by Editor | Jul 4, 2023 | Blog
Image: NASA What’s New: Many scientists predicted this would be a relatively quiet solar cycle, but it is turning out to be one of the most active. Why It’s Important: Solar activity can disrupt GPS and other GNSS signals, potentially for days. If strong...
by Editor | Jun 30, 2023 | Blog
What’s New: A recent talk given by RNTF President Dana A. Goward to the Rhode & Schwartz seminar at Assoc. of Old Crows Space Symposium, MITRE, Bedford, MA 21 June 2023. Why It’s Important: China, Russia, Europe, the U.S. and U.K., India and others are...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2023 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock – IBM System One Quantum Computer 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas What’s New: Increasing investment in quantum technologies could result in PNT devices that sense gravitational and magnetic fields at the atomic level. These...
by Editor | Jun 22, 2023 | Blog
Image: GPSJam.org What’s New: Recent tweet from John Wiseman about a disruption incident at the Panama Canal last August. Why It’s Important: We could report nearly every day about GPS interference of some kind. Why go back to August and look at this one?...
by Editor | Jun 20, 2023 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock What’s New: A relatively recent paper from the International Telecommunications Union reinforcing the essentiality of time and synchronization. Why It’s Important: Time and sync are fundamental to almost every technology. Most tech...
by Editor | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock What’s New: Another way to get location (but not time or sync). Why It’s Important: New methods like this fill niche requirements. This one seems to address particularly difficult environments. What to Know: There are many technologies...
