It’s in Law – Preserve Loran, Backup GPS

Sometimes seemingly minor provisions in obscure laws have huge impacts. Last week the President signed into law “The Howard Coble Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2014.” While the name might not immediately pique the interest of people interested in protecting GPS...

Financial Networks Shifting to GPS-Stamped Precise Time

Inside GNSS, Dee Ann Divis 31 Dec 2014 New competitive demands and regulatory requirements are driving financial firms around the world to use highly precise timestamps on incoming information and transactions, a trend likely to push firms to adopt a common time...

“I hate GPS” – Secretary of Defense Nominee Ashton Carter

“I hate GPS,” President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, told a reporter just a few weeks ago. What became quickly clear, though, was that he doesn’t “hate GPS” per se. What he hates is that it doesn’t work everywhere and that so many things,...

New, More Powerful Jammers Block GPS and Galileo

The inventor of GPS is calling for a more robust system as evidence is released of new, more powerful jamming devices being used by criminal gangs. [big_button url=”http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/feb/gps-jamming.cfm”]Read More[/big_button]