by Editor | Nov 26, 2023 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock What’s New: A real world case study of the impact of GPS jamming on electrical grids. Installation of anti-jam antennas seems to have helped. Why It’s Important: GPS signals are used by virtually every technology and many, many...
by Editor | Nov 24, 2023 | Blog
Image: U.S. Space Force/ Ethan Johnson What’s New: A discussion of diversity of platforms and uses for GPS and the need for diverse alternatives. Why It’s Important: Military, and eventually civil users will need to switch from over-reliance on GPS (a...
by Editor | Nov 23, 2023 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock What’s New: Jamming and spoofing being covered by the New York Times. This important topic is getting broader attention. A particularly good point raised in the article is that the GPS tech used in commercial aviation is from decades ago when...
by Editor | Nov 22, 2023 | Blog
Image: GAO/DOD What’s New: A guest blog post by two officers of Cubic Corporation that correctly points out the need for the military to develop and implement non-GPS PNT. BTW – we prefer to say things like “GPS+” verses “beyond...
by Editor | Nov 21, 2023 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock What’s New: A new standard from SAE – “Toughening a PNT system with COTS in-line GPS/GNSS Jamming Protection” Why It’s Important: Standards can be very effective ways to encourage adoption of beneficial practices. Many...
by Editor | Nov 18, 2023 | Blog
Image: Aviation Week Network Happy Saturday! Here is an interesting graphic timeline of more than 50 years of GPS history by Aviation Week. Here’s another fun fact. This timeline begins with the launch of Transit in April of 1960, a joint project of DARPA and...