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RNT Foundation advisor Logan Scott honored by ION
Image: Institute of Navigation Congratulations to RNT Foundation International Advisory Council member Logan Scott! He was honored by the Institute of Navigation last week with its 2022 P. V. H. Weems award "For over 40 years of sustained contributions to GNSS...

Does AI understand GNSS issues better than policy makers?
Image: Shutterstock & USAF The folks at GPSPatron used artificial intelligence programs to write the below article. It's eerie how well it came out. Perhaps it isn't that policy makers don't understand GNSS issues and needs, but rather they haven't yet asked the...

US Satnav, global leadership, fell further behind this week.
Image: Galileo Satellite - EUSPA What's New: On Tuesday Europe's Galileo satnav system began a free high accuracy service. Why It Matters: EU's Galileo and China's Bei Dou (BDS) satnav systems are newer and have more desirable features than America's GPS. GPS could...

GPS could have high accuracy and counter spoofing, if… – GPS World
Image: Shutterstock What's New: The US has the technology and systems in place to greatly improve GPS accuracy and security It could be done fairly quickly and inexpensively The lack of an empowered federal leader for civil GPS and PNT issues will make it very...

GPS Jamming hurts aviation safety, DOT must do better – See GAO Report
Image: Shutterstock What’s New: A recent GAO report says DOT could improve responses to GPS jamming incidents and increase protection for all forms of transportation. Why it matters: GPS is essential to safe and efficient transportation, especially aviation. A...

Russian jamming fed Norway record ammo buy
Image: Norway Defense Minister visiting with troops - Marita I Wangberg Norway Armed Forces What's New: Norway made its biggest ammunition buy ever ($260M) as part of a defense build up over worries about Russia. Norway has sent $60M worth of ammunition to Ukraine and...

It’s About Time – Presentation at NY Stock Exchange
Image: Lauren Layman, ATIS It’s About Time - For a National Resilient Timing Architecture Presentation by RNTF President Dana A. Goward ATIS “Time and Money,” NY Stock Exchange, 17 January 2023 “It’s about time.” Have you ever noticed that...

$1.5B to Boost 5G! – NTIA needs your input on national timing infrastructure
Image: Shutterstock What's New - NTIA is asking for comments about how to spend the $1.5B Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation (PWSCI) Fund. Establishing a resilient national timing architecture will provide underlying tech infrastructure needed to support;...

DHS Report on Denver Airport Jamming – More questions than answers – GPS World
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Notes What's New: A recently released DHS document on GPS disruption. It uses the January 2022 Denver event as an example. The report does not say: Why it took 33 hours to find the source of the disruption Why only aviation users were...

GNSS Signal Spoofing White Paper – Spirent
Image: Shutterstock Spoofing can be a real problem. We have seen reports of it being used to steal pharmaceuticals in the U.S. and, without a doubt, it is being used in other cargo heists. Mexico has determined that 85% of cargo thefts involved some kind of deliberate...

Europe & eLoran – A Reconciliation?
Image: ESA Blog Editor's Note: It was 2015. Despite fervent pleas from the UK, the rest of Europe and Scandinavia terminated Loran transmissions (the UK has kept its lone eLoran transmitter on air as a timing signal). The conventional wisdom is that keeping Loran...

Time & Money at NY Stock Exchange – 17 January
Hope you can join me at the New York Stock Exchange in a couple weeks! ATIS' "Time and Money" is happening again, and it promises to be more interesting than ever. Not only is yours truly, Dana "I-never-met-a-microphone-I-didn't-like" Goward speaking, but there are a...

Prof. Terry Moore, PNT Expert, Honored by King Charles
Image: GPS.gov & UC Berkely Blog Editor's Note: We were very pleased to see our colleague Terry Moore, also a member of the U.S. President's PNT Advisory Board, honored by King Charles. News release from the University of Nottingham where he is a professor...

Precise Timekeeping Essential to 5G, More So for Next G – ITU
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: If the International Telecommunications Union, a UN body that can't say anything unless EVERYONE agrees, says something, it must be true! The best way to ensure any nation, especially one as large and diverse as the U.S., has...

Russian Jamming Intensified on 29 December
Image: GPSJam.org Blog Editor's Note: Interesting post on Twitter by John Wiseman of GPSJam.org https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1608634342703771649/video/1

Jamming about 90% Effective Against Drones- MSN – Forbes
Image: Russian State Media Photo Blog Editor's Note: A couple of articles, one emphasizing the glass is 10% full, the other that it is 90% empty. You choose which view you like. We have seen other reporting that Ukrainian defenses against Russian drones and missiles...

Norwegian Pilots Report Record GPS Jamming – Barents Observer
Image: GoogleMaps Blog Editor's Note: Aside from the middle east and Ukraine, northern Norway might be the most jammed place in the world. Just search our site for "Norway" to find numerous mentions. Several quotes from the recent article below that are of particular...

Ukraine attacks changed Russian GPS jamming – GPS World
Image: RNT Foundation Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. Ukraine attacks changed Russian GPS jamming December 20, 2022 - By Dana Goward Two Russian airbases deep inside the country were attacked on December 5: the Engels-2 base...

GPS Signals Are Being Disrupted in Russian Cities – Wired
Images: GPSjam.org Blog Editor's Note: When the writer of this piece called for an interview, we took a closer look at GPSJam.org depictions. A couple of interesting things. Though Ukraine's attacks on airports began on the 5th of December, the increased jamming did...

Experts urge jamming detection network – Free webinar shows easy method using smartphones – GPS World
Image: NASA - PNT Advisory Board Nov 2022 Blog Editor's Note: The author of this article is President of the RNT Foundation Experts urge jamming detection network – Free webinar shows easy method using smartphones December 14, 2022 - By Dana Goward By all...