GPS is a cornerstone for emergency services
July 31, 2024
Location is one of the most important pieces of information on which first responders depend to provide timely emergency services.
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Location is one of the most important pieces of information on which first responders depend to provide timely emergency services.
A new report by the National Security Space Association details vulnerabilities in U.S. positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services. The document offers recommendations on how to bolster PNT in the U.S.
Now that positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data have become essential to the functioning of critical infrastructure, it is imperative that we use “all available means” to maintain and improve that data’s accuracy, integrity, availability, continuity and coverage.
More news of further contenders for the Loyal Wingman UAV role, extending reconnaissance UAV range and endurance using a commercially available hydrogen fuel-cell and more investment to move eVTOL air taxis toward manufacturing.
Dave Zilkoski highlights the products on NGS’s Alpha Preliminary Products site. The site is for users to obtain a better understanding of the products that will be distributed as part of the new, modernized National Spatial Reference System (NSRS).
GPS World Editorial Advisory Board member Jules McNeff discusses the use of GPS in US infrastructure and additional PNT services.
Read updates about consolidation in the UAV industry, artificial intelligence (AI) in UAV autonomy and the uphill path to electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) certification/introduction.
Nearly all satellites are highly vulnerable to cyberattacks, ground- or space-based lasers, high-powered microwaves, the debris field from a destroyed satellite and the radiation produced by a nuclear explosion in space.
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