by Editor | Jun 19, 2017 | Blog
A just-posted study from London Economics says that a 5 day disruption to GPS/GNSS services would cost the nation at least £5.2B or about $1.32B US per day. To address the threat it says: “The most applicable mitigation strategies for the largest number of...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Blog Editor’s note: Maintaining GPS as a world premier and secure system is essential. The US government is spending a lot of money to make some parts of GPS more secure. But even though the cost would be lost in the rounding error of other GPS programs, the...
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...
