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GPS World's Security & Surveillance section offers exclusive daily news, features, opinion pieces, and policy developments on GPS and GNSS in security and surveillance applications.


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Jamming of GPS Signals Threatens Vital Services   February 23, 2010

A story in the Financial Times of the UK reports that critical infrastructure, including air traffic communications, electricity transmission, telecoms networks and emergency services are all under threat from the increasing availability of GPS jammers.More>>

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Keeping Baby Jesus Safe from Theft this Season   December 9, 2009

BrickHouse Security is offering free GPS tracking devices to non-profit institutions seeking to protect their nativity scenes, menorahs, and other seasonal displays. More>>

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Antenova Introduces MStar-Based RF Antenna Modules for Portable GPS Device Applications   December 9, 2009

Antenova Ltd. (Cambridge, UK) has added GPS Radionova RF antenna modules based on the MStar MSB2122 low power single-chip GPS receiver integrated circuit to its product line. The module has been successfully integrated into a thin credit-card-sized personal tracker reference design suited for...More>>

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SSTL Delivers GPS Receivers for ORBCOMM's New OG2 Satellites   December 7, 2009

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) of the United Kingdom has delivered 18 SGR-10 GPS receivers to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of the United States to provide on-board orbit determination for the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) satellites.More>>

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Expert Advice: GPS Forensics, Crime, and Jamming    October 4, 2009

The most widely used of all GPS devices are in-car navigators. When vehicles carrying navigators are used for criminal purposes, records contained in the devices may be examined. Such investigations rely on newly developed forensic techniques that employ a combination of computer expertise and...More>>

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Chronos Introduces GAARDIAN Project at ION GNSS 2009   September 23, 2009

Chronos Technology is introducing the academic and business research consortium working on the GAARDIAN Project at its booth (#728) at the ION GNSS conference taking place this week in Savannah, Georgia. Chronos is leading the consortium, which over the course of 2009 – 2011 will be researching...More>>

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On the Edge: Pinpointing the Pieces   August 1, 2009

Attacks in 1993 and 1995 on the World Trade Center and in Oklahoma City gave a wake-up call on terrorism on U.S. soil. Combat forces in Afghanistan and Iraq face this threat daily: bombings that utilize large vehicles as a delivery method.More>>

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Assessing the Spoofing Threat   January 1, 2009

A portable spoofer implemented on a digital signal processor mounts a spoofing attack, characterizes spoofing effects, and suggests possible defense tactics. GNSS users and receiver manufacturers should explore and implement authentication methods against sophisticated spoofing attacks.More>>

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Security for Insecure Times   November 1, 2007

Modernized Loran, hard to spoof and hard to jam, shows strong potential for securing sensitive data.More>>

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Hurricane Hunters   October 1, 2005

GPS dropsondes released into the Katrina's eyewall tracked and predicted wind strength, speed, and direction.More>>










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