by Editor | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog
The US Coast Guard recently published its intent to close 62 of 84 Differential GPS sites, most of them in non-coastal areas. The use of DGPS has long been on the decline, as has the availability of receivers that are able to take advantage of the service. Users have,...
by Editor | Aug 1, 2015 | Blog
By Dee Ann Divis A quintet of well-placed lawmakers, tired of federal dawdling, are prepared to make the Pentagon responsible for building and maintaining eLoran as a backup system for GPS. The move could come by the end of the year, possibly through language attached...
by Editor | May 29, 2015 | Blog
May 27, 2015 – By GPS World staff The 2014 Federal Radionavigation Plan, just released from the U.S. Department of Transportation, touches on funding for the Nationwide Differential GPS and the use of eLoran as a precision timing alternative. The plan is signed...
by Editor | May 22, 2015 | Blog
Today, the US Department of Homeland Security agreed with the Exelis and UrsaNav Corporations to put an eLoran signal on the air for testing and demonstration at former Loran-C sites. The goal of the effort is to test eLoran as a complement to the GPS system and for a...