GPS disruption a full-fledged aviation problem – GPS World

Blog editor’s note: Great article below.  See also report here of aircraft that almost lost control due to GPS jamming. March 6, 2017  By  Guy Buesnel and Paul Crampton Several jamming incidents in 2016 highlight the increasing reliance on GNSS by commercial...

A Big Obstacle to Drone Safety, Productivity

Guest Post by CAPT Joe Burns, CEO, Sensurion Aerospace A major challenge facing the unmanned systems industry, especially in aviation and upcoming Beyond Visual Line Of Site (BVLOS) operations, is its reliance on weak, easily disrupted Global Positioning System (GPS)...

Spectrum Piracy Threatens Aviation Nav & GNSS Freqs

Guest Post by Mitch Narins Last month a letter sent to the FCC by lawyers representing the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), provided great detail into the illegal marketing of video links and amplifiers for use by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), more commonly...

Spirent security experts predict greater risk to GNSS in 2017

Editor’s Note: This is an interesting report that coincides with things we have heard from government officials. Longtime RNTF member Guy Buesnel from Spirent will be speaking next week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco and the Oceanology International...