Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: More is better, diversity of sources is better still. In fairness, satellites in LEO add a bit of diversity compared to having them all in MEO. And there are a lot of advantages to focusing on space. Global coverage for sure....

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: There is a lot to unpack in this short news item. NCS spokesman Kirby's response to the Russians was established U.S. government policy. The "National Space Policy of the United States" issued in 2020 says: "The United States...

Image: RNT Foundation Blog Editor's Note: Not sure how we missed this formal announcement until now, but here it is.  This is always an interesting event for those interested in PNT. We highly recommend you attend in person or on-line! We also want to let you know...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Now that UT's Professor Todd Humphreys has figured out how to use Starlink for PNT, this seems a natural pivot for Musk.  Why fight it when you can leverage it for another income stream?  It will be interesting to see how...

Image: NIST WWV Time code generator Blog Editor's Note: Interesting that this was sparked by the GPS disruptions in Dallas and Denver. The UK, at least, has an effort moving toward a more coherent timing architecture. The National Physical Laboratory has Leo Lobo's...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: We see these kinds of articles every once and a while. They make some of the points made by Greg Milner in his excellent book "Pinpoint - How GPS is changing technology, culture and our minds." On the one hand I agree. We should...

Image: Starlink Satellite - Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: It was only a matter of time. No pun intended. Congrats to Todd Humphreys and his team!  98 ft is pretty good for a start.     Technology  Companies Researchers Unmask Starlink's Top Secret; Hacks...

Image: GPSJam.org Blog Editor's Note: More info on the disruption at Dallas this week.   A few thoughts: American and Southwest Airlines said their operations were unaffected. Sounds like corporate-speak since "less efficient routes" were used and we know there were...

Image: 2008 PNT Architecture published by US government but never implemented Blog Editor's Note: A thoughtful piece by our friend and colleague, Doug Taggart, that explores the recurring question "Why, despite near-existential threats, hasn't the US diversified its...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: This incident seems very similar, at the outset, to one that happened near the Denver airport in January.  One difference is that this disruption made it into the media. The government kept the January Denver event quiet until...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Modular open system architecture (MOSA) is key to the Department of Defense's efforts to move toward multi-sensor PNT and away from embedded, proprietary systems that are incredibly difficult to update and replace.  This article...

Image: RNT Foundation Blog Editor's Note: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) regularly responds to inquiries from members of Congress with short papers such as this one. Knowing that provides us some context already - a member of Congress, likely a prominent...

Image: GPS Patron - Handheld commercial GNSS jammers used in the test. A much larger, more powerful jammer was also used. Blog Editor's Note - We posted a couple items last week about the world's biggest jammer test recently held in Norway - JammerTest 2022. It turns...

Image - World Space Week/Space Command One of our LinkedIn connections sent us this interesting poster. We are guessing that the title saying "Global Positioning Systems" vice "Global Navigation Satellite Systems" is an effort to make it more understandable for the...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author is president of the RNT Foundation.   Opinion: Is today World Satnav Day? October 7, 2022  - By Dana Goward The world watched in awe and a bit of terror as the 23-inch polished metal sphere arced across the sky....

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Positioning with 5G has long been anticipated by many. It is great to see this next step. Such a capability could be a great component for autonomy, especially helping establish autonomous corridors early on. All such efforts,...

Image: National Assn of Broadcasters Blog Editor's Note: The interviewer for the below article is President of the RNT Foundation.     Finding your way with broadcast TV October 3, 2022  - By Dana Goward Est. reading time: 3:30 Full-power UHF TV stations in...

Image: US Air Force F-22 Staff Sgt. James Richardson We were interested to see this news release publish recently. Glad to see Air Force looking to include other GNSS (presumably Galileo). It wasn't that long ago the Congress was holding money back from the Secretary...

Image: Shutterstock - Aircraft were include in Norway's tests. Blog Editor's Note: We were VERY pleased to see the Norwegian Telecommunications Authority posting some of its results from last week's test already! Not all government agencies are so responsive and...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Northern Norway may be the most frequently jammed place on the planet. It is certainly the most jammed outside the middle east. No wonder, then, that Norway's National Telecommunications Authority, Nkom, hosted "the world's...