Blog Editor's Note: Some may assert that this law suit does not bear upon the technical arguments Ligado and its predecessor, Lightsquared, made before the FCC. It does directly impact those companies' credibility and standing, though. If it is shown that data was...

Blog Editor's Note: Our first question about the below article, naturally, was "What is the impact on GNSS signals and services?" It might be due to the holidays, but most of the folks we have asked about this have either not responded or said "don't know." One...

A passenger rolls away a sleeping aid as she sits with her luggage at London Gatwick Airport on Friday as flights started to resume following the closing of the airfield due to a drone incursion. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)GETTY   Blog Editor's Note: While...

Blog Editor's Note: The below article was written by RNTF President Dana A. Goward.   Telecom Standards Group Asks Govt. to Act on GPS Vulnerability December 18, 2018 By Inside GNSS The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Standards (ATIS) sent a letter to...

Blog Editor's Note: The below item was authored by RNTF President Dana A. Goward DHS Developing Performance Standards for GPS Receivers Used in Critical Infrastructure December 13, 2018 By Inside GNSS During a discussion of PNT issues at a workshop on Dec. 11, a...

Blog Editor's Note: RNTF member Guy Buesnel (Spirent) is an expert on GPS disruption and resilience. He is a sought after speaker who travels the world and recently gave a dynamite presentation to the US National PNT Advisory Board. Here is a recent item he posted on...

Blog Editor's Note: The semiannual in-person meeting of the US National Spaced-based PNT Advisory Board was held last week in Redondo Beach, CA. Its agenda with links to all presentations received is available on line. Once approved, the minutes of the meeting will be...

Blog Editor's Note: It's ALWAYS good to see bipartisan cooperation on important issues in Congress. We are, of course, especially glad to see the cooperation and leadership from both parties on this issue. Our thanks to Senators Cruz and Markey in the Senate, and...

Editor's Note: We occasionally publish news important to our readers in industry journals in order to reach an even larger audience. This item appeared in GPS World today.   President signs National Timing Security and Resilience Act December 5, 2018  - By Dana...

In many areas of life it's difficult to tell whether or not your GPS/GNSS signal is being deliberately disrupted or something else is going wrong. It is often much easier in aviation and maritime operations. A presentation by Spirent's Guy Buesnel and Steve Hickling...

Blog Editor's Note: We were very encouraged to see the announcement of this effort by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. We are sure that it will contribute to the PNT community's overall knowledge base. Yet there is a lot of science and technology available...

DOT Ignoring GPS Vulnerabilities — Again November 30, 2018  - By Dana Goward The U.S. Department of Transportation’s most recent document preparing for the future of self-driving cars almost entirely ignores positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) needs, according to...

On the 14th of November the Senate passed the Frank LoBiondo US Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018. Included in that bill was the National Timing Security and Resilience Act of 2018.  The bill was initially proposed last year in the House by Congressmen John...

Blog Editor's Note: This two-part report by Katherine Dunn has reached many in business who have not been aware of such problems heretofore (see some of the comments on her article on line). It is a good reminder that, while such things may seem matter of course to...

Blog Editor's Note: This bill, which passed the Senate on the 14th of November, requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a terrestrial national timing signal to provide a backup for GPS timing.  It originated in the House of Representatives several years...

Blog Editor's Note: Maritime GPS disruptions have been reported elsewhere, but seem to be particularly common in this part of the world. Electronic navigation signals from the Saudi Arabian Loran-C system and the Russian Chayka/Loran-C system are available for use...

Blog Editor's Note: Russia has been jamming and spoofing GPS repeatedly and over broad areas since at least 2016.  In the below "Inside GNSS" article about their most recent jamming events, RNTF President Dana A. Goward is quoted about the reasons:  "Russia has very...

Blog Editor's Note: This presentation at the SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) conference caught our attention. Speaking with the author we learned that SITA tracks a wide range of cyber issues with aviation on a weekly basis. We would...