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No silver bullet for US PNT: Many sources needed

August 18, 2020

Many PNT sources from multiple providers needed “We cannot have GPS signals be a single point of failure […]

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This article is tagged with GNSS, GPS, navigation, PNT systems, positioning, timing, U.S. Department of Defense and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Opinions

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Congress makes moves against FCC’s Ligado decision

July 13, 2020

At first it was a flurry of letters and public statements from U.S. senators and members of the […]

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This article is tagged with Congress, Defense Secretary, FCC, Jim Inhofe, Keep GPS Working Coalition, legislation, Ligado, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation, RNT Foundation, Senate, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Transportation and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

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CAST Navigation granted MNSA security approval

April 21, 2020

CAST Navigation LLC has developed the capability to support development and implementation of the Modernized Navstar Security Algorithm […]

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This article is tagged with CAST Navigation, GNSS simulator, GNSS/INS simulator, M-code, MNSA, Modernized Navstar Security Algorithm, Susan Gove, U.S. Department of Defense and posted in Defense, Latest News

New GPS SPS Performance Standard released

April 20, 2020

The U.S. Air Force has released the 5th Edition of the GPS Standard Positioning System (SPS) Performance Standard […]

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This article is tagged with CGSIC, GPS SPS Performance Standard, GPS Standard Positioning System, NAVCEN, Performance Standard, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Defense and posted in GNSS, Latest News

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DoD PNT Task Force Charter: ‘Best investments may be non-GPS’

January 9, 2020

Augmenting GPS with other systems was suggested as the most promising area of improvement in a recently released […]

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This article is tagged with assured PNT, Defense Science Board, GPS augmentation, Michael Griffin, U.S. Department of Defense and posted in Defense, Latest News

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US falling behind protecting GPS/GNSS, civilian users

December 4, 2019

No One Is in Charge Guest column by Dana Goward Europe’s scattered monitoring of GNSS signals found almost […]

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This article is tagged with China, Department of Homeland Security, DoD, Europe, First Fix, Loran, PNT strategy, Russia, U.S. Department of Defense and posted in From the Magazine, GNSS, Opinions

Remotely controlled Javelin firings can help keep soldiers out of harm’s way. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Javelin missiles remotely launched from unmanned vehicle

September 10, 2019

The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, successfully fired Javelin missiles from […]

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This article is tagged with Javelin Joint Venture, Javelin missiles, Kongsberg, Lockheed Martin, Milrem Robotics, QinetiQ, Raytheon, Titan, U.S. Department of Defense, unmanned ground vehicle and posted in Defense, Latest News

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$15M for GPS backup demo part of Congress’ march to terrestrial PNT

January 16, 2019

Administration struggling to keep up. Most observers missed the $5 million for a GPS backup technology demonstration in […]

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This article is tagged with Congress, Dana Goward, GPS backup, GPS backup technology demonstration, terrestrial PNT, terrestrial PNT system, U.S. Department of Defense and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News