Signal strength and clarity is the challenge that all GPS receivers face, especially in today’s current environment where everyone is trying to take advantage of the RF spectrum. The where and why of interference – intentional or not

– typically requires expensive and cumbersome spectrum analysis equipment, the logging of interference raw data, and/or extensive post-processing.

This has changed, however, with the development of the Interference Tool Kit (ITK), one of the most advanced and innovative features available on the NovAtel® OEM7® GNSS receiver platform designed to tackle today’s crowded frequency spectrums where the potential for interference is high. In this FREE web seminar sponsored by NovAtel Inc. our panel of experts addressed the current state of GNSS interference.

The learning objectives of the webinar include:
• Provide awareness and understanding to identify self-interference
• Create awareness around Interference Detection: Clean Spectrum vs Self-Interference
• Solicit feedback on customer awareness, perception, and priorities when considering interference threats

Our panel of experts for this exciting event are Sandy Kennedy, Chief Engineer of Receiver Cards, NovAtel Inc., Paul Alves, Principal Research Engineer, Applied Research Team, NovAtel Inc., and John Schleppe, Engineering Fellow and Manager of Research, NovAtel Inc.
The webinar moderator will be General Jim Poss, CEO of ISR Ideas, an intelligence, unmanned aerial systems and cyber consulting firm. During the live event, audience members will have the opportunity to pose their own questions to the panel of experts.

Register Here
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8726769201099943683

Panelists
Sandy Kennedy, Chief Engineer of Receiver Cards, NovAtel Inc.
After receiving an M.Sc. from the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary in 2002, Sandy worked briefly in inertial surveying for pipeline inspection before realizing she missed GPS.  She joined NovAtel’s research group in 2004, just in time to follow the SPAN GNSS/INS technology into productization which remained her focus until 2013, when she moved into her current role as chief engineer of receiver cards. Her primary motivation is bringing new positioning and navigation capabilities to the marketplace for real-world applications.

Paul Alves, Principal ResearchEngineer, Applied Research Team, NovAtel Inc.
Paul received a Ph.D. from the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary in 2006. He has worked for Leica Geosystems, Hemisphere GNSS, and NovAtel focusing on positioning algorithms research and development. He is currently a principal research engineer in the Applied Research Team at NovAtel.

John Schleppe, Engineering Fellow and Manager of Research, NovAtel Inc.
John has been active for over 36 years in the navigation and positioning industry with 9 years marine and geodetic field operations with McElhanney Geosurveys along with 27 years experience in research and development with Pulsearch Navigation, Eagle Navigation, the PLAN Group at the University of Calgary as well as NovAtel.   His current research interests are interference and jamming geolocation and is the co-inventor of two US Patents related to jammer geolocation.  He holds a M.Eng (Thesis Based) in Geomatics Engineering from the University of Calgary, 1996 and a BSc in Surveying Engineering from the University of Calgary, 1981.

Moderator
James Poss, Maj Gen (Ret), CEO of ISR Ideas
James is the CEO of ISR Ideas, an intelligence, unmanned aerial systems and cyber warfare consulting firm. He is the founder and former Executive Director of the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE), the FAA’s center of excellence for unmanned research. He is a 30-year U.S. Air Force veteran with combat experience in four wars and was the Air Force’s senior career intelligence officer at his transition from active service in March 2013. He is a leading expert on UAS having helped designed the U.S. Air Force’s remote split operations system for UAS control and the Distributed Common Ground Station for UAS intelligence analysis. Gen Poss also has extensive experience in cyber operations from his assignments with the National Security Agency and as the Air Force lead for stand up of U.S. Cyber Command.

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Our informational webinar, “Security Risks with Commercial Drones — What’s the Latest in Detection and Mitigation?”, is sponsored by Rohde & Schwarz and presented by Inside GNSS and Inside Unmanned Systems. It is now available for free viewing on-demand 24/7.

This webinar has taken place. A recorded version is available for on-demand viewing free here.

Our informational webinar, “Security Risks with Commercial Drones — What’s the Latest in Detection and Mitigation?”, is sponsored by Rohde & Schwarz and presented by Inside GNSS and Inside Unmanned Systems. It is now available for free viewing on-demand 24/7.

The webinar panel of experts addresses how commercial drones represent a serious security risk to major public events and sensitive infrastructures and facilities such as industrial testing grounds, large industrial plants, critical infrastructure, military and even correctional facilities.

Our panel of experts for this event:

• Goetz Mayser, Director C-UAV Detection and Counter Solutions, Rohde & Schwarz

• Ross Lamm, Managing Partner, Black Sage Technologies

• David A. Romero, Managing Partner, Black Sage Technologies

Moderator: James Poss, Maj Gen (Ret), CEO of ISR Ideas, an intelligence, unmanned aerial systems and cyber warfare consulting firm.

You may download a PDF of the webinar slides here:

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Additionally, you can learn more by downloading the whitepaper “Protecting the Sky”:
www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/campaigns/ardronis-learning-center_231049.html

Panelists

James Poss, Maj Gen (Ret) is the CEO of ISR Ideas, an intelligence, unmanned aerial systems and cyber warfare consulting firm. He is the founder and former Executive Director of the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE), the FAA’s center of excellence for unmanned research. He is a 30-year U.S. Air Force veteran with combat experience in four wars and was the Air Force’s senior career intelligence officer at his transition from active service in March 2013. He is a leading expert on UAS having helped designed the U.S. Air Force’s remote split operations system for UAS control and the Distributed Common Ground Station for UAS intelligence analysis. Gen. Poss also has extensive experience in cyber operations from his assignments with the National Security Agency and as the Air Force lead for stand up of U.S. Cyber Command. He is the 2012 winner of Aviation Weeks’ Curtis Sword Award for his leadership in Anglo-American aerospace relations.

Goetz Mayser is Director of C-UAV detection and counter solutions working for Rohde & Schwarz in the headquarters in Munich, Germany. Goetz is responsible for the international counter UAV business of Rohde & Schwarz. Before that he held several positions as product and project manager in the secure communications division of Rohde & Schwarz. Goetz studied electronics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Ross Lamm – Managing Partner. Ross obtained his Ph.D in Image Processing and Machine Vision from UC Davis in 2000. He develops products and solutions that include long range video tracking as well as gyro-stabilization and radar slewing of camera systems. His solutions have been used for long range surveillance in such places as Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Jordan and Washington D.C.

David Romero – Managing Partner.  Dave is a managing partner at Black Sage, a defense company solving time sensitive problems relating to national security and terrorism. He is a futurist who bridges skills in high tech with business strategy; and is a champion for technology vision and quality. Prior to shifting effort full time to developing Black Sage in 2014, he operated an international data science company deploying predictive analytics systems to aid governments in data driven policy making. Dave has been referenced in Associated Press, IEEE Spectrum and Janes Defence on Counter – Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) and in a Wired Magazine feature story on methods for stopping drone terrorism. In addition to work in national security, Dave is passionate about cultural diplomacy and served as an emissary in India for Rotary International. He’s lived in South America, Oceania and Southeast Asia and motorcycled tens of thousands of miles on foreign backcountry roads.

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