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On October 2, NextNav announced that Broadcom Corporation acquired a commercial license to NextNav’s Metropolitan Beacon System (MBS) technology, a so-called terrestrial constellation that brings GNSS-like performance to indoor and urban environments where...
Symmetricom Expands SyncWorld Program to Power Utilities
Symmetricom has introduced a new category to its SyncWorld Ecosystem Program dedicated to the power utility industry. The SyncWorld Power Ecosystem aims to facilitate unified deployments of timing and synchronization in substation modernization and synchrophasor...
“Indoor GPS” Technologies Emerge as Retailers’ Interest in Tracking Soars
New technologies are emerging to fill the gap left by GNSS services whose signals cannot penetrate indoor spaces. Using everything from triangulation and flickering light bulbs to the Earth’s magnetic field, start-up companies are lining up to help brick-and-mortar...
Exelis Signal Sentry Test Locates GPS Signal Jamming Threats
Signal Sentry 1000, an Exelis product that detects and locates GPS interference sources in 3-D by using longitude, latitude and altitude has demonstrated successful results during a planned field testing event held last week at the Vidsel Test Range in Sweden....
Commemorating LORAN
A group gathered on July 29 at the Institute to celebrate the recent installation of a new IEEE plaque commemorating the LORAN, a radio navigation system created in 1940 at the MIT Radiation (Rad) Lab. The LORAN (which stands for Long Range Navigation) is one of four...
UK Will Roll Out eLoran Stations to Backup GPS
Department for Transport approves implementation of seven differential eLoran stations along the UK coastline. The UK's pursuit of technology to counter the threat of GPS jamming has achieved a 'significant milestone'. Seven differential eLoran stations will be...
South Korea To Install eLoran To Counter North Korean GPS Jamming
South Korea has been subject to annual GPS jamming attacks by its North Korean neighbor since 2010. Over that period, jamming has extended over longer periods, with the longest being a continuous 16-day attack, employing various frequencies, techniques and signal...
GPS Flaw Could Let Terrorists Hijack Ships, Planes
The world’s GPS system is vulnerable to hackers or terrorists who could use it to hijack ships -- even commercial airliners, according to a frightening new study that exposes a huge potential hole in national security. Using a laptop, a small antenna and an electronic...
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If not GNSS, then what? – GPS World
Image: GPS III Lockheed Martin What's New: A thought piece by RNTF member Mitch Narins. Why It's Important: He raises the issue of some folks focusing on GNSS, others on PNT and ensuring users have it. What Else to Know: We are glad to see more non-GNSS papers and...
Russia is signaling it could take out the West’s internet and GPS. There’s no good backup plan. – Aol.
Image: Shutterstock What's New: This article helps put Russia's interference with GPS in a larger context. Why It's Important: "Grey zone" conflicts are still conflicts and do harm. They can also lead to shooting wars, sometimes despite the intent on both sides to...
US leaders have been warned to focus on GPS and PNT to protect the nation – SpaceNews
Image: Lockheed and Shutterstock What's New: Op Ed discussing two different expert groups sending the same message on PNT to the U.S. government. Why It's Important: Our over-reliance on GPS for PNT is a really bad idea. If you don't understand the image, look up...
CGSIC Meets in 3 Weeks – Baltimore
Image: GPS use and research by civilians has greatly contributed to improvements in user equipment. Image credit 1976 GPS receiver Smithsonian and microchip Shutterstock. What's New: The Civil GPS Service Interface Committee Meeting is coming up soon. There is still...