by Editor | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: We have seen an increasing number of reports of drivers for taxi and ride-sharing services spoofing GPS/GNSS in order to increase the amount of work they get. See this item about Grab drivers, for example. There have even been reports from...
by Editor | Mar 5, 2018 | Blog
Novatel provided an excellent presentation that highlighted the attributes of its Interference Tool Kit (ITK) at the Dutch Institute for Navigation workshop on the 31st of January. One of their observations was that “interference will always be a problem for...
by Editor | Mar 4, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: An interesting overview article by Wired. It briefly discusses Satelles, which could be a good complement for GPS (though perhaps not a backup) and DARPA’s STOIC efforts. We have always had mixed feelings about STOIC and other...
by Editor | Mar 3, 2018 | Blog
The Dutch Aerospace Center (NLR) office in Amsterdam detects numerous GNSS jammers passing by every day. On the 31st of January the Dutch Institute for Navigation hosted a workshop on GNSS interference. NLR provided an excellent overview presentation describing the...
by Editor | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: The three authors of this opinion piece are among the most qualified in the world to opine on this issue. Similar recommendations to these were made by the President’s National PNT Advisory Board in 2017. FCC must act to avoid a grave...
by Editor | Feb 27, 2018 | Blog
Vice President Pence chaired the second meeting of the National Space Council last week at the Kennedy Space Center. During the meeting the Hon. Kirstjen Nielson, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, asked a panel what could be done to incentivize...