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International Timing and Sync Forum 2019

November 4, 2019

The International Timing and Sync Forum (ITSF) is a time and synchronization conference and exhibition that showcases solutions […]

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Drawing of the DSAC mercury-ion trap showing the traps and the titanium vacuum tube that confine the ions. The quadrupole trap is where the hyper-fine transition is optically measured and the multipole trap is where the ions are “interrogated” by a microwave signal via a waveguide from the quartz oscillator. (Image: NASA.)

Mercury-ion atomic clock holds promise for greater GPS accuracy

June 10, 2019

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) is readying for an ultra-precise atomic clock that could not only […]

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Orolia SecureSync to synchronize FAA’s enroute radar systems

May 6, 2019

Orolia, a provider of resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solutions, announced that its SecureSync time and synchronization […]

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Qulsar software enables timing in GPS-challenged areas

May 1, 2019

Qulsar announces precision time protocol (PTP) software availability for Qualcomm FSM platform. The QNgine-S precision time protocol (PTP) […]

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Orolia technology synchronizes black hole photo telescopes

April 15, 2019

Atomic clocks support world’s first black hole photo Orolia, through its joint venture company T4Science Inc. in Switzerland, […]

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GPS Directorate to test legacy receivers in February

January 28, 2019

U.S. Coast Guard issues testing notice on GPS Week Number Rollover. The GPS Directorate has released a Federal […]

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Framing the Problem. Photo: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Prepare today for timing disruptions tomorrow

November 13, 2018

When a Pennsylvania county’s 911 system suddenly went down without warning, garbled messages across the network impacted fire […]

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Satellite selection algorithm. (Image: NTT/Furuno)

New GPS receiver uses multipath for better time synchronization

November 1, 2018

A new receiver for GPS and other GNSS improves time-synchronization accuracy in areas with severe reception conditions, such […]

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