Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: Doug MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official, who, while he has a flair for the dramatic, is not overestimating the problem and is not saying anything wrong. We don’t normally go in for the really...
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: Yup, we added the question mark to the headline. The Army’s Mounted Alternative PNT System (MAPS) is certainly helping soldiers in challenging GPS environments, but it doesn’t come close to what most would...
Blog Editor’s Note: An interesting article about the inner workings of one of these devices. Written for hands-on technologists, but many others might find it interesting also. Two notes: The author mentions he did not investigate its effective range....
Blog Editor’s Note: Last week we saw a notice that the UK Ministry of Defence would be doing jamming trials for the next several months. Fortunately for users, the jamming is not going to exceed 2 minutes in length, and not more than 5 times an hour. We asked...
Blog Editor’s Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. Opinion Differences in technologies could have led FCC astray Dana A. Goward “Astounded,” shocked,” “and “dismayed” were some of the adjectives used by a vast array of experts to describe the...
1976: The first military GPS five-channel receiver built in one of several programs that studied the feasibility of GPS. The receiver weighed more than 270 pounds and had seats for two operators. (Photo: Rockwell Collins/Smithsonian) Blog Editor’s Note:...
