Image: UK Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Blog Editor's Note: We wonder how many UAVs have already been lost because of interference. The only formal accident report we have seen is from the UK. We imagine there are a lot of incentives for drone operators to not...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: In the context of this journal "ITS" stands for "Intelligent Transportation Systems."   Resilient wireless navigation and time are key for improved transportation systems, whether it is traffic flow, signal coordination, or...

The National Maritime Cybersecurity Plan issued on the 2nd of December and recently made available joins a list of national strategies and plans addressing security for the 95% of all U.S. trade that depends on maritime. It outlines a number of challenges and threats...

Image: RNT Foundation The Department of Transportation, Office of Research and Technology, is looking to hire a senior spectrum engineer for work on a wide variety of transportation issues.  The position is a GS-15 program manager job with a salary range of $142K to...

Multi-function jammer capable of disabling GNSS, Lowjack, Wifi/Bluetooth/2.4GHz, and key fobs. Photo: Chronos Technology __________ Blog Editor's Addendum - we first published this item incorrectly crediting the image to the Scottish Police rather that to our friends...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note:  It is kind of jarring to realize that this has been going on so long that we can talk about "the history" of spoofing. One would have hoped that, given the potential dire implications, a serious effort to eliminate the problem...

Image: NASA Blog Editor's Note: Dr. Scott Pace's ability to move the nation's space policy forward was impressive.  Especially so In an administration not known for bipartisan and non-controversial efforts. For example, check out the list of policy documents he led...

Photo: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock.com Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. 2021 Defense Act signals turning point for Congress and PNT   December 29, 2020  - By Dana Goward Senate poised to join House this week and override Trump’s...

Image: Shutterstock With Edinburgh Castle looming over all, Scotland was to be the site of next year's combined European Navigation Conference and the biennial International Navigation Conference hosted by the UK's Royal Institute of Navigation. But, for now, the...

Image: Office of Senator James Inhofe Blog Editor's Note: An interesting take on the FCC/Ligado Networks issue.    Commentary Ligado investors should be scared of its future By: Sen. Jim Inhofe By now it shouldn’t be any surprise that I oppose the decision by the...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: One of our alert readers sent us a link to this item (always appreciated). We discussed a similar article about Android phones in 2018. One of the first things with this item we were struck by was that, while the "Tech Times"...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Normally we report about jamming and spoofing. But GPS receivers are really computers with radio receivers attached. So we have to also worry about more conventional cyber security issues. This event had a big impact on...

Image: DownDetector.com 25 Dec 2020 Blog Editor's Note: It looks like the blast itself only impacted a block or two of downtown Nashville. Yet telecommunications customers in Seattle, VA and Vancouver, Canada were impacted as were those in other far flung cities....

Image:  U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway Blog Editor's Note: Guy Buesnel is a widely recognized and insightful observer of GNSS issues, especially impacting the aviation sector. This is an interesting review of the year showing impacts across sectors and the...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The Sun is a British tabloid known for its sensational take on most things. Sensationalism aside, we need to ask ourselves, what in this article is not true or likely true?   . 'UNLEASH HAVOC'  Russian and Chinese space...

Image: Department of Defense Blog Editor's Note:  We have posted on this before and, while it is not in the center of our normal lane, it is worth raising the issue again. And, with the Ligado decision, the PNT community has certainly had to contend with the challenge...

Image: James Caverly, Department of Homeland Security Blog Editor's Note: Good to see a major news conglomerate picked up on this. We reported about it in 2015, and have been hoping it would come to the attention of others. The report was actually drafted in 2011 -...

Blog Editor's Note: The community and government have long struggled to define "resilience" when it comes to GPS/GNSS receivers. While it does not provide the "procurement language" so many have called for, this is a huge step forward for the community. We will likely...

Blog Editor's Note: We greatly admire the Galileo project, all they have achieved and are still achieving. As a civilian project focused on economic and public benefits, the system has been designed with features not available in older and military systems such as GPS...

An Orolia sponsored webinar yesterday "Resilient PNT - The European Perspective" included a presentation by EUROCONTROL. Gerhard Berz discussed the greatly increasing number of reports of GNSS disruption his organization has been receiving. EUROCONTROL has an...