Safe Navigation System for Flying Cars – Start work now

Safe Navigation System for Flying Cars – Start work now

Cover Image: Shutterstock, Diagram below: Prof. Todd Humphreys, UT Austin What’s New: We responded to a U.S. Dept. of Transportation request for information about Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) with eight recommendations for achieving safe and efficient navigation....
PNT by Other Means: Xona Space Systems – GPS World

PNT by Other Means: Xona Space Systems – GPS World

Image: Xona Space Systems What’s New: Interesting discussion of Xona Space Systems’ business aspirations and a bit about their technology. Why It’s Important: LEO PNT satellites offer greater accuracy and power. The added power and potential for...
Taking GPS For Granted – Avionics News

Taking GPS For Granted – Avionics News

Image: Shutterstock What’s New: An article by our colleague Dave Hughes who observes the primary challenge with GPS and greater resilience is a lack of government focus and action (i.e. leadership). His focus on the government’s seeming inability to change...
PNT and Great Power Competition

PNT and Great Power Competition

What’s New: A recent talk given by RNTF President Dana A. Goward to the Rhode & Schwartz seminar at Assoc. of Old Crows Space Symposium, MITRE, Bedford, MA 21 June 2023. Why It’s Important: China, Russia, Europe, the U.S. and U.K., India and others are...
Quantum PNT Forging Ahead

Quantum PNT Forging Ahead

Image: Shutterstock – IBM System One Quantum Computer 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas What’s New: Increasing investment in quantum technologies could result in PNT devices that sense gravitational and magnetic fields at the atomic level. These...