by Editor | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Unless there is a crisis, the government almost always takes small steps on things. The below announcement about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2018 is a good example. Several things to keep in mind for those prone to be too...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2017 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: An excellent article showing the wide variety of products available to help users resist jamming and spoofing (GPS/GNSS is a very weak signal so it will never be jam-proof). More users should employ anti-jam technology, especially if they use...
by Editor | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: An excellent article by Spirent’s Guy Buesnel. Guy is slated to speak at the US PNT Advisory Board meeting in Baltimore next week about “GNSS Threats, Attacks, and Simulations.” We strongly encourage anyone who is able to attend....
by Editor | Jun 20, 2017 | Blog
Last week the US Air Force boasted in a press release “New reports confirm near-perfect performance record for civil GPS service.” The press release is misleading, at best. At worst, it could endanger the public. Misleading because the title refers to...
by Editor | Jun 19, 2017 | Blog
A just-posted study from London Economics says that a 5 day disruption to GPS/GNSS services would cost the nation at least £5.2B or about $1.32B US per day. To address the threat it says: “The most applicable mitigation strategies for the largest number of...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Blog Editor’s note: Maintaining GPS as a world premier and secure system is essential. The US government is spending a lot of money to make some parts of GPS more secure. But even though the cost would be lost in the rounding error of other GPS programs, the...
