Alan Cameron

It All Comes Down to Data The system designers from the Extreme Attitude Team discuss data from some of the many maneuvers conducted…

By Alan Cameron

A Culture of Innovation Michael Ritter isn’t afraid to take risks in the name of innovation. And flying a fighter jet with your…

By Alan Cameron

In the beginning, GPS was envisioned as a military program. A sign on the wall in the Joint Program Office where the system came…

By Alan Cameron

Iridium Communications Inc. received a research and development contract worth up to $30 million from the United States Army to develop a payload…

By Alan Cameron

A new tome — make that two new tomes — join the bookshelf of essential, authoritative references for GNSS users. They widen the…

By Alan Cameron

As stated in these pages last September, every GNSS user in every segment can benefit from the new modernized signals in the L5…

By Alan Cameron

A new tome — make that two new tomes — join the bookshelf of essential and authoritative references for GNSS users, while widening…

By Alan Cameron

Here, in no particular order save vaguely chronological, are the editor’s picks for Top Twelve GNSS and PNT Tech Stories of 2020: those…

By Alan Cameron

The Federal Aviation Administration has released its final Remote Identification (RID) Rule for unmanned aircraft (UA). While GPS/GNSS has been used to advantage…

By Alan Cameron

By astral definition, every dawn is new. In the human condition, we see its possibility, its growing brightness bringing hope. Or, in our…

By Alan Cameron

It has become fashionable of late in U.S. government circles to undermine the U.S. defense forces. The General Accounting Office (GAO), the Federal…

By Alan Cameron

When we find ourselves in times of trouble, it can help to take the long view. Pull back, zoom out, range free. Consider…

By Alan Cameron

A great man has left us, left the international GNSS community. Dr. Javad Ashjaee passed away in Moscow on May 30 from the…

By Alan Cameron

The Federal Communications Commission should really consider updating its motto. “Firm, fast, flexible, and fair” has a bit of an old-fashioned ring. As…

By Alan Cameron

We stand at an existential crossroads while someone else decides our future. I don’t mean the choice of direction, currently roiling the front…

By Alan Cameron