by Editor | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog
Periodically RNTF posts information drawn from GPS disruption reports sent to the US government and others over the last several years. We endeavor to include enough information to make them helpful to our readers while preserving the anonymity of the reporting...
by Editor | Dec 22, 2017 | Blog
After the Air Force made a minor software update to the Global Position System on the 21st of September 2017, it received reports that “several thousand receivers were impacted.” In a 7 December memo to GPS users and equipment manufacturers the Air Force said “Due to...
by Editor | Dec 21, 2017 | Blog
A trial this month in the United Kingdom resulted in the conviction of nine men for a wide variety of crimes including drug and weapons smuggling, money laundering, abduction, and torture. As part of their operations, the gang used sophisticated electronic...
by Editor | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: This Los Angles Times edited interview with the Secretary of the Air Force, the Hon Heather Wilson, doesn’t spend a lot of time on GPS issues, despite the article’s headline. But it does confirm that folks at the highest levels of...
by Editor | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: The below joint statement formalizes (between the US and China) the principle that global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) should be technologically compatible. This enables manufacturers to easily incorporate signals from multiple...
by Editor | Dec 19, 2017 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: We have noticed renewed concern among many in the field at the lack of discussion and effort on GPS/GNSS receiver resilience to software attacks. For example, RNTF member and PNT expert Guy Buesnel recently mentioned this in an excellent...
