September/October 2024
Online News, Articles, and Features
Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Online News, Articles, and Features
Held on White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico, the 746th Test Squadron creates GPS EW scenarios during the cost-sharing event, allowing participants to test navigation systems as well as train personnel at a reduced cost.
During NAVFEST, participants can put their equipment through real-world spoofing/jamming scenarios, and use the data collected to improve current and future solutions. We recently spoke to a few attendees as well as the company behind the ground truth infrastructure about the event and why it’s so important.
The startup plans to launch its first demonstration mission on SpaceX’s Transporter 5 in May, with the goal of displaying high-quality commercial PNT LEO signals from a payload suitable for small satellite deployment.
Will the network, which some are still fighting, be ready for a September rollout, and if so, what are the implications for GPS and the people who rely on it?
Speakers at the 14th European Space Conference in Brussels discussed the need to defend EU assets against unfriendly attacks. Recent events in Eastern Europe would seem to lend force to such concerns, as the European Union makes headway toward the intersection of civil infrastructure and security and defense.
Guest columnist Sergey Zotov of EMCORE Corporation covers the inconsistencies in inertial grade classification and why it’s time to standardize the terminology.
