winning journalist Dee Ann Divis looking at how specific lawmakers and the new administration may…
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Spoofing will attain virus status, warns expert – GPS World
December 1, 2016
Blog editor’s note: Cyber-security officials and experts have always seemed resistant to the idea that GPS jamming and spoofing were cyber problems. This has never…
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US Government Seeking Backup System(s) for GPS
November 30, 2016
The US Department of Transportation is seeking “…one or more PNT technologies to back up signals from GPS and to ensure resiliency of PNT for…
Read More GPS Antennas Still Jamming Each Other
November 23, 2016
Ever since GPS became popular enough that receiver antennas began sprouting up in the same general area they have been interfering with each other. A brand new…
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Trump’s $1 Trillion for Infrastructure – Talk or Action?
November 21, 2016
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody ever does anything.”* So far, it has been the same with GPS/GNSS/PNT vunlerability and the need for…
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Maritime Academies Teach GPS-Free Navigation… that Requires GPS
November 16, 2016
Concerned about the vulnerability of GPS to disruption from a myriad of sources, the US Naval Academy, US Coast Guard Academy, US Merchant Marine Academy…
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Jumping GPS Hurting Uber
November 8, 2016
I had a flight the next morning. Rather than wait and return with the group I walked to a dark lonely city street corner and…
Read More GPS disruption is a growing problem for aviation, reports show
November 7, 2016
Editor’s Note: Some folks in the FAA will dismiss the role of GPS in aviation and claim that commercial aircraft don’ have the same dependencies…
Read More Master Mariners Support eLoran – Now!
October 28, 2016
In a letter to each of the members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation the Council of American Masters Mariners urged appointment…
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Timing & Smart Grid – Quotes fm NIST Workshop
October 27, 2016
On the 26th of October NIST and IEEE hosted a workshop on “Timing Challenges in the Smart Grid” at the sprawling and attractive NIST campus…
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RNT Foundation Supports Legislation For GPS Complement/Backup
October 26, 2016
The RNT Foundation has actively endorsed specific legislation to provide more resilient PNT services. In a letter to selected members of the Senate the foundation…
Read More Putin Goes All Out Jamming, Spoofing GPS
October 23, 2016
Photo: By Kremlin.ru Despotic regimes have to be paranoid. Two recent news items show that the Russians are particularly and extremely concerned about the power that GPS…
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Don Jewell, 1949–2016 – “From GPS World”
October 21, 2016
Editor’s Note: Don Jewell was a member of RNT Foundation’s first Advisory Council. As a practical navigator, scientist and student of public policy, he was…
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Leap Smear, Leap Second – How ever you do it, here it comes!
October 21, 2016
The planet doesn’t seem to care about how fast or slowly we think it should rotate. Perhaps it is a good reminder that we aren’t…
Read More American Military’s Greatest Vulnerability: No GPS in a War
October 19, 2016
Editor’s Note: The below item is re-posted from “The National Interest.” It is disappointing to see that, in all the discussions in academia, think tanks,…
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GPS-Free Navigation! – Except it’s Not
October 18, 2016
Some really smart and clever people are figuring out how to navigate without GPS – or so their headlines claim. Take for example this recent post…
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Pyongyang’s GPS disruptions affect over 2,100 planes since 2010 – Korea Herald
October 12, 2016
Editor’s note: In June we posted a South Korean news item that contained much of this same information. The most significant difference with this news item…
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Largest Unmanned Naval Systems Exercise Begins – “Maritime Executive”
October 11, 2016
Editor’s Note: Many futurists see the coming decade as the real dawn of the age of robotics and autonomous systems. This post from “Maritime Executive”…
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Kiplinger – The Scary Threat to GPS That Could Paralyze U.S. Businesses
October 3, 2016
Blog editor’s Note: Not a bad overview article on Kiplinger.com Two points, though. First, the bit about “What’s the value of oxygen? GPS is oxygen”…
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Munich Summit will Emphasize GNSS Backup – GPS World
September 29, 2016
Blog Editor’s Note: In 1998 President Clinton directed a study of the growing dependency on satellite navigation and timing systems. In 2001 the resulting report…
Read More House Passes Bill for GPS Backup System
September 28, 2016
Editor’s note: The legislative progress on this important issue continues. A link to the bill itself, HR 5978 Links to materials submitted to the Congressional Record associated…
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Who’s In Charge? – PNT Protection in US Leaderless, According to Some
September 27, 2016
Discussing his agency’s efforts to protect GPS and the Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services it provides, a government official was recently quoted saying that…
Read More China Jamming US Forces’ GPS
September 26, 2016
Editor’s note: This is the first open press item we recall that discusses China’s use of GPS jamming against US forces. GPS jamming and spoofing are…
Read More New DHS PMO for PNT – Request for Help
September 23, 2016
Government officials tell us that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is standing up a Program Management Office (PMO) for Positioning, Navigation and Timing…
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GPS Interference at Le Mans
September 21, 2016
Editor’s Note: This is a re-post from the blog of our friends at SPIRENT. Very interesting example of how GPS vulnerability impacts so many areas…
Read More “Coast Guard Must Build eLoran for GPS Backup” – House T&I Committee Passes Bill
September 17, 2016
From Congressman Garamendi’s Web Site: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Passes Strong Legislation Co-Authored by Ranking Member Garamendi and Chairman Hunter on GPS Backup Systems…
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GPS jamming is a growing threat to satellite navigation, positioning, and precision timing
September 16, 2016
Military & Aerospace June 28, 2016 By John Keller Editor How much do you trust and rely on your personal GPS satellite navigation device to…
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Improved GPS Jammers For Sale!
September 11, 2016
Editor’s Note: Jammers for every budget and use can be easily found on the internet from sites like Jammerall.com. We thought that this item from IHS was…
Read More Euro Commission Report – GNSS & eLoran Most Practical Methods to Support Cell Phone Systems using TDD
September 7, 2016
A CEPT Electronic Communications Committee report from 2014 that was recently posted giving practical guidance for TDD networks lists four ways to provide essential timing…
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SEXTANT: Innovative Study on Position, Navigation, and Timing Resiliency
August 31, 2016
Aerospace Corporation – The purpose of Sextant is to improve resiliency by combining existing and new PNT signal sources. (Illustration: Joseph Hidalgo) Aerospace is pioneering…
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NIST – “GPS Still Achilles Heel for Internet of Things”
August 30, 2016
Last year NIST released a report with the tag line: “Lack of Effective Timing Signals Could Hamper ‘Internet of Things’ Development.” In it the authors…
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SAE International Developing New Standard for Terrestrial PNT – Support for Drones, Critical Infrastructure
August 29, 2016
Blog editor note: Our Google Alerts dug this up over the weekend. SAE International is the largest automotive and aerospace standards-setting body in the world.…
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UK Firm Develops GPS-Free Positioning System – Maritime Executive
August 25, 2016
By MarEx 2016-08-15 18:04:59 Defense contractors Polaris Consulting have developed a software system to use visual and radar data to compute a vessel’s position in…
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GPS Spoofing – Unicorn Team, Qihoo 360 China
August 24, 2016
Blog Editor’s Note: Recently a video using a Rohde & Schwarz signal generator to cheat Pokemon Go went viral. We hear that the opportunity to spoof Pokemon…
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GPS hacking takes centre stage at DEFCON 24
August 24, 2016
Blog Editor’s Note: This outstanding guest post first appeared on Linkedin and is courtesy of member Guy Buesnel. Guy’s company, Spirent, is very much concerned…
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Spectracom Introduces GSG-6 Series GNSS Simulators, eLoran Backup for Timing Reference – Inside GNSS
August 23, 2016
Blog editor’s note: We think that multi-function receivers integrating diverse signals are part of the future for resilient PNT. Good job Spectracom! “Backup” might not…
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Global Anti-Jamming Market for GPS Worth USD 4.08 Billion by 2022 -Business Wire
August 22, 2016
August 19, 2016 12:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Anti-Jamming Market for GPS by Technique (Nulling…
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Seven Easy Ways to Get a Win Protecting GPS – Inside GNSS
August 17, 2016
INSIDE GNSS NEWS GNSS Forum: Seven Easy Ways the Administration or Congress Could Get a Quick Win Protecting GPS and America Dana Goward August 16,…
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Spoofing GPS is surprisingly easy; detecting it is surprisingly hard – boingboing
August 17, 2016
/ CORY DOCTOROW / 8:24 AM THU AUG 4, 2016 GPS security is increasingly implicated in both physical and information security: from steering a super-yacht…
Read More Providers Must Spend More on Anti-Jamming – Discussion in GPS World
August 16, 2016
This is a great set of Q&A from “GPS World.” It lays out the case for the R&D budget requirements for protecting GPS from jamming.…
Read More IEEE/NIST Timing Challenges in the Smart Grid Workshop
August 15, 2016
Purpose: On October 26, NIST will host the IEEE-SA/NIST Timing Challenges in the Smart Grid Workshop. The result of the workshop is to enable stakeholders…
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How Cyberwar From Hacking To GPS Jamming Is Changing The Face Of Society – Forbes
August 15, 2016
AUG 8, 2016 @ 10:55 PM Kalev Leetaru , Contributor This past March Bloomberg offered a compelling look inside the world of election hacking in…
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A Solar Storm Almost Led to War With the Soviet Union – Popular Science
August 12, 2016
IN 1967, THE SUN HEATED UP THE COLD WAR By Mary Beth Griggs August 9, 2016 Five years after the Cuban Missile crisis brought the…
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GPS Under Attack as Crooks, Rogue Workers Wage Electronic War – NBC.com
August 8, 2016
by MIKE BRUNKER 8 August 2016 Once the province of hostile nations, electronic warfare has arrived with little fanfare on U.S. highways and byways. Criminals,…
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Dueling Government Studies – GPS Interference & the New Lightsquared (Ligado)
August 2, 2016
Blog Editor’s Notes: Really interesting article from “Inside GNSS” below. Until now, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has had the lead on evaluating the…
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Could Pokemon Go cheaters threaten your cybersecurity? – Archer Security Group
August 1, 2016
By: Kerry Tomlinson Some say the rise in “location-spoofing” could lead to more GPS attacks on cell towers, drones and more. It’s not enough to play…
Read More GALANT against jamming and spoofing – suppression of interference and decoy signals at sea – DLR
August 1, 2016
Ships can be led astray with fake GPS signals. If signals for navigation of vessels are jammed or spoofed, positional and other critical data, such…
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Protecting GPS From Spoofers Is Critical to the Future of Navigation – IEEE Spectrum
August 1, 2016
Blog Editor’s Note: A good article by Professors Psiaki and Humphreys on how to improve GPS receivers. One method they don’t mention is protecting GPS receivers from…
Read More DHS BAA Assured Timing – Extended Until 12 August 2016
August 1, 2016
HSHQDC-15-R-B0008 Assured Timing for Critical Infrastructure This BAA solicitation (HSHQDC-15-R-B0008) is a call issued against Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & Technology (S&T), Resilient…
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USCG Notice – GPS Degradation at High Latitudes 29 July 2016
July 27, 2016
(Thanks to Dennis Bryant and his excellent blog for bringing this to our attention) USCG NAVIGATION CENTER HIGH HORIZONTAL DILUTION OF PRECISION (HDOP) ADVISORY FOR…
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Watch Out for the Leap Second – Again!
July 24, 2016
This is another in our irregular series of guest blogs, this time from Mitch Narins at Strategic Synergies, LLC. The old adage tells us…
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DoT Calls for Even More ABC Tests – “Inside GNSS”
July 20, 2016
Department of Transportation Calls for More Testing of GPS/GNSS Receivers for Adjacent Band Compatibility ABC study will evaluate the adjacent radio frequency band power levels…
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Pokemon Go – Recruiting & Training GPS Spoofers
July 14, 2016
“Wait, wait – you can make your phone think it is someplace it is not? What if you could mess with GPS and do that…
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Terrestrial beacons bring wide-area location indoors – GPS World
July 14, 2016
Extraordinary though satellite navigation may be, GPS and other satellite-based constellations are limited when there is not a line-of-sight or near-line-of-sight path to at least…
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eLoran Demo Signal Scheduled 29 Jul – 15 Aug
July 12, 2016
The Wildwood, NJ eLoran transmitter will be continuously broadcasting from 0900 (EST) on 29 July 2016 through 1200 (EST) on 15 August 2016. Wildwood will…
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“The Night GPS Failed”- The movie (“GPS World” magazine)
July 12, 2016
“The Atlantic”… “The New Yorker”… “The Christian Science Monitor”… “The Economist”…NPR’s radio shows “Science Friday” and “Here and Now”… “The National Space-based PNT Advisory Board”……
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Surveyors Identify GPS/ SatNav Problems in Alaska
July 11, 2016
Writing recently in “GPS World,” Tim Burch, Secretary of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, outlined the increased challenges of using, and problems depending upon, GPS and…
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DHS, PNT ExCom Move on Backing Up GPS – Inside GNSS
July 4, 2016
Dee Ann Divis June 30, 2016 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is moving forward to establish a backup for the position, navigation, and timing…
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N. Korea Disrupted GPS 2,143 times this year – So Far
June 30, 2016
UPI North Korea sent 2,100 GPS jamming signals to South By Elizabeth Shim | June 29, 2016 at 11:12 AM SEOUL, June 29 (UPI) —…
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Army Industry Day(s) for Assured PNT 2-4 August
June 28, 2016
The Army PMO for Assured PNT will host industry days at Aberdeen Proving Grounds from 2 to 4 August 2016. Register by 7 July. Read…
Read More Norway Open to Commercial eLoran System, Discussions On-Going
June 27, 2016
Translation by Google Translate Western Edge Magazine OPEN TO PRIVATIZATION OF CIVIL SECURITY By MARENO Leonhardsen MARENO@BLV.NO Published: 27 June 2016, at. 6:30 p.m. BO:…
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ICAO to Warn North Korea on Jamming – NKNews.org
June 27, 2016
Aviation agency to warn North Korea on GPS jamming Jamming operations by North targeted at aircraft navigation systems in South NK*News.org By John G. Grisafi …
Read More GNSS Anti-Jam Market to Hit 4.8B/yr by 2020
June 27, 2016
Editor’s note: With all of the jamming we hear about these days, we will be surprised if this market doesn’t get a lot hotter a lot…
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Re-Calculating GPS – Trajectory Magazine
June 27, 2016
2016 Issue 2 By Matt Alderton Anyone who reads the Sunday comics has probably chuckled at the antics of red-bearded, big-bellied Hägar the Horrible. Part…
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Rolls-Royce: Autonomous “Revolution” Has Begun (Maritime Executive)
June 23, 2016
By MarEx 2016-06-21 19:09:13 On Tuesday, Rolls Royce and its partners in the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications (AAWA) initiative released a white paper on their…
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New Bill Would Make Coast Guard Responsible for eLoran GPS Backup
June 22, 2016
The “Miscellaneous Maritime Transportation Amendments Act of 2016” introduced today by Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) provides for: “Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Commandant…
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Financial Industry Opposes 350 Microsecond Standard for Trades – Washington Post
June 20, 2016
Editor’s Note: This very interesting article from the Washington Post shows how policy and timing technology are inextricably intertwined. There is also an interesting video…
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DHS – Assured PNT Project Announcement
June 17, 2016
The Department of Homeland Security demonstrated its on-going concern about the need for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) for critical infrastructure this week with a…
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DARPA Eyes ‘Very Low Frequency’ Signals For PNT Systems as GPS Backup – Govt. Executive Magazine
June 17, 2016
Ramona Adams June 16, 2016 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to demonstrate a positioning, navigation and timing system that will use very low frequency band…
Read More What Happens if GPS Fails? – The Atlantic
June 15, 2016
Blog editor’s note: This is a good popular overview of the issue, how long the government has known there is a problem, and how long…
Read More Arqiva to Trial eLoran Timing for Broadcast and Telecommunications Infrastructure
June 14, 2016
Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK 10 June 2016 Arqiva, the communications infrastructure company, is trialling eLoran timing technology – which delivers precise UTC traceable time – from the…
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Cancelled? – FAA Warns of GPS Outages This Month During Mysterious Tests on the West Coast – Gizmodo
June 8, 2016
Blog Editor Update: We have not seen an announcement, but we are told that the tests described below were “cancelled by the sponsor.” Perhaps because…
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Iran Developing Homegrown Alternative to GPS (probably Loran)
June 3, 2016
RNTF Blog Editor Notes: Iran made an announcement about a land-based navigation system similar to the recent one below in December of 2013. Interesting that they…
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GPS Attacks at Cairo Airport – Just After Egypt Air Loss
May 30, 2016
The Mirror Fresh Terror fears as hackers trying to disable planes at Cairo Airport Nick Dorman Terror fears have been raised over Egypt after pilots were…
Read More Proposal That Could Degrade GPS – Our Comments to the FCC
May 20, 2016
“Protect the adjacent bands to GNSS as a quiet neighborhood” is one of the core principles of RNT Foundation’s Protect, Toughen and Augment recommendations to…
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GPS is Everywhere, is That a Good Thing? – NPR Radio Shows
May 12, 2016
National Public Radio has recently discovered the many interesting issues surrounding GPS, thanks to author Greg Milner and his new book “Pinpoint: How GPS is Changing Technology,…
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Map slippage is real, and it’s about to matter – David Rudin on KillScreen.com
May 11, 2016
05.09.16 by DAVID RUDIN@DavidSRudin If an object does not exist on a map, does it exist at all? Do you? You can see it with…
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“Air Force never really wanted GPS” – New Book on GPS History and Current Issues
May 10, 2016
“Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture and Our Minds” (Norton, 2016), by journalist Greg Milner, is a fascinating look at the history of GPS,…
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Protecting India’s Satellite System – dnaindia.com
May 7, 2016
Site editor’s note: The author discusses concerns about jamming and spoofing on the Indian subcontinent. VIDYA SAGAR REDDY | Fri, 6 May 2016-08:05am, Mumbai, dna…
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What Would Happen if GPS Failed – The New Yorker
May 7, 2016
BY GREG MILNER The radio signal that is the lifeblood of the Global Positioning System originates from a constellation of twenty-four satellites, orbiting more than…
Read More GPS Spectrum Protection – Secure World Panel
May 6, 2016
On the 8th of April the Secure World Foundation hosted a distinguished panel discussing the challenges and need to protect the GPS spectrum. The panel…
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Army RFI Preparing for U.S. Purchase of eLoran Network?
May 4, 2016
Many analysts are concluding that a Request for Information (RFI) for Assured PNT (A-PNT) recently published by the Army is the next step in the…
Read More DEMETRA Workshop on Time – 20 May Turin, Italy
May 3, 2016
As time becomes more important the European Union is exploring how to better provide it from space. Workshop Flier Here
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FCC Opens GPS-Adjacent Ligado Proposal for Comment – Inside GNSS
May 3, 2016
Dee Ann Divis April 29, 2016 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is officially asking for feedback on a proposal by Ligado Networks to repurpose frequencies…
Read More GPS Threat to Smart Grid Growing – New Paper by MITRE (March 2016)
May 3, 2016
As we make the grid more efficient, GPS time becomes more important to keeping it going. Here is a new presentation by Kevin M. Skey and…
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South Korea revives GPS backup project after blaming North for jamming – Reuters
May 3, 2016
REUTERS, 1 May 2016 SEOUL/LONDON | BY JACK KIM AND JONATHAN SAULBlog Editor’s Note – While maritime needs are discussed in this article, all…
Read More Why Industry Needs Time – A Power Industry Case Study – ATIS Webinar 4 May
April 29, 2016
Wednesday,May 4, 2016 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET Precision Time is becoming increasingly important in many industries. Applications and industries that benefit from accurate…
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Pentagon Confusion on GPS Back-up/eLoran
April 28, 2016
In December Deputy Secretary of Defense Work co-signed a letter to five Congressmen sharing their concern about GPS vulnerability and the need for a complementary…
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2016 Space Resiliency Summit, June 7-8 Alexandria, VA
April 27, 2016
DEFENSE STRATEGIES INSTITUTE This year’s summit brings together ISR, C2, SATCOM and IC communities along with key leaders in industry with the sole objective of advancing and integrating innovative…
Read More US Govt. Touts eLoran at NY Stock Exchange
April 21, 2016
“Accurate position, navigation, and timing is necessary for the function and integrity of many critical infrastructure sectors, such as the electric grid, communication networks, and…
Read More US Army – “eLoran is a Pseudolite”
April 20, 2016
The US Army published another Request for Information (RFI) for Assured-PNT Monday. One of its interesting features is that it describes eLoran as a pseudo-satellite…
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Norway Armed Forces – “GPS Failures Endanger National Security”
April 16, 2016
Norway has reacted to the GPS timing errors at the end of January by halting demolition of their Loran infrastructure. Here is an interesting article…
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Robot Ships Trading by 2020
April 16, 2016
By Maritime Executive 2016-04-12 12:56:58 Last week, the Rolls-Royce led Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) project presented its first findings at a conference in Helsinki,…
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Update – North Korea Testing New Jammers?
April 12, 2016
While comprehensive information about North Korea’s most recent spate of GPS jamming has yet to be made available, additional and intriguing bits continue to appear…
Read More Is GPS Jamming the New Normal?
April 6, 2016
Guest Post by Mr. Charles Schue, CEO, UrsaNav, Inc. Over the past several days, North Korea has “reached across its borders” to jam GPS signals in…
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Invitation to Special Event at NYSE: Focus on Secure Timing
April 4, 2016
Juniper Networks, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will host a special event at the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, April…
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N. Korea Jamming Impacts Ships, Aircraft
April 4, 2016
Contradicting initial reports in the New York Times of no impact, the South Korean KBS News Radio reported that maritime and aviation traffic has been…
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North Korea Jamming GPS in the South…again
April 1, 2016
South Korean officials have reported that their neighbors to the north are, once again, jamming GPS signals, according to an item in the New York…
Read More Congressmen Oppose NDGPS Plan Pending “Resilient PNT Architecture”
March 30, 2016
Blog Editor Note: In December a group of Congressmen wrote to Deputy Secretary Mendez at the Department of Transportation objecting to DoT’s plans to demolish…
Read More The Need to Clarify Galileo’s Legal Basis for Time – GPS World
March 29, 2016
GPS World March 28, 2016 – By Tim Reynolds One new potential wrinkle for Galileo was hinted at during the Munich Satellive Navigation Summit session in…
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Where Time Comes From
March 28, 2016
Cool 6 minute video from the “Atlantic.” If you want to see for yourself where time comes from, the RNT Foundation Annual Meeting will be on…
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Plunging into Solar Minimum: Time to Drop our Guard?
March 22, 2016
Guest Post By Joseph Kunches Most people know that disturbed space weather conditions can adversely impact GPS to various degrees. The Sun can roil the…
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Norway, UK Discuss eLoran Timing
March 20, 2016
The following was published by the Norwegian media outlet Bladet Vestralen. Translation Courtesy of Mr. Jens Hoxmark and Prof. David Last Loran Demolition stopped By…
Read More DHS and UrsaNav Successfully Demonstrate Timing Inside NYSE
March 17, 2016
Guest Post by Stephen Bartlett, Vice President UrsaNav Corp. On March 8, 2016, UrsaNav, as part of the terms of a Cooperative Research and Development…
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PNT ExCom to Write Requirements for GPS Backup – “Inside GNSS”
March 16, 2016
Inside GNSS Glen Gibbons March 15, 2016 Addressing a long-unfulfilled presidential mandate, the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Executive Committee (ExCom) has taken on…
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DOT Advances Study on Protecting GPS Frequency
March 10, 2016
SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST–R), will begin testing Global Positioning System/Global Navigation Satellite…
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Best Ad for Jammers Ever
March 10, 2016
The Metro section of the Washington Post had an article yesterday: “Robbers allegedly tracked gambler with GPS they hid on car.” It gets better. There…
Read More World Dodges GPS Bullet – GPS World
February 25, 2016
GPS World February 24, 2016 By Alan Cameron It happened in the blink of an eye. Less than a blink. Far less, actually. Slightly more…
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More Ain’t Necessarily Better!
February 25, 2016
Guest Post by Professor David Last Satellite navigation may be the most successful innovation of recent decades among science-based industries. As the number of receivers…
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New GPS 3 ground system is the Pentagon’s “most troubled” program
February 23, 2016
Space News — February 22, 2016 by Mike Gruss WASHINGTON – Pentagon leaders say a new ground system for the next-generation of GPS satellites, one…
Read More US Coast Guard Approves Paperless Navigation
February 18, 2016
USCG Press Release U.S. Coast Guard Approves Official Electronic Charts WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard published guidance that allows mariners to use electronic charts…
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15 of 31 GPS Satellites Had Errors – See Animation
February 17, 2016
During the GPS anomaly on the 25th and 26th of January users had up to six satellites in view transmitting erroneous time signals. According to…
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US Govt – ‘GPS Errors Felt Around the Globe, Across Industries’
February 15, 2016
Telecommunications systems around the world, broadcast systems in Europe, and Public Safety radios and aviation ground systems in the United States were among the technologies…
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“Will Fund eLoran on a Chip” – NIST
February 11, 2016
Last week the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced that it wanted to fund development of an eLoran receiver that would fit on a…
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“GPS Error Caused ’12 hours of problems’ for Companies” – BBC.com
February 4, 2016
Feb 4, 2016 By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter, BBC.com Several companies were hit by hours of system warnings after GPS satellites broadcast the wrong time,…
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BBC Outages Due GPS Disruption
February 2, 2016
UK radio disturbance caused by satellite network bug By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter BBC.Com An error with the Global Positioning System (GPS) network has been…
Read More Defense Department Researchers Push Plan Aimed at Avoiding Worldwide GPS Meltdown
February 1, 2016
By: Tom Roeder Gazette.com February 1, 2016 The Defense Department’s top researchers want ground-based miniature atomic clocks to avert a global catastrophe if the orbiting…
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GPS Glitch Caused Outages, Fueled Arguments for Backup – Inside GNSS
January 30, 2016
“Inside GNSS” Dee Ann Divis, January 29, 2016 Less than a month after Europe switched off most of its Loran transmitters, a problem with GPS…
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GPS Anomaly – Official USAF Statement
January 28, 2016
“Air Force Official Press Release – GPS Ground System Anomaly: On 26 January2016 at 12:49 a.m. MST, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron at the…
Read More GPS Was Out For Some Yesterday
January 26, 2016
At 15:36 Greenwich Mean Time yesterday, GPS satellite SVN 23/PRN 32, the oldest satellite in the GPS constellation, became unusable. It was taken out of…
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USCG Issues Safety Alert – GPS/GNSS, Trust But Verify
January 19, 2016
United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Alert 19 January 2016 …
Read More Were US Sailors ‘Spoofed’ Into Iranian Waters?
January 15, 2016
Christian Science Monitor – Passcode In 2011, Iran spoofed – or faked – Global Positioning System signals to send a CIA drone off course. Did…
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Christian Sci Monitor – Why GPS is More Vulnerable than Ever
January 11, 2016
Christian Science Monitor – Passcode 8 January 2016 By Joe Uchill From a command center at Schriever Air Force Base, about 10 miles outside Colorado…
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Taviga Welcomes Continued UK Transmissions
January 7, 2016
7 January 2016 Taviga welcomes the continued transmission of eLoran timing and data signals from the UK Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK Low frequency eLoran transmissions from…
Read More Loran Off Air In Most of Europe – Move to Commercial Possible
January 4, 2016
Loran signals from France, Norway, Denmark and Germany were terminated on the 31st of December 2015 in accordance with longstanding plans. The United Kingdom’s signal…
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Tell NIST It’s About Time! – They Want Your Comments
December 20, 2015
NIST Seeking “Views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity“ We were very disappointed last year when we attended a presentation by NIST on…
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DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones
December 18, 2015
DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones Defense One DECEMBER 17, 2015 BY PATRICK TUCKER The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well,…
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Volcker Alliance – ‘Government’s Greatest Achievements Being Lost in Breakdowns’
December 15, 2015
The recent Volcker Alliance paper “Vision + Action = Faithful Execution – Why Government Daydreams and How to Stop the Cascade of Breakdowns that Now…
Read More PNT ExCom Backs eLoran as a Step to Full GPS Backup System
December 11, 2015
Inside GNSS Dee Ann Divis December 10, 2015 The National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT ExCom) has recommended using enhanced Loran…
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US to Build eLoran Timing, then Navigation Network to Complement GPS
December 10, 2015
In letters dated the 8th of December, Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Robert Work and Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Victor Mendez informed five members…
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Raytheon’s GPS control system is ‘a disaster’: U.S. Air Force general
December 10, 2015
Reuters Science | Tue Dec 8, 2015 6:22pm EST Force general WASHINGTON | BY ANDREA SHALAL The U.S. Air Force’s top space official on Tuesday…
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Court – GPS Trumps Lightsquared
December 8, 2015
Dennis Bryant Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 8 December 2015 In an unpublished decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the judgment…
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France, Norway Surrender Sovereignty, Expose Critical Infrastructure to Criminals, Terrorists – UK, Europe Suffer Also
December 7, 2015
France and Norway remain resolute in their determination to surrender their national sovereignty and increase their exposure to attacks on critical infrastructure from criminals and…
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GPS vulnerabilities could open grid to hacks — DHS report
December 7, 2015
Peter Behr and Blake Sobczak, E&E reporters EnergyWire: Friday, October 30, 2015 A newly disclosed government report warns that the power grid may become more…
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GPS World “Chronos and UrsaNav partner on Loran PNT networks”
December 3, 2015
The founders of Chronos and UrsaNav have formed a new collaboration, known as “Taviga”, to enhance the resilience and reliability of the many economic and business models that depend on space-based timing and positioning services. As good as space-based services are, they are known to have a susceptibility to interference and jamming.
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US Jammed Own Satellites 261 Times In 2015; What If An Enemy Tried?
December 2, 2015
BreakingDefense.com By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR. on December 02, 2015 at 4:00 AM WASHINGTON: Russia and China are investing heavily in cyber and electronic warfare,…
Read More US DHS – ‘US Increasingly At Risk from Dependency on GPS’
December 1, 2015
“U.S. critical infrastructure sectors are increasingly at risk from a growing dependency on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for space-based position, navigation, and timing (PNT).”…
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“Wildwood ELoran Tests Continue” – GPS World
November 30, 2015
GPS World, On-Line Edition November 2015 A short article on broadcast times and the nature of the research.
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“Positioning with LTE Signals” GPS World Research Online
November 30, 2015
November 12, 2015 By GPS World staff An alternative to GNSS in urban canyons can be provided by signals from cellular base stations, particularly new…
Read More “Innovation: Enhanced Loran” – GPS World
November 30, 2015
November 23, 2015 INNOVATION INSIGHTS with Richard Langley Quote of Note: WHERE HAVE ALL THE SYSTEMS GONE, long time passing? Radionavigation systems, that is (and…
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“Marine Corps CIO seeks to cordon off network” – FCW.com
November 30, 2015
FCW.com By Sean Lyngaas Nov 16, 2015 Quote of Note: Adversaries seek “to manipulate the information that we see so it’s hard to determine the…
Read More “International Navigation Gathering Highlights GNSS Advances and Distractions” – Inside GNSS
November 30, 2015
Peter Gutierrez November 17, 2015 Speakers at the recent International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) conference in Prague threw into stark relief some of…
Read More “PNTAB and eLoran in the People’s Republic” – GPS World
November 30, 2015
GPS World Nov 11, 2015 By Don Jewell That is, in the People’s Republic of Boulder, Colorado. To those of us who live in Colorado,…
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Fundamentals of GPS Threats
November 30, 2015
Spirent has recently published a white paper that our readers might find of interest. It can be downloaded here.
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DARPA Mines Nature for GPS Backup
November 8, 2015
Politico.com by Leigh Munsil 09/18/2015 03:53PM EDT ST. LOUIS – The Defense Advanced Projects Agency, fearing the Pentagon’s most important navigation system could be knocked…
Read More Jamming in EU a Problem, Getting More Sophisticated, Worse
November 1, 2015
GNSS jamming is a significant problem in Europe and is getting worse, according to Pieter De-Smet, Policy Officer at the European Commission. In a presentation…
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Alternative PNT – An interview with Stanford’s Sherman Lo
October 30, 2015
“Inside GNSS” Thought Leadership Series September/October 2015 The diversity of APNT solutions is due to many reasons — each user group has systems to meet…
Read More Devastating Solar Storms – White House Plans
October 30, 2015
The devastating potential of an extreme solar storm and what the White House is doing about it. By Jason Samenow October 29 at 1:32 PM…
Read More Researchers warn computer clocks can be easily scrambled
October 27, 2015
The below article provides another example of the importance of time and hence the need for multiple, independent, secure and resilient sources. As a side…
Read More US Military Moving Away From GPS – Where does that leave the rest of us?
October 19, 2015
The US Secretary of Defense has announced he wants to “unplug the military from GPS.” The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) website says that…
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eLoran to Become Commercial? – RIN News
October 16, 2015
The GLA are investigating the potential transition of UK/European eLoran services to a fully commercial operation. The General Lighthouse Authorities are seeking a viable solution…
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The Army’s Drone Wishlist Includes Jamming Gear and More Weapons
October 15, 2015
Defenseone.com by Patrick Tucker 13 Oct 2015 Electronic warfare is among several new missions under consideration for UAVs. AUSA 2015 / Army / Drones While…
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US Naval Academy Teaching Celestial Navigation…Again
October 15, 2015
Seeing stars, again: Naval Academy reinstates celestial navigation By Tim Prudente Capitol Gazette 12 October 2015 The same techniques guided ancient Polynesians in the open…
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ITSF – Time and Frequency for Telecoms – Kicks Off 2 Nov
October 15, 2015
The annual ITSF Conference is coming up from 2 to 5 November in Edinburgh, UK. This year’s program includes numerous discussions of threats, vulnerabilities, and…
Read More 2015 Space Resiliency Summit 8 & 9 Dec – Alexandria, VA
October 11, 2015
Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and other senior leaders will be speaking at the Defense Strategies Institute’s Space Resiliency Summit in December.…
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Free Webinar – Approaches for Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) – 15 October
October 11, 2015
World renown GPS and resiliency expert Logan Scott will be leading a free webinar this week. This event will be of great interest to all…
Read More DARPA and GPS Backup – The “D” Stands for “Defense”
September 24, 2015
We were very glad to see the announcement this week that DARPA had awarded a contract to Rockwell Collins to develop technologies that could serve…
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DARPA taps Rockwell Collins for GPS backup technologies
September 24, 2015
By Richard Tomkins, UPI Sept. 21, 2015 Rockwell Collins has been contracted by U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to research and develop technologies for…
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U.S. ‘Master Clock’ Keepers Test Terrestrial Alternative to GPS
September 24, 2015
By: Jeremy Hsu IEEE Spectrum 22 September 2015 GPS technology can do much more than guide drivers and smartphone users on unfamiliar streets. The Global…
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NYU – “Potentially Catastrophic Vulnerabilities in GPS” – Live web forum
September 24, 2015
New York University – International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP) When: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 11:00 A.M. (Eastern Time) Join this discussion on The Global…
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Can You Hear Me Now? New Spectrum Users Should Respect Long-Time Residents
September 14, 2015
Your doctor probably won’t be able to hear your heartbeat if there is a heavy metal band playing in the next office. That’s the problem…
Read More Congress Presses GPS Backup Ahead of Today’s “PNT ExCom” Meeting
September 3, 2015
Earlier this week five members of Congress wrote to the deputy secretaries of the US departments of Transportation and Defense urging them to “…immediately address…
Read More 156 YEARS AGO, A GEOMAGNETIC MEGA-STORM
September 2, 2015
Reprinted from SpaceWeather.com 2 Sep 2015 156 YEARS AGO, A GEOMAGNETIC MEGA-STORM: On Sept. 2nd, a billion-ton coronal mass ejection (CME) slammed into Earth’s magnetic…
Read More Finding Jammers – Signal Sentry 1000
September 1, 2015
This is the second in a series of posts that summarize interviews with important PNT users. Today’s is from a conversation with Mr. Joe Rolli…
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Russia Boasts Jamming to “Make Aircraft Carriers Useless” at Show This Week
August 26, 2015
This week “Space Daily” re-posted an item from the Russian news outlet “Sputnik.” The article claims that the nation’s long standing expertise in electronic warfare…
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Time and Money – Precise Time in Financial Systems
August 25, 2015
This is the first in a series of posts that summarize interviews with important consumers and providers of PNT services. Today’s is from a conversation…
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FCC Fines Smart City $750,000 for Jamming Mobile Hotspots
August 20, 2015
By Ellen Muraskin The FCC has established, again, that nobody can make you overpay for their Wi-Fi when you’ve brought your own. In a decision that should please cellular…
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US to Shutdown Most of DGPS
August 20, 2015
The US Coast Guard recently published its intent to close 62 of 84 Differential GPS sites, most of them in non-coastal areas. The use of DGPS…
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GPS, Telecom Industry Groups Support eLoran System for US
August 20, 2015
94% of responses to the US Department of Transportation “Request for Comment” on its eLoran proposal were in favor of establishing the system as a…
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Cheap GPS Spoofer Changes Everything – For the Worse
August 13, 2015
If your GPS receiver is being jammed, there’s a pretty good chance you are going to know that you don’t have a signal you can…
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Chinese Invent Bargain Basement GPS Spoofer
August 12, 2015
Hacking a Phone’s GPS May Have Just Got Easier Forbes Tech 7 Aug 2015 Parmy Olsen One of the drawbacks of our increasingly connected world…
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Locata to Serve as Core Technology for NASA’s UAS Research
August 7, 2015
By Inside Unmanned Systems Locata Positioning recently announced that NASA plans to install LocataNet at its Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The network will…
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Pensacola Native Joins Army Senior Executive Ranks
August 3, 2015
By Pensacola News Journal On June 16, Kevin M. Coggins, a Pensacola native and a U.S. Army civilian in the Army Acquisition Corps, was appointed…
Read More Key Lawmakers Move to Make DoD Responsible for eLoran, GPS Backup
August 1, 2015
By Dee Ann Divis A quintet of well-placed lawmakers, tired of federal dawdling, are prepared to make the Pentagon responsible for building and maintaining eLoran…
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Air Traffic Control News – New Life for GPS Backup
July 30, 2015
By Robert Poole As the prospect of taking the Air Traffic Organization out of FAA and reconstituting it as a self-supporting air navigation service provider…
Read More Are YOU Prepared for a Solar Storm? World Will Get 12 hours Warning if the Sun Erupts
July 30, 2015
By Richard Gray The British government has released its Space Weather Preparedness Strategy warning of a major solar storm that could trigger power cuts and…
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“You Have Put This Nation At Risk!”
July 29, 2015
Saying that there will be a major GPS outage some day and that America “absolutely has to have a backup system,” Congressman John Garamendi (D,…
Read More Europe Satellite Agency Seems to Endorse eLoran for Resilience
July 27, 2015
In a post entitled “Resilient Navigation in Demanding Maritime Environments” dated 23 July 2015, the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency discusses the dangers of…
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“We’ve got a problem!” – Congressman John Garamendi
July 27, 2015
Speaking to the DC section of the Institute of Navigation last Wednesday, Congressman John Garamendi (D, CA) voiced his serious concern about the government’s inaction…
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New Initiative: Commercially Owned Low Frequency Wireless Timing & Navigation – based on eLoran
July 16, 2015
We were surprised and pleased to get an invitation last week that read: “The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLA) of the UK and Ireland are delighted…
Read More Congressional Hearing on Federal Radionavigation Plan – What’s the Issue?
July 14, 2015
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee announced this week that it will hold a hearing on the 28th of July at ten o’clock in room…
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Arab Institute of Navigation 2016 Conference Announced
July 14, 2015
The biannual Melaha Conference “GNSS WAY Ahead” is back next year on the beautiful beaches of the Red Sea front. GNSS Way Ahead will offer…
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Timing is Everything for Securing Wireless Communications
July 14, 2015
By Steven Chabinsky In Christian Science Monitor “Passcode” If you think that computer intrusions are the main thing we need to worry about when it…
Read More Congressman Speaks On Time at US Naval Observatory, July 22
July 13, 2015
Local chapters of the Institute of Navigation don’t normally meet at a global center of excellence, nor are they usually addressed by members of Congress.…
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Thad Allen Discusses eLoran at GEOINT 2015
July 9, 2015
By GPS World Staff In this exclusive interview, Admiral Thad Allen, former commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, discusses PNT alternatives to GPS for navigation, including…
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Wants to Move Past GPS to MEMS-Based Navigation, PNT Experts Doubtful
July 9, 2015
By Dee Ann Divis Ashton Carter, the new U.S. Secretary of Defense has been making clear he supports moving past GPS to a disbursed network…
Read More GPS-Related Provisions in Congress’ Defense (NDAA) Bills
July 8, 2015
Information from “GPS Bulletin” 1 July 2015, with thanks to editor Chris Mindnich (see www.gps.gov/congress) The following items are included in the National Defense Authorization…
Read More Europe Looks at Time & Sync Requirements – DEMETRA Public Abstract
July 8, 2015
The EU has released this description of their DEMETRA project. It should be of interest to the entire timing and sync community.
Read More Europe Looks at Time & Sync Requirements – DEMETRA Workshop 17 July 2015
July 8, 2015
The European Union is concerned about time and synchronization as a critical component of industry and infrastructure and has been studying the issue for a…
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Congressman LoBiondo “Throws the Switch” on eLoran
June 22, 2015
You have to get past the weeds in the sun baked parking lot carved out of the beach grass and sea-grape tangle. Then you go around to the back and through a locked door. The air is a bit stale as you enter a dimly lit warehouse room filled with massive, 1950’s era electronic equipment. Along the walls are storage racks stuffed with boxes of spare equipment.
Read More Air Force To Boost Budget to Prepare for Conflicts in Space
June 16, 2015
National Defense – June 2015 By Stew Magnuson A potential conflict on Earth that escalates into space has prompted the Air Force to find and…
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Device Tracks Soldiers’ Movements without GPS
June 13, 2015
By GPS World Staff When GPS satellites can’t be seen due to dense jungle canopy, or they are blocked due to enemy interference, soldiers will still…
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Father of GPS on IMUs, eLoran, GPS
June 13, 2015
At the 15th meeting of the National PNT Advisory Board last week in Annapolis, the board’s vice chair and generally recognized “father of GPS”, Dr. Brad Parkinson, made the case for using a combination of GPS, eLoran and inertial systems in order to achieve the nation’s goal of “Assured PNT.”
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Baidu Kicks Off Its ‘Indoor GPS’ Rollout In China
June 13, 2015
BY MICHELE CHANDLER, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY China search leader Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has begun the rollout of indoor location services powered by indoor mapping provider IndoorAtlas…
Read More What Would Happen If All Our Satellites Were Suddenly Destroyed?
June 13, 2015
George Dvorsky Filed to: DAILY EXPLAINER Since their inception 60 years ago, satellites have gone on to become an indispensable component of our modern high-tech…
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New tool could predict large solar storms more than 24 hours in advance
June 13, 2015
R&Dmag.com by Hayley Dunning, Imperial College London Large magnetic storms from the Sun, which affect technologies such as GPS and utility grids, could soon be…
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Guided-Bomb Makers Anticipate GPS Jammers
June 13, 2015
Defense News by Joe Gould WASHINGTON — The makers of precision-guided munitions no longer take for granted that simple GPS-guidance systems will always work on…
Read More Federal Radionavigation Plan Touches on NDGPS, eLoran
May 29, 2015
May 27, 2015 – By GPS World staff The 2014 Federal Radionavigation Plan, just released from the U.S. Department of Transportation, touches on funding for…
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‘GPS of the Aisles’ – LEDs and Indoor Positioning
May 26, 2015
Supermarket LED lights talk to smartphone app By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor, BBC News French shoppers have become the first to experience a new…
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Breaking News: Agreement for eLoran Test Signal In US!
May 22, 2015
Today, the US Department of Homeland Security agreed with the Exelis and UrsaNav Corporations to put an eLoran signal on the air for testing and demonstration.
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US Agrees to Putting Test eLoran Signal On Air
May 22, 2015
Today, the US Department of Homeland Security agreed with the Exelis and UrsaNav Corporations to put an eLoran signal on the air for testing and…
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Jammer Hunting with a UAV
May 21, 2015
GPS World By James Spicer, Adrien Perkins, Louis Dressel, Mark James, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Sherman Lo , David S. De Lorenzo and Per Enge, Stanford University…
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US Weighs UAS-Friendly GPS Backup System
May 21, 2015
Inside Unmanned Systems By Dee Ann Divis The comment period is about to close on a potential navigation backup system for GPS that could be…
Read More Euroship Installs GPS Backup Techology
May 18, 2015
Marine Technology by Laura Stackhouse Ship management company, EuroShip Services Ltd, has installed eLoran as a back up to GPS to ensure the safety of…
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Exelis upgrades and tests GPS threat detection technology
May 18, 2015
From Intelligent Aerospace Exelis engineers have enhanced the company’s Signal Sentry 1000, which detects and locates sources of intentional and unintentional interference to GPS signals,…
Read More What if a Cybersecurity Attack Shut Down Our Ports?
May 18, 2015
By Lily Hay Newman in Slate It’s a real, and frightening, possibility. It’s easy to forget when you’re on dry land that 90 percent of…
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Jammers Used to Disrupt Global Supply Chain
May 18, 2015
Here is an advisory from US Customs and Border Protection that shows how jammers are confounding the efforts of yet another governmental agency.
Read More House Funding Bill Could Fuel Scrutiny of OCX, GPS Backup Options
April 30, 2015
Inside GNSS by Dee Ann Divis The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is considering legislation that would fully authorize the White House’s funding request for…
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Ash Carter’s Idea of Disruptive Innovation: Unplug the Military From GPS
April 29, 2015
National Defense magazine By Sandra I. Erwin One of the Pentagon’s best-known inventions, the GPS satellite, could be replaced in the foreseeable future by technology…
Read More DARPA looks beyond GPS for positioning, navigating, and timing (from “Physics Today”)
April 29, 2015
By David Kramer Cold-atom interferometry, microelectromechanical systems, signals of opportunity, and atomic clocks are some of the technologies the defense agency is pursuing to provide…
Read More 60 Minutes “The Battle Above”
April 27, 2015
Did you see “60 Minutes” last night on CBS? David Martin did an excellent piece called “The Battle Above” about America’s dependence on space and the threats posed by anti-satellite weapons, especially from the Chinese. It featured interviews with General Hyten, commander of Space Command, and Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James.
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In GPS+ We Trust
April 21, 2015
Bernie Madoff. Enron. Michael and Lowell Milken. That red sports car you bought second hand when you were in college. It doesn’t matter how great something or someone looks, or how well they seem to perform if you can’t trust them. A lack of integrity in a person or a technology means that, sooner or later, they /it are going to let you down.
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Indoor Never Looked Better – Member iPosi Featured
April 16, 2015
RNT Foundation member iPosi (the “Pos” is pronounced as in “position” so – “eye-pos-ee”) was the main focus of an “GPS World” article about how…
Read More GPS Terrestrial Complement/Backup Bill Gathering Support
April 15, 2015
The Congress is back in session this week and HR 1678, a bill that would require establishment of a strong, difficult-to-disrupt terrestrial system to complemment…
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SPAWAR wants white papers: Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT)
April 15, 2015
New FedBizOps Posting: The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), in support of the Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (PEO…
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Drones, Wither Goest?
April 13, 2015
If something is really important you need more than one. You don’t need to have a degree in safety or systems engineering to know that. A Washington Post report last year showed that large autonomous aircraft are particularly vulnerable to GNSS as a single point of failure.
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Google’s Cerf & DOD’s Halvorsen – Different, but Complementary, Views on APNT
April 9, 2015
Vint Cerf and Terry Halvorsen offered interesting and different, yet complementary, observations on the importance of assured PNT at last night’s RNT Foundation dinner. The event at the Metropolitan Club, hosted by former FAA Administrator Langhorne Bond, was attended by a broad cross section of members from industry, government and academia.
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From Harriman’s A4 to Future Nav
April 7, 2015
While the cherry blossoms are only just beginning to make themselves known, tomorrow (Wednesday the 8th of April) is still going to be a great day to visit Washington, DC for members of the PNT community.
Read More New GPS/eLoran Bill in Congress
March 27, 2015
Yesterday, a bi-partisan group of legislators led by Congressman John Garamendi (D, CA) introduced a bill that would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a backup for the Global Positioning System (GPS). Called the “National Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2015,” it was co-sponsored by Congressmen Duncan Hunter (R, CA), Peter DeFazio (D, OR), and Frank LoBiondo (R, NJ).
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Vint Cerf, Terry Halvorsen, New FRN Add Spice to RNT Annual Dinner
March 24, 2015
This week’s Federal Register Notice (FRN) that the government is considering eLoran to complement and backup GPS, and asking for public comment, is sure to…
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“Do We Want Faster Horses?”
March 23, 2015
Henry Ford is reputed to have once remarked “If I had asked people what they wanted they would have said “faster horses.” The federal government might be facing a similar challenge with the Federal Register Notice it published this week about Complementary Positioning, Navigation and Timing. In it they asked for public comment about whether establish eLoran in the US would be useful and if it would be used.
Read More US Announces it is Considering eLoran – Wants Public Comment
March 22, 2015
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Dennis Cantrell While there were a few coding problems the first time the Government Printing Office…
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European Navigation Conference 2015
March 20, 2015
The 2015 ENC conference will be hosted by the Institut Français de Navigation (IFN) and TOPOS Aquitaine and will be held April 7 through 10…
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US Losing Internet Lead?
March 20, 2015
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publicized a report yesterday that outlined how further development of the internet, specifically the “Internet of Things,” will be hampered by the lack of an effective time signal. Interestingly, this “lack of effective time” could be a problem for the US, and for many third world countries, but not for Russia, China, Europe and others.
Read More DHS Helps Protect GPS
March 18, 2015
Great progress by DHS in helping to protect critical infrastructure was reported this week by “Inside GNSS.” Led by DHS Science and Technology Program Manager Sarah Mahmood, DHS and NIST have developed and published a ten page guide of “Best Practices for Improved Robustness of Time and Frequency Sources in Fixed Locations.”
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21 Ways to Disrupt
March 16, 2015
We have always been a fan of the interesting, methodical and technically astute ways Dr. Sally Basker (PhD, BEng, FRIN) has of looking at and explaining things. In one of her recent efforts she outlined 21 different types of GNSS disruptions.
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Meet DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen and Google’s Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer
March 11, 2015
Tech Industry Leaders Highlight Critical Need For Resilient Timing and Navigation Systems Washington, DC (March 11, 2015) – If the complex satellite system that…
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The Real Star Wars: Air Force Heads to the Heavens for Weapons Guidance
March 10, 2015
Mark Thompson, Time Magazine, March 8, 2015 If a foe disables or destroys GPS, Pentagon still needs to drop bombs accurately The success of precision-guided…
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Caring For PNT
March 2, 2015
This month “Coordinates” magazine published an RNT Foundation paper presented at the 2014 European Navigation Conference in Rotterdam. The paper discusses ways that nations and companies…
Read More GNSS Vulnerability Scores at Wide-Ranging INC 2015
February 27, 2015
Almost half of the sessions at the International Navigation Conference (INC) 2015 held this week (February 24–26) in Manchester, England, were devoted to the theme…
Read More DARPA – “GPS Use by Military a Vulnerability”
February 20, 2015
The Strategic Technology Office at the US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has six focus areas it is currently working on – one of which is Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT).
Read More US DOD “Triples Down” on Assured PNT
February 19, 2015
Russian Military Jamming Vehicle, Belspetsvneshtechnika Photo An alert RNT Foundation member recently noticed that the US Department of Defense is requesting three times the funds…
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GPS Interference: Origins, Effects & Mitigations Webinar
February 14, 2015
Logan Scott is a Fellow of the Institute of Navigation and a well-recognized authority on these issues. This webinar is well worth your time. …
Read More GPS/GNSS: First, Admit You Have A Problem – Investigative TV News Starting to Help
February 12, 2015
The first step in Alcoholics Anonymous’ famous 12 Step recovery program is “Admit you have a problem.” Technologists not only admit the problem of GPS/GNSS…
Read More GPS Disruption Halts Ports, Endangers Ships – US Coast Guard
February 11, 2015
Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection At a public meeting last month, US Coast Guard officials described how interference with GPS signals disrupted operations…
Read More PTA for GNSS
February 3, 2015
Last week the “Father of GPS,” Dr. Brad Parkinson, renewed his call for PTA when it came to global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). When we…
Read More Resilient PNT Forum II – Presentations
February 1, 2015
The second Resilient PNT Forum was held on Monday the 26 of January as a parallel evening event to the Institute of Navigation’s International Technical…
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Korea eLoran At RPNT Forum II
January 28, 2015
A very good “Inside GNSS” article about Korea’s announcement at Resilient PNT Forum II of a re-invigorated project after a number of contracting delays.
Read More US Government Tiger Team Report – “GPS Complements”
January 26, 2015
A rare glimpse into the thoughts and processes of the federal inter-agency in the arcane field of Position, Navigation and Timing, especially regarding GPS alternatives, was provided at the Stanford University PNT Symposium in October. An FAA presentation revealed the existence of a “Complementary PNT Tiger Team (CPNT3).” We learned…
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GPS Interference – A Cyber Problem
January 22, 2015
The most recent edition of the U.S. Coast Guard’s journal of safety and security at sea, “Proceedings” included interference with GPS as one of the cyber-vulnerabilities mariners needed to be concerned about.
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US Army – How much for 50,000 eLoran Receivers?
January 15, 2015
The US Army released a “Request for Information” yesterday seeking industry’s input on the cost to acquire up to 50,000 eLoran receivers. The Department of Defense is interested in taking advantage of “signals of opportunity.” Among the issues the Army is seeking input on for current eLoran receivers are…
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Sun More Dangerous Than North Korea
January 13, 2015
NOAA posted another severe space warning last week indicating that satellite navigation system operation could be compromised. Such alerts are not uncommon, especially recently as the sun seems to have recently been at a “solar maximum” and may spike violently again before the cycle is through.
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GPS is an Attractive Nuisance
January 6, 2015
One of the many interesting exchanges at the US National Position, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board in December was Professor Per Enge’s response to a question about how having a high power, difficult-to-disrupt, terrestrial eLoran system that provided GPS-like services, would benefit the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS).
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It’s in Law – Preserve Loran, Backup GPS
January 2, 2015
Sometimes seemingly minor provisions in obscure laws have huge impacts. Last week the President signed into law “The Howard Coble Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2014.” While the name might not immediately pique the interest of people interested in protecting GPS services and ensuring a GPS backup, that is exactly what one Section 229 of the act did.
Read More Financial Networks Shifting to GPS-Stamped Precise Time
January 2, 2015
Inside GNSS, Dee Ann Divis 31 Dec 2014 New competitive demands and regulatory requirements are driving financial firms around the world to use highly precise…
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“I hate GPS” – Secretary of Defense Nominee Ashton Carter
December 30, 2014
“I hate GPS,” President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, told a reporter just a few weeks ago. What became quickly clear, though, was that he doesn’t “hate GPS” per se. What he hates is that it doesn’t work everywhere and that so many things, both military and civilian, just don’t work without it.
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Navigation Part of Cybersecurity – “USCG Proceedings”
December 28, 2014
The most recent edition of US Coast Guard’s journal of safety and security at sea, “Proceedings,” is all about Cybersecurity. It contains several articles that…
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EU Project ACCSEAS Outpaced by Market Player – Dutch Pilots’ eDLoran
December 27, 2014
Navigator NL Issue 13 December 2014 – Page 21 “Dutch Pilot’s eDLoran System has been ready for use since the beginning of 2014” This interesting…
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New, More Powerful Jammers Block GPS and Galileo
December 22, 2014
The inventor of GPS is calling for a more robust system as evidence is released of new, more powerful jamming devices being used by criminal…
Read More PRESS RELEASE: US Congress and Administration Want PNT Resilience – eLoran Highlighted
December 10, 2014
Alexandria, VA (December 10, 2014) – Today the US Congress passed legislation that will preserve the nation’s Loran infrastructure and provide the authority to convert…
Read More “Z” (vertical) Component of Precise Positioning No Longer a Challenge
November 28, 2014
Mini barometric sensors are adding a vertical component to locations for cell phones and other devices. Article from the Washington Post: Cliff Mass Blogspot on…
Read More Toward a Unified PNT, Part 2
November 23, 2014
GPS World, October 31, 2014 By Paul D. Groves, Lei Wang, Debbie Walter, and Ziyi Jiang, University College London The coming requirements of greater accuracy…
Read More United Kingdom Announces IOC for eLoran
October 31, 2014
The UK has been upgrading its Loran to eLoran for several years and today they announced Initial Operating Capability. Note that while the press reports…
Read More Under Congressional Pressure, U.S. Agencies Maneuver on eLoran Relaunch, GPS Backup – from “Inside GNSS”
October 31, 2014
Inside GNSS 30 October 2014 By Dee Ann Divis Prodded by Congress, the federal government is reexamining its decision to abandon eLoran, a network of…
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New Linkedin Discussion Group – GNSS Vulnerabilities
October 27, 2014
RNTF members and followers that are also on Linkedin may be interested in this new discussion group. The discussion has been both lively and informative.
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AIS – GNSS Fraud on the High Seas
October 21, 2014
20 October 2014, Maritime Executive Magazine – Rising Fraud on the High Seas “Report first-ever comprehensive review finds data relied on by finance, shipping and…
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Tips and Tricks to finding GNSS Jammers
October 21, 2014
Two new items in the RNT Foundation Library from Rohde & Schwarz about their efforts and experience finding GNSS Jammers in Oregon. Check them out…
Read More Toward a Unified PNT — Part 1
October 13, 2014
Complexity and Context: Key Challenges of Multisensor Positioning By Paul D. Groves, Lei Wang, Debbie Walter, Henry Martin, and Kimon Voutsis, University College London The…
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On the road: tackling GPS jammer use
October 13, 2014
By Louise Tapsell, Australian Communications and Media Authority Truck drivers around the country have been educated about the potential penalties for using a GPS jammer…
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Saratov scientists develop geomagnetic navigation technology alternative to GPS, GLONASS
October 13, 2014
SARATOV, September 22. /ITAR-TASS/. Saratov scientists have developed the first domestic geomagnetic field navigation technology system that may become an alternative to the currently existing…
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DARPA Seeks Info on GPS-Free Navigation Technology
September 24, 2014
(I hoped they have already checked our Library!) The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency reached out to industry to gauge the maturity of technology for…
Read More Extreme space weather threatens to leave the U.S. in the dark
September 7, 2014
Note: Extreme space weather has the potential to cause system-wide failures for GNSS. Washington Post Editorial Board 9 August 2014 – You probably haven’t noticed,…
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US Has Lost ‘Dominance In Electromagnetic Spectrum’: Shaffer
September 5, 2014
Breaking Defense 3 September 2014 – NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: “We have lost the electromagnetic spectrum,” said Alan Shaffer, the Pentagon’s research and engineering chief, this…
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Australia GPS Jammer Detection Project
September 5, 2014
The Australian, 2 September 2014 An Australian prototype to rapidly pinpoint attempts to jam or fake global positioning system signals for infrastructure such as airports…
Read More Spoofer and Detector: Battle of the Titans at Sea
August 7, 2014
GPS World, Aug 5, 2014 – Two satnav superpowers battled it out aboard a superyacht in the Mediterranean this summer, as a spoofing detector designed…
Read More RNT Foundation Announces International Advisory Council
August 1, 2014
The RNT Foundation announced today the creation of an Advisory Council that will help inform its board of directors on technology and policy issues. “The…
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TADA! MITRE Puts Spoofing Attacks Back in the Hat with the Timing Attack Detection Appliqué
August 1, 2014
July 2014 – Many modern digital systems rely on an accurate time source for their critical operations. MITRE’s Time Anomaly Detection Appliqué protects such systems…
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Regulators, Traders are Out of Sync
July 14, 2014
Wall Street Journal 14 July 2014 by Bradley Hope Clock Synchronization With Traders Is Challenge for Regulators As trading hits warp speed, market cops have…
Read More DARPA looking for less-vulnerable alternatives to GPS
July 14, 2014
Intelligence Community News, 14 July 2014 – The Global Positioning System (GPS) has become the predominant way to obtain positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) in…
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Delivering a National Timescale Using eLoran
June 8, 2014
This paper explores the ability of eLoran to disseminate UTC-traceable time to applications in GNSS-denied environments. It proposes the creation of a National Timescale with…
Read More GPS Jammers a Top Concern in Maritime Cyber Readiness
June 8, 2014
“Maritime Professional” Jun 3, 2014 by Capt. David B. Moskoff Not much more than a decade ago, the words “maritime security” represented a new concept,…
Read More U.K. Policy Stresses Terrestrial Backup for Space-based Navigation
June 5, 2014
“Space News” By Peter B. de Selding | May. 1, 2014 PARIS — The British government on April 30 said a terrestrial alternative to space-based…
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Future of Air Navigation: Resistance to Vulnerability
June 5, 2014
Aviation International News, May 2, 2014 By John Sheridan Resilience–broadly, the ability to readily recover from external disturbances–seems likely to become the next buzzword in…
Read More DLoran Surprise: European Navigation Conference 2014 – “GPS World”
May 14, 2014
At the ENC-GNSS Conference in Rotterdam, we delved into actions necessary to officially use EGNOS (giving me déjà vu from WAAS’s early days), heard sage…
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RNT Foundation First Annual Meeting a Success
April 23, 2014
The Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation’s leadership was pleased to welcome members to the foundation’s first Annual Meeting and Dinner last night at the Metropolitan…
Read More Congress Supports GPS Back-Up, Russian Satellite System Fails
April 4, 2014
Just hours after the US House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to preserve infrastructure that could support a back-up system for GPS, the Russian GLONASS…
Read More Telecommunications Alliance – ATIS – Reassesses Dependence on GPS
March 14, 2014
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) this week posted a letter it sent to the Department of Homeland Security reassessing the industry’s dependence on…
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AFSC Commander: Suspected Chinese ASAT Weapon could threaten GPS
March 14, 2014
From “Inside GNSS” – The head of Air Force Space Command (AFSC) told lawmakers today (March 12, 2014) that the GPS system could be put…
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RNT Foundation on Federal News Radio “Drive Time”
March 14, 2014
The RNT Foundation President was interviewed by radio news while at the recent Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Assn conference on Homeland Security this week.
Read More SENTINEL Report on Emerging Threat From Low-Cost Jammers
February 28, 2014
Chronos Technology SENTINEL project was supported by the United Kingdom Technology Strategy Board (TSB). “Its roots lie in an earlier TSB-supported project, GAARDIAN. SENTINEL set…
Read More House Committee Moves to Block Loran-C Teardowns To preserve for possible use in GPS backup system
February 23, 2014
Inside GNSS – Lawmakers overseeing the Coast Guard approved language this week that would stop the agency from dismantling facilities needed for eLoran, a proposed…
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GPS creator Brad Parkinson calls for tougher penalties for satellite blockers
February 23, 2014
The Guardian – GPS creator Brad Parkinson calls for tougher penalties for satellite blockers. Fines for blocking GPS signals need to be toughened up to…
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GPS Pioneer Warns on Network Vulnerability
February 14, 2014
GPS pioneer warns on network’s security BY: SAM JONES and CAROLA HOYOS Financial Times 13 February 2014 The Global Positioning System helps power everything from…
Read More New, More Powerful Jammers Block GPS and Galileo
February 13, 2014
The inventor of GPS is calling for a more robust system as evidence is released of new, more powerful jamming devices being used by criminal…
Read More UK Pioneers New Technology to Combat GPS Jamming
February 13, 2014
GPS is now routinely being jammed by criminals, but researchers in Britain are developing new technologies that can defend it against attackers.
Read More Draft Bill Directs Report on GPS Backup, Preserves Loran Infrastructure, Provides for eLoran Cooperative Agreement
February 11, 2014
The US Congress’ House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee considered the 2014 US Coast Guard Authorization Act today. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), chair of the committee’s…
Read More RNT Foundation Testifies Before Congress (Video)
February 6, 2014
On Tuesday, RNT Foundation President, Dana Goward, testified before a subcommittee of the US House of Representatives at a hearing entitled “Finding Your Way: The…
Read More Reader Feedback
February 2, 2014
Interesting feedback from readers on January’s “GPS World” article about RNT Foundation’s proposal for a public-private-partnership
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U.S. Forces Prepare for a ‘Day Without Space’
January 31, 2014
A potential nightmare for combatant commanders is a “day without space.” In this scenario, a peer or near-peer competitor severely limits U.S. forces’ access to…
Read More Proposal for U.S. eLoran Service Gains Ground
January 31, 2014
Trying to revive a years-dead federal program is usually the kind of hopeless task that even Sisyphus wouldn’t touch. But determined supporters of eLoran are…
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Resilient PNT Forum to be Held in Rotterdam Before ENC 2014
January 22, 2014
A forum on the need for and strategies to achieve resilient position, navigation and timing (PNT) services will be held just prior to the ENC…
Read More The Low Cost of Protecting America
January 7, 2014
In the January 2014 edition of ‘GPS World” RNT Foundation President Dana Goward discusses the need for resilient navigation and timing, and proposes a public-private-partnership…
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Dutch Pilots and Reelektronika Cooperate on eDLoran
January 7, 2014
Concerned about GNSS vulnerability, the Dutch Pilot Corporation have established a differential eLoran system in the vicinity of Rotterdam that achieves absolute accuracy of 5…
Read More US Congress Focuses on Space Vulnerability in Defense Act
January 1, 2014
There were unexpected gifts for the navigation and timing community in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2014 signed by President Obama the day…
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US Army: “Russia Hedges Bets on Satellite Navigation”
December 18, 2013
This item from the US Army’s Office of Foreign Military Studies was published in their monthly journal “OE Watch” in September, but we only recent…
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Chronos Unveils Dual GPS/eLoran Receiver
December 18, 2013
Chronos has announced the CTL8200 eLoran GPS UTC Timing Receiver, a combination eLoran and GPS Timing Receiver which enables the user to undertake continuous simultaneous…
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Iran Unveils New Land-Based Positioning System
December 16, 2013
The Iranian Defense Ministry on Sunday unveiled a home-made Land-Based Positioning System with applications in different military, aviation and navigation industries.
Read More Chronos GPS Jamming/Interference Detection Service
December 9, 2013
Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK, 19 November 2013 – Just six months after completing the SENTINEL Research Project, Chronos is pleased to announce a range of GPS…
Read More GAO: U.S. Homeland Security Not Prepared for GPS Outages
December 2, 2013
WASHINGTON — As jamming and disruptions to the nation’s positioning, navigation and timing satellites become more commonplace, the federal agency in charge of coordinating a…
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UrsaNav Accepts Delivery of First Production Nautel NL40 eLoran Transmitter
November 15, 2013
After extensive Final Acceptance Testing at Nautel’s Hackett’s Cove, NS facility, UrsaNav has accepted delivery of the first production NL40 Loran-C and Enhanced Loran (eLoran)…
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GAO Report on GPS Disruptions
November 7, 2013
Use this link to read the summary and the full report.
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Arctic Ship Route May Be Safer With Anglo-Russian Radio Waves
November 6, 2013
The perils of the new Arctic shipping route, warmed by climate change, may diminish with a British-Russian radio navigation initiative, under development to shore up…
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Press Release: RNT Foundation Created
November 6, 2013
RNT Foundation Created New nonprofit promotes global resilient navigation and timing. Virginia, November 6, 2013: On the 14th of August 2013 the State of Virginia…
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GPS Navigation: Can’t Live Without It, Can’t Trust It
October 29, 2013
That’s the problem facing military planners as they try to sort through the increasing reliance of equipment and troops on positioning data from satellite networks at a…
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NextNav and Broadcom Partner for Indoor Accuracy
October 21, 2013
On October 2, NextNav announced that Broadcom Corporation acquired a commercial license to NextNav’s Metropolitan Beacon System (MBS) technology, a so-called terrestrial constellation that brings…
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Symmetricom Expands SyncWorld Program to Power Utilities
October 17, 2013
Symmetricom has introduced a new category to its SyncWorld Ecosystem Program dedicated to the power utility industry. The SyncWorld Power Ecosystem aims to facilitate unified…
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“Indoor GPS” Technologies Emerge as Retailers’ Interest in Tracking Soars
October 16, 2013
New technologies are emerging to fill the gap left by GNSS services whose signals cannot penetrate indoor spaces. Using everything from triangulation and flickering light…
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Exelis Signal Sentry Test Locates GPS Jamming Threats
September 18, 2013
Signal Sentry 1000, an Exelis product that detects and locates GPS interference sources in 3-D by using longitude, latitude and altitude has demonstrated successful results during a…
Read More Commemorating LORAN
August 9, 2013
A group gathered on July 29 at the Institute to celebrate the recent installation of a new IEEE plaque commemorating the LORAN, a radio navigation…
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UK Will Roll Out eLoran Stations to Backup GPS
August 7, 2013
Department for Transport approves implementation of seven differential eLoran stations along the UK coastline. The UK’s pursuit of technology to counter the threat of GPS…
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South Korea To Install eLoran To Counter North Korean GPS Jamming
August 2, 2013
South Korea has been subject to annual GPS jamming attacks by its North Korean neighbor since 2010. Over that period, jamming has extended over longer…
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GPS Flaw Could Let Terrorists Hijack Ships, Planes
July 26, 2013
The world’s GPS system is vulnerable to hackers or terrorists who could use it to hijack ships — even commercial airliners, according to a frightening…
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