by Editor | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: The Department of Homeland Security has long been concerned with the lack of an alternative for GPS to support critical infrastructure, particularly for time synchronization. It has had a Wireless Precise Time Cooperative Research and Development...
by Editor | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog
The US Army seems to be ramping up its concern and efforts over GPS denial in Europe and Korea. Last week, Maj. Gen. Wilson Shoffner told an AFCEA gathering that his Rapid Capabilities Office, which is concerned with fielding cyber and positioning, navigation, and...
by Editor | Jun 5, 2017 | Blog
The Ligado company (formerly Lightsquared) has asked the FCC for permission to broadcast in frequencies adjacent to those assigned for satellite navigation signals like GPS. Problem is that signals from satellite navigation systems are very, very faint. About 12,500...
by Editor | Jun 4, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: ‘The prudent mariner will use every means at their disposal to determine their position’ is an axiom that dates back to the age of sail. But what if you only have one means to determine your position? The below was published yesterday...
by Editor | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Here is a follow-on Linkedin post to a item we posted a couple days ago: How is GPS SVN-49 behaving? Published on May 30, 2017 Fabio Dovis Associate Professor at Politecnico di Torino We have highlighted in our previous post how, in these days it...
by Editor | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog
The Council of American Master Mariners wrote to Senator John Thune and the other members of the Senate Commerce Committee today expressing support for provisions in a House bill calling for an eLoran system to complement GPS. Their concerns are bout the impact of...
