by Editor | Oct 20, 2019 | Blog
The Kennedy Space Center and Cocoa Beach, already great destinations, will host three days of PNT events next month. … 09:00 – 18:00: Kennedy Space Center Tours and Visitor Complex It’s the Greatest Space Adventure on Earth! Whether your visit...
by Editor | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: The author is the president of the RNT Foundation. EU contracting for GNSS interference detection network October 17, 2019 – By Dana Goward Request for proposals to be issued The Official Journal of the European Union (EU) will publish...
by Editor | Oct 16, 2019 | Blog
So, you thought you had survived the once-every-twenty-years GPS rollover event just because nothing bad happened on the 6th of April. You thought you were safe for the next 157 years because the GPS date counter will be increased to 13 bits. Not. So. Fast. It seems...
by Editor | Oct 13, 2019 | Blog
Sir George Airy established a meridian at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1851 to serve as a common reference for astronomical observations and navigation. By 1884 two thirds of ships were using it as a reference on their charts. US President Chester A. Arthur...
by Editor | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: The author is the President of the RNT Foundation UN Aviation Body: GPS/GNSS Disruption an Urgent Safety Priority October 10, 2019 Dana A. Goward Last week the triennial assembly of the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation...
by Editor | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: The 1859 “Carrington Event” coronal mass ejection was so powerful it induced currents in telegraph wires strong enough to set telegraph offices on fire. A smaller event in 1921 “the NY Railway solar flare” did the same...