by Editor | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: Improving the way we are organized to better focus on space is a good idea. But the real underlying threat to the nation is not that we are poorly organized. It’s that we critically depend on our space systems, and they are very...
by Editor | May 4, 2017 | Blog
Bill Calls for Protection of Critical Infrastructure, National Security Assets On the first of September 1859 the Earth was hit by a massive solar flare. It was so strong that currents induced in telegraph wires set offices afire. Later dubbed “the Carrington...
by Editor | Jan 1, 2014 | Blog
There were unexpected gifts for the navigation and timing community in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2014 signed by President Obama the day after Christmas. These were in the form of increased focus on the importance of space systems and their...
by Editor | Jan 12, 2023 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Notes What’s New: A recently released DHS document on GPS disruption. It uses the January 2022 Denver event as an example. The report does not say: Why it took 33 hours to find the source of the disruption Why only...
by Editor | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: An excellent article, of course, by DR. Brad Parkinson about potential improvements to GPS/GNSS receivers. It is always hard to add anything worthwhile to something written by DR. Parkinson. We will hazard one...