by Editor | Oct 22, 2018 | Blog
Two recent reports to the US Coast Guard document persistent GPS disruptions within seven or eight nautical miles of the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah. These follow well documented problems in the Black Sea, around Cyprus, off-shore of Syria, and in the vicinity of...
by Editor | Oct 19, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: This is a good reminder of the importance of designing in cyber security. Also the vulnerability of GNSS signals, and that no one is immune to disruptions. . . October 18, 2018 By Inside GNSS . A recent General Accountability Office (GAO)...
by Editor | Oct 18, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: Bob Poole is a regular contributor to the respected industry journal “Air Traffic Management.” He has often observed that a navigation and timing system that serves ALL modes of transportation would be much less expensive for the...
by Editor | Oct 17, 2018 | Blog
Reports of recurring GPS reception problems near Tacoma, WA in the US and the port of Plymouth in the UK have been received by the US Coast Guard Navigation Center, the agency that collates such reports from the public. See reports for 9/27/2018 and 10/2/2018. The...
by Editor | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: NASA is rightly concerned about the future of space and keeping it usable. The immediate problem and the focus of much recent attention has been Low Earth Orbit (LEO). GNSS fly about ten thousand miles above LEO in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO),...
by Editor | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: The US Coast Guard recently published its “Maritime Commerce Strategic Outlook.” As the service looks forward, it recognizes maritime’s dependence upon GPS for a wide range of things far beyond simple navigation....
