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GPS World Interview: A Simulation Perspective on Supporting GPS Modernization

For the cover story of the May 2023 issue of GPS World magazine, Matteo Luccio, editor-in-chief, sat down with Roger Hart, Senior Director of Engineering at Spirent Federal Systems, to discuss Spirent’s role in supporting GPS modernization. Why do you see the need to modernize GPS? For many lay users, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) […]

Jun 2023

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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 […]

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