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eLoran News
9 February 2010
Coast Guard terminates LORAN-C broadcast - The show continued on despite record snowfall in the Washington, D.C., area over the weekend. Monday, 8th February 2010 at 3 p.m., the Coast Guard Navigation Center in Alexandria, Va., coordinated the shutdown of the North American Long Range Navigation-C signal. more»
8 February 2010
In a series of small ceremonies, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday shut down Loran-C, a navigation and timing system that has guided mariners and aviators since World War II. more»
7 February 2010
When considering the rationale for dumping the F-22 in favor of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35, it’s easy to skew the reasoning with dollar tradeoffs. By some estimates a single F-22 costs $350 million including developmental and other costs. One F-35, on the other hand, might cost only $200 million. more»
30 November 2009
New Backward-Compatible Technique to Develop GPS+eLoran User Base. GPS researchers have developed a technique that could expedite adoption of Loran as a backup to GPS, demonstrating a cost-effective backward-compatible way to exploit eLoran to robustify GPS. more»
7 May 2009
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Probability of maintaining more than 24 GPS satellites in orbit drops to 80% by 2011"
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April 2009
Newsletter of the International Loran Association.
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January 2009 - Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) - IAT Report on eLoran.
Independent Assessment Team (IAT)
Summary of Initial Findings on eLoran.
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21st April 2009 - Two leading Senate committees publicly back the eLoran system and question the U.S. President's latest budget proposal. The FY 2010 Concurrent Budget Resolution releases views from the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs backing the continued support for the Loran system, acknowledging the investment already made in infrastructure upgrades and recognizing the studies performed and multi-departmental conclusion that eLoran is the best backup to GPS. more»
17th March 2009 - Radionavigation is a global business with a global footprint and the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) has been the jewel in the crown for nearly a generation. The U.S. has established such a level of trust in its operation of GPS that governments, service providers, and users worldwide have included it in their critical infrastructure, safety-critical, and mass-market applications, and have decommissioned many other aids to navigation. more»
17th November 2008 - A business and academic consortium led by Chronos Technology has received a major grant from the government sponsored Technology Strategy Board for a £2.2m research project that will improve the safety and security of location based applications such as marine navigation and road transportation. more»
1st March 2008 - A technological phoenix has risen from the legacy of a post-war terrestrial positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) system to provide a massive boost to the augmentation and authentication of GPS timing signals. Loran-C was the traditional method of knowing your location until satellite PNT systems emerged, culminating in the all pervasive Global Positioning System (GPS) PNT system. more»
22nd February 2008 - The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland (GLAs) today applaud the US decision to implement Enhanced Loran (eLoran) in the US as a complement to the Global Positioning System (GPS), particularly in the event of an outage or disruption in service. more»
7 February 2008 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will begin implementing an independent national positioning, navigation and timing system that complements the Global Positioning System (GPS) in the event of an outage or disruption in service. more»
21 January 2008 - A new enhanced Loran (eLoran) service officially launched today will reinforce safety, security and protection of the marine environment around the coasts of the UK and Ireland. more»
21 January 2008 - A new enhanced LORAN (eLoran) service has been officially launched with claims that it will reinforce safety, security and protection of the marine environment around the coasts of UK and Ireland. more»