by Editor | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
The ATIS “Time and Money” workshop at the New York Stock Exchange last week had something for everyone. There were technical presentations, panel discussions, and even a sales pitch or two. Some of the things that we heard: ‘People often buy GPS...
by Editor | Jan 29, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: We really like the author’s admonition to “Treat GPS like Reagan treated Russia: Trust but verify.” GPS jamming and spoofing are poorly recognized cyber-security problems and show infrastructure shortfalls. Cyber-security because...
by Editor | Jan 25, 2017 | Blog
This week UrsaNav posted their most recent results from the work they have been doing with Harris Corp. and the Department of Homeland Security to demonstrate eLoran as a difficult to disrupt time source to complement and backup GPS. Among the findings: 95% of all...
by Editor | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog
A new paper by the World Security Report says: “Critical infrastructure interdependencies constitute a risk multiplier: they can themselves be a threat or hazard, affect the resilience and protection performance of critical infrastructure, and lead to cascading...
by Editor | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Each satellite has four clocks aboard, so these failures have not been fatal for the system, nor even an individual satellite. They are worrying, though, as you will read below. By Jonathan Amos, BBC Science Correspondent Galileo satellites...
by Editor | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
OK – your smartphone is probably violating the law. It’s illegal in the U.S. to receive and use other nations’ satellite navigation signals. And most all smartphones receive GPS and at least one other system, whether it’s Russia’s...
