Blog
Home »
Phantom Warships Are Courting Chaos in Conflict Zones – Wired
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: More outstanding work by Bjorn Bergman from SkyTruth uncovering massive location deception operations. In this instance, it seems as though there are no RF transmissions involved. In addition to the Wired article below, check...
Report Calls On Government Agencies To Better Coordinate Spectrum – Space News
Image: NASA/JPL Caltech Blog Editor's Note: It is interesting how this headline can be seen as pertaining to different issues by so many folks with very different interests and concerns. Those worried about autonomy and intelligent transporation systems likely think...
UrsaNav trials eLoran as vital GNSS backup using ADVA’s grandmaster clock solution – Business Wire
Image: Business Wire Blog Editor's Note: Another example of timing and navigation interests joining forces. Full disclosure - UrsaNav and Oscilloquartz, an ADVA brand, are both corporate members of the RNT Foundation. UrsaNav trials eLoran as vital GNSS backup...
What happens to British ships when satellites don’t work? – BBC News
Image Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: This article has a number of interesting observations even though it conflates and confuses satnav and satcomms. The comments by the former head of the British Navy (First Sea Lord), who was also the nation's first minister for...
Why Should Ligado Object? – Forbes
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Another great contribution to the public discussion by RNTF member, GWU professor, and former Dep Asst Secretary at DOT, DIana Furchtgott-Roth. This long-running issue arises from fundamental challenges with the evolution of...
“RETAIN GPS and SatComms Act” Requiring Ligado to Pay All Harmed, Introduced in House
Image: RNT Foundation Blog Editor's Note: The FCC rulemaking in favor of Ligado Networks in April 2020 stipulated that the company must compensate all federal GPS users for harm done to their systems and services. Last month, Senator Inhofe, working with a bi-partisan...
The growing problem of jamming and spoofing of GPS satellite navigation signals just keeps getting worse – M&AE
Blog Editor's Note: Our initial response to this article was "Duh!" Aside from stating the obvious, it is a short piece that, initially, doesn't seem to add much to the community discussion. But it does point out that the problem "keeps getting worse." And why...
Trucks Are Winning Automation Race – Forbes
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: And those trucks are going to need rock-solid PNT. Imagine sharing the road with automated semis that don't have it. Great article by RNTF member Diana Furchtgott-Roth. Trucks Are Winning Automation Race Diana...
China’s Beidou system makes great strides in adoption: white paper – Global Times
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: We thought we would offer this article as a follow-on to yesterday's post about GNSS as an instrument of national power. China is particularly good at using Bei Dou for soft power. Also note how they have used Bei Dou as to...
GNSS as an Instrument of National Power – GLONASS Case Study
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: This article is about GLONASS but could be easily about GPS, Bei Dou, or even Galileo. Certainly they are instruments of soft power (economic, political, etc,), And they have the potential for espionage and other national...
‘Space Needs Spectrum & the Laws of Physics Stand’ – NTIA
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: OK, the title of this post is not an exact quote from NTIA. But it does capture the important ideas of this new paper from the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA). For those of you unfamiliar with how...
Spoofing GPS in Indonesia to Make Things Work Better – Vice
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: "Adversarial Interoperability (AKA Competitive Compatibility/comcom), the practice of modifying an existing technology against the wishes (or without permission) of its maker." We were certainly familiar with the practice, but...
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? – Does Anybody Really Care… About Time?
https://youtu.be/n69se2UCy_k Yes, there are folks who know what time it is. And, yes, there are lots of folks who care! In fact, just about everyone cares, though most most folks don't realize it. Precise time underpins virtually every technology from...
GPS at risk: Those signals are more vulnerable than you realize – CNet
Image: NOAA Blog Editor's Note: Interesting article. Some thoughts about the RAND study mentioned, it said: Its not worth the cost to build another GPS-like system as a backup. We agree that duplicating GPS is not needed. (Note, China disagrees and has built GPS-like...
Board of Directors and Annual Meeting Minutes 2021
NOTE: The board has delayed the annual meeting until September or October in the hopes of an in-person event. 1-6-2021 Board Meeting Minutes 3-15-2021 Board Meeting Minutes
Alternate navigation using satellite signals of opportunity – Roke
Image: Roke Manor Blog Editor's Note: We remember about 10 years ago when smart GNSS folks said this likely possible but not practical and wouldn't result in anything worth using. A number also said spoofing was theoretically possible but would never be a practical...
Draper Develops Tool for Evaluating the Military’s PNT Tech – Draper
Image: Draper Blog Editor's Note: The need for this tool and others like it was highlighted in the DOD PNT Strategy, and in the recently released GAO report on DOD Navigation Capabilities. It will certainly provide a good first cut for evaluating technologies....
Many technologies can help GNSS, but few can replace it – GPS World
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: "Yeah, verily" to the author's point that anyone who talks about replacing GNSS is blowing smoke (and probably selling something). Unfortunately when we talk about ADDITIONAL or ALTERNATE sources of PNT, folks often wrongly...
U.S. Navy Ship Spoofed to Crimea
Image US Navy Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer: Shutterstock Last week a UK Royal Navy destroyer and Dutch Royal Navy ship safely moored in Odessa, Ukraine, were spoofed to locations off-shore of a Russian naval base on Crimea. This week it was a US Navy...
Sen. Inhofe introduces bill to make Ligado pay everyone harmed – GPS World
Image: Office of Sen. Inhofe Blog Editor's Note: Since this was written, 105 companies and organizations sent a letter of support to the bill's sponsors. Read it here. The author of the article is President of the RNT Foundation. Sen. Inhofe introduces bill to...
Blog
Phantom Warships Are Courting Chaos in Conflict Zones – Wired
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: More outstanding work by Bjorn Bergman from SkyTruth uncovering massive location deception operations. In this instance, it seems as though there are no RF transmissions involved. In addition to the Wired article below, check...
Report Calls On Government Agencies To Better Coordinate Spectrum – Space News
Image: NASA/JPL Caltech Blog Editor's Note: It is interesting how this headline can be seen as pertaining to different issues by so many folks with very different interests and concerns. Those worried about autonomy and intelligent transporation systems likely think...
UrsaNav trials eLoran as vital GNSS backup using ADVA’s grandmaster clock solution – Business Wire
Image: Business Wire Blog Editor's Note: Another example of timing and navigation interests joining forces. Full disclosure - UrsaNav and Oscilloquartz, an ADVA brand, are both corporate members of the RNT Foundation. UrsaNav trials eLoran as vital GNSS backup...
What happens to British ships when satellites don’t work? – BBC News
Image Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: This article has a number of interesting observations even though it conflates and confuses satnav and satcomms. The comments by the former head of the British Navy (First Sea Lord), who was also the nation's first minister for...