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Protect the Frequencies – By preventing interference
Toughen Receivers – With readily available technology
Augment Services – With difficult to disrupt terrestrial signals
What to do? Some recommendations.
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Airliners off U.S. coast spoofed by military testing – Spirent
Image: Spirent What's new: An American Airlines and an Air Canada aircraft were spoofed off the coast of the Carolinas yesterday. This was apparently due to previously announced military testing. Why it's important: Testing is essential and the military makes every...
Bezos plots GPS rival as Putin menaces satellite systems – The Telegraph
Image: Shutterstock What's New: A report (rumor?) that Amazon's founder is thinking of getting into satnav. Why It's Important: Certainly backing up and protecting GPS is important. It is a sign that some of the biggest and richest players are becoming aware of GPS...
Toffler, VA Tech Prof on Greater PNT Resilience in the US
Image: PNT System of Systems Approach - RNT Foundation What's New: A paper published by Toffler Associates s and written by retired RADM Dave Simpson, USN, now a professor at Virginia Tech calling for resilient PNT. Full title: A DAY WITHOUT SPACE AND A CALL FOR...
Struggling to move GPS forward: Problems with M-Code, OCX, R-GPS
Image: John Hartzell What's New: A trio of items showing the challenges of making GPS more secure and perform better. Why It's Important: PNT is essential. Most of our PNT comes from GPS and we have nothing else on the horizon. If GPS signals are not available for any...
Asia oil tanker crash – GPS spoofing contributes to bad things happening (see?)
Image: Singapore Maritime Law Enforcement Agency What's New: Ships collide in the dark when one is spoofing its GPS position. An example of the bad things that can happen during spoofing. Why It's Important: Spoofing makes all operations less safe. And it happens so...
