Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
A look at the state of 5G NR NTN.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
While an independent report from NASEM has validated some NTIA GPS interference claims, no real mitigation is in in sight.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
Space debris poses a danger to PNT. Here’s a look at the threat and how the FCC plans to regulate its removal.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
RTCA is working to develop new standards to tackle GNSS growth and challenges. Here’s an update on the special committee’s progress, provided during…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
Will the network, which some are still fighting, be ready for a September rollout, and if so, what are the implications for GPS…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
Warfighting systems rely on GPS to provide cyber-secure and accurate positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). A recent Department of Defense Operational Test and…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
A deadlock over 5G implementation, and the potential hazards the technology would create for air traffic safety, has been at least temporarily resolved….
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
Skin in the Game – Engineers Subject Themselves to Sensor Fusion Two Hexagon I NovAtel employees and a reporter sacrificed their bodies in…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
The smartphone and its various everyday apps link us to GPS, Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth LTE, audio and cell tower proximity that help us…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
Ligado Networks had an early-year win in the form of a Federal Communications Commission denial of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Stay…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
A Department of Homeland (DHS)-chartered May 2021 report concludes that PNT threat and resilience concerns are not as dire as some have made…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
One hundred days into the administration and the federal civil service crew has set the stage for the Biden team on the tough…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
When most were focused on the transition of power in the White House, the day before the Inauguration and the very last day…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
For years, both the Executive and Congress have expressed concerns over PNT vulnerabilities and clamored for solutions. Yet little has changed. Three important…
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
As 2020 ended, the Ligado project stood still. The FCC proceedings in the case had stagnated, while Congressional action, funds and filings flowed.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
