by Editor | Mar 28, 2017 | Blog
We will save you some time if you don’t want to wade through the 37 pages of the FAA’s Navigation Strategy 2016. It says: More of the same Except fewer VORs & ILS While unmanned systems are mentioned once, it is only in the introduction, and by way of saying ‘Oh...
by Editor | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog
From Bloomberg Government Hearing on State of the Coast Guard, 22 March 2017 Senator Cruz (R-TX): Let me shift to a different issue, which is — as you’re aware, our nation’s GPS system is used by a number of our critical infrastructure and key...
by Editor | Mar 18, 2017 | Blog
“GNSS – Is It Time for Backup?” was the theme of this year’s Munich Satellite Navigation Summit. The answer seemed to be a resounding “YES!” A conference panel charged with answering that question agreed that one or more “complementary and backup” systems for GNSS...
by Editor | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
The other day we posted about a new navigation receiver that integrated eLoran, Chayka, and GNSS signals. What we didn’t realize until we saw one last night is that the receiver is only 6cm long! So we have taken down the old post, and are putting up this new...
by Editor | Mar 14, 2017 | Blog
We got this note from Stephen M. Mackey at the Volpe Center and are passing it along: “The next GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility Workshop, Workshop VI will be held on March 30, 2017 at RTCA Inc. 1150 18th St. NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036. A Federal...
by Editor | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: Turkey’s neighbors, Russia & Iran, as well as many other players in the region, have long histories of jamming and spoofing satellite navigation systems. No surprise that Turkey would develop this and other methods of coping....
