by Editor | Jun 14, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Another excellent article by award-winning reporter Dee Ann Divis. A great summary of where these projects stand in the US and Europe. It is interesting to reflect that, after much controversy, the US shutdown it’s Loran-C system and has...
by Editor | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Last week we published a thought experiment about how a cargo ship could be spoofed and sailed into the hands of bad actors. This week we discuss how masters, companies and nations can help prevent such things from happening. By Capt. (ret) Dana...
by Editor | Jun 11, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Maritime probably has the greatest potential for early commercial use of unmanned cargo vessels. Human pilots could navigate ships out of and into harbors, and automated systems could take them across wide oceans. But, as Capt Joe Burns of...
by Editor | Jun 10, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: This working paper published by Inside GNSS is some great work by a group of satnav notables. It encourages use of sophisticated antennae with GPS/GNSS receivers as a way of greatly reducing the threat of spoofing. We heartily agree. There are...
by Editor | Jun 9, 2017 | Blog
Wednesday, Mr. John Acton testified at one of a series of House of Representatives hearings on national infrastructure needs. Two Coast Guard Vice Admirals and an official from the Government Accountability Office testified also. Mr. Action is a retired USCG Reserve...
by Editor | Jun 8, 2017 | Blog
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) does a lot of things but it was designed to help prevent collisions between ships. AIS transceivers use Global Positioning System (GPS) data and enable all equipped ships to “see” each other, usually on electronic...
