by Editor | Mar 31, 2021 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: Aviation is somewhat unique among modes of transportation as it has an alternate PNT system for when GPS is not available. It is a network of short range terrestrial beacons of VORs, DMEs, and TACANs (TACAN is military...
by Editor | Mar 29, 2021 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: The greatest threat from space debris is unquestionably at LEO. Many in the PNT community have considered GPS, Galileo, and other GNSS at MEO relatively safe from debris. It seems that ain’t necessarily so. Papers...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2021 | Blog
Image: AP, Vessel Finder Blog Editor’s Note: The below press report discounts this being a prank by the Vessel Finder site, and seems to assume the ship actually sailed this pattern before entering the Suez Canal and getting stuck. Our readers will quickly guess...
by Editor | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: A very complete summary of where the issue stands today. We are particularly glad to see the comments by Rep John Garamendi who has championed this issue for years. This article is reprinted with permission of Warren...
by Editor | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: We always find something of interest in Bob Poole’s “Aviation Policy News” from the Reason Foundation. This month it is a note he received from a colleague about the FAA and navigation. Bob published in...
by Editor | Mar 24, 2021 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: It is good to see industry coming together like this. RNT Foundation decided to sign this letter with members of industry, some of which are our members, some are not, because it does not promote an individual technology...
