GPS Anomaly – Official USAF Statement

“Air Force Official Press Release – GPS Ground System Anomaly: On 26 January [2016] at 12:49 a.m. MST, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron at the 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., verified users were experiencing GPS timing issues. Further...

GPS Was Out For Some Yesterday

At 15:36 Greenwich Mean Time yesterday, GPS satellite SVN 23/PRN 32, the oldest satellite in the GPS constellation, became unusable. It was taken out of service at 22:00 GMT. See Notice. Although this was supposed to have been a routine decommissioning, reports from...

USCG Issues Safety Alert – GPS/GNSS, Trust But Verify

United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Alert 19 January 2016                                                                               Safety Alert 01-16 Global Navigation Satellite Systems – Trust, But Verify Report Disruptions Immediately Do you know what...

Were US Sailors ‘Spoofed’ Into Iranian Waters?

Christian Science Monitor – Passcode In 2011, Iran spoofed – or faked – Global Positioning System signals to send a CIA drone off course. Did it do the same to trick Navy vessels into Iranian waters? Opinion: Were US sailors ‘spoofed’ into Iranian...