by Editor | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
On January 6th the Radio Technical Commission, Maritime (RTCM) issued its “Minimum Performance Standards for Marine eLoran Receiving Equipment.” This 71 page document is the result of several years of effort by RTCM member volunteers from industry and...
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...
