by Editor | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog
The devastating potential of an extreme solar storm and what the White House is doing about it. By Jason Samenow October 29 at 1:32 PM Washingtopost.com Weather is not limited to the clouds, wind, extremes of heat and cold and precipitation systems that we experience...
by Editor | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog
The below article provides another example of the importance of time and hence the need for multiple, independent, secure and resilient sources. As a side note – one of RNTF’s biggest supporters first became interested in us because he was looking for an...
by Editor | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog
The US Secretary of Defense has announced he wants to “unplug the military from GPS.” The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) website says that “Military use of GPS has evolved from a strategic advantage… to a vulnerability.” Taking this to heart, the US...
by Editor | Oct 16, 2015 | Blog
The GLA are investigating the potential transition of UK/European eLoran services to a fully commercial operation. The General Lighthouse Authorities are seeking a viable solution which could provide eLoran as a sustainable and cost-effective backup system for GPS...
by Editor | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog
Defenseone.com by Patrick Tucker 13 Oct 2015 Electronic warfare is among several new missions under consideration for UAVs. AUSA 2015 / Army / Drones While Air Force drones have been pounding targets for more than a decade, the Army has used its unmanned aircraft...
by Editor | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog
Seeing stars, again: Naval Academy reinstates celestial navigation By Tim Prudente Capitol Gazette 12 October 2015 The same techniques guided ancient Polynesians in the open Pacific and led Sir Ernest Shackleton to remote Antarctica, then oriented astronauts when the...