by Editor | Aug 1, 2017 | Blog
“Inside GNSS” reported today that the House Defense Appropriations Act for 2018 provides $10M for the GPS complementary and back up system proof of concept called for in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This was as a result of an...
by Editor | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog
Criminals stealing high value cargo, delivery drivers hiding from their employers and those hiding illicit affairs from their spouses aren’t the only ones who regularly jam GPS reception. “Electronic countermeasures” are employed by a wide variety of...
by Editor | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Cameras, radar, and “sensors” will complement GPS in the navigation suite. We have asked for more detailed information from our friends at Kongsberg. It seems to us that having resilient navigation would be important. Wall Street...
by Editor | Jul 24, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Last week the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 2825 – the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Act of 2017. Part of that bill included provisions for the US Coast Guard, a DHS agency, which require establishment of an eLoran system...
by Editor | Jul 22, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s note: The author is a USAF intelligence officer assigned to the Pentagon. After an interesting description of the problem he concludes with: “Military officers and war planners need to better understand how their operations are reliant upon space...
by Editor | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: While the Department of Transportation is the lead for civil PNT issues in the US government, the Coast Guard has long assisted them in this role by running the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC), collecting interference reports, and...
