by Editor | Mar 25, 2022 | Blog
Image: RNT Foundation Blog Editor’s Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. GPS backup funding continues Trump’s admire-the-problem approach March 24, 2022 – By GPS World Staff and Dana Goward The appropriation for fiscal year...
by Editor | Mar 24, 2022 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: This Volpe Transportation Systems Center opening is a redescribed position that better reflects a broader focus for the department’s efforts. Looks like a great opportunity for the qualified person to make a big difference to the nation...
by Editor | Mar 22, 2022 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: An interesting article showing how China is continuing to erode US and GPS leadership. Bei Dou does have a number of features that GPS does not as indicated in the chart from Mitre below. But we think that a lot of the...
by Editor | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog
Image: NASA & Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: An interesting article with more background on the history of huge Coronal Mass Ejections than we normally see. While many claim GPS satellites are constructed to withstand the rigors of space weather, it is...
by Editor | Mar 20, 2022 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: A good reminder for folks who like to think having VORs, DMEs, and ILS mean aviation is not dependent on GPS/GNSS. We found the following lists in the article and notice particularly informative: AREAS IMPACTED Kaliningrad...
by Editor | Mar 19, 2022 | Blog
Image: UrsaNav Blog Editor’s Note: A similar topic to one we published from GPS World, though a longer piece that incorporates events since the first one was published. It also discusses more related issues, and the fact that France once cooperated in a Loran...
