by Editor | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note – Toward the end of the article, Bob Poole discusses FAA’s failure to refresh the aviation terrestrial navigation system consisting of VORs and DMEs. He also suggests the Department of Transportation should focus on, not just a...
by Editor | Dec 13, 2020 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: A disturbing Op-Ed discussing China’s dominance in rare earths and progress on 5G, quickly suggesting that the score might already be 0-2. Or maybe 0-3 if you throw in AI. However you are scoring, the U.S. is another...
by Editor | Dec 12, 2020 | Blog
Image: University of Texas at Austin Radionavigation Lab The Department of Transportation’s Virtual Workshop on GPS Jamming and Spoofing in the Maritime Environment was held on the 3rd of December. Over 200 attended the afternoon session that had a recurring...
by Editor | Dec 11, 2020 | Blog
Images: NASA and Shutterstock It’s never a good idea to bet against Mother Nature. Though it looks like we might have won this time. Solar flares have always been a threat to technology. In 1859 and 1921 flares (more correctly – coronal mass ejections, or...
by Editor | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog
Image: US Coast Guard, Petty Officer John Masson Blog Editor’s Note: It was a dark and eerily calm night. The worst-case scenario for a helicopter rescue of someone from the water. On dark and stormy nights at least the pilots can at least see the waves. That...
by Editor | Dec 6, 2020 | Blog
Image: European Space Agency “LEO is an orbital space junk yard. There are millions of pieces of space junk flying in LEO. Most orbital debris comprises human-generated objects, such as pieces of space craft, tiny flecks of paint from a spacecraft, parts of...
