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Exclusive Interview: New Approaches Improve PNT Resilience

Prefer to watch rather than read? View the full interview here. At the 2022 ION Joint Navigation Conference, Matteo Luccio, editor-in-chief of GPS World, sat down with Spirent Federal’s head of engineering, Roger Hart, and head of sales, Jeff Martin, to discuss complementary PNT. What are some of the most promising approaches to complementary PNT […]

Jul 2022

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Customer Spotlight: BAE Systems

Image above:  BAE Systems’ hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments build upon Spirent Federal signal generators to test products under extreme dynamic and threat environments  In a May 16, 2022, article entitled, “The Transition to M-Code Begins” on GPSWorld.com, Luke Bishop, director and product line engineering lead for Navigation & Sensor Systems at BAE Systems, outlined how BAE […]

Jun 2022

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Realism in Chamber-based CRPA Testing

Image above:  Illustration of a simulated test environment incorporating GNSS, multipath and jamming in a Spirent zoned chamber Spirent Federal Systems, a PNT simulation company, offers its government customers and contractors a unique solution for anechoic-chamber-based CRPA testing: a patented “zoned chamber” approach using multi-output, multi-constellation GNSS signal simulators to emulate the movement of satellites […]

Jun 2022

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The Current Greatest Technical Challenges to GNSS / PNT Simulation

Phillip Bonilla, senior systems engineer at Spirent Federal Systems, answers three questions about the current state of PNT testing and simulation. Phillip Bonilla, Senior Systems Engineer, Spirent Federal   How has your approach to simulation changed over the years and in response to what changes in GNSS/PNT? Spirent has provided highly accurate simulation solutions since […]

Sep 2021

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Inside the Double-Fast Update Rate: the Whys and Wherefores of Ultra-rapid GNSS Simulation

For testing PNT systems in a high-dynamics environment, such as rockets, guided munitions and even some UAVs, a realistic reproduction of that environment requires a lot of quick looks. A very great lot. The high speeds, acceleration and jerkiness of the platforms mean that solving simulation discrete models as frequently as possible becomes critical to ensure […]

Apr 2021