Posts by Dave Levinson
UrsaNav® to attend RIN AGM 2026 in London
UrsaNav® will attend the Royal Institute of Navigation’s Annual General Meeting and Awards Ceremony on 01 July 2026 at the Royal Geographical Society in London, England. Representing UrsaNav at the event will be Dr. Paul Williams, a recognized expert on the propagation of Loran signals over land, including in irregular terrain, and in the development…
Read MoreA Maritime Business Case for eLoran
Is the Shipping Industry Missing the Boat on Resilient PNT? The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most strategically important maritime choke points. Approximately 12% of global trade passes through a waterway that, in some locations, narrows to only a few hundred meters across. At the same time, the region has experienced repeated and…
Read MoreCritical Signals: Fixed, Deployable, or Both? Choosing the Right eLoran Strategy
Loran has included tactical applications since the 1960s. Early examples included U.S. deployment of manned, air-deployable transmission sites in Southeast Asia. These systems relied on fixed antenna structures to achieve the required wide-area coverage. Other programs adapted “antennas of opportunity,” including legacy radio beacon, AM broadcast, and very low frequency (VLF) infrastructure. The Anthorn, UK…
Read MoreeLoran as a Sovereign PNT Solution
Should National Critical Infrastructure Depend on PNT Solutions Outside National Control? Discussions surrounding alternative, complementary, and backup Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems often begin with a single assumption: global coverage is the primary objective. For critical national infrastructure, that assumption deserves reconsideration. For energy grids, telecommunications, transportation systems, emergency services, financial networks, and defense…
Read MoreUrsaNav®’s Chief Business Development Officer featured speaker at the European Navigation Conference.
UrsaNav®’s Chief Business Development Officer, Erik Johannessen, will be a featured speaker at the European Navigation Conference (ENC) in Vienna, taking place 28–30 April 2026. Dr. Philip Mattos will also be in attendance. Erik will present in Session S3.3 (eLoran) on Wednesday, 29 April. If you are attending and interested in the future of secure…
Read MoreUrsaNav® At 2026 RNT Foundation Annual Meeting
UrsaNav® CEO and Founder Charles Schue, FRIN, FION will attend the 2026 Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. UrsaNav is a co-sponsor for the event. If you are attending and would like to schedule a meeting with Chuck, feel free to contact him through LinkedIn.
Read MoreAnnual Assured PNT Summit
Heading to the Defense Strategies Institute 6th Annual Assured PNT Summit on April 7–8 in Washington, D.C.? UrsaNav® Chief Business Development Officer Erik Johannessen will be there connecting with customers, industry peers, and new partners across the positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) community. If you are curious about enhanced Long-Range Navigation (eLoran) and the work…
Read MoreCoverage of eLoran in the Latest NIST Technical Notes #2187 and 2189
November 2021 – There is a lot of coverage of (e)Loran in the latest NIST Technical Notes #2187 and 2189, available at these links: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2187 and https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2189. Full disclosure, although NIST did not reach out to UrsaNav to provide direct input/comment to their publications (not unusual), they used a lot of UrsaNav text, graphics, and…
Read MoreLocata Corporation and Ursa Navigation Solutions, Inc. Announce a Technology Partnership to Provide PNT Solutions to national governmental and commercial interests globally.
Australia & United States (December 07, 2021) LOCATA AND URSANAV ANNOUNCE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP FOR RESILIENT PNT Russia’s recent threat that it could blow up all the GPS satellites with its new anti-satellite technology (ASAT) should come as no shock to those following space-related events. In the past, China shot down one of its own Low…
Read MoreUrsaNav’s CEO, Charles Schue, Elected to the Fellow Grade of the Institute of Navigation (“FION”)
January 2022 – UrsaNav’s CEO, Charles Schue, was elected to the Fellow Grade of the Institute of Navigation (“FION”). At a ceremony held at the ION’s ITM/PTTI conference in Long Beach, CA, Mr. Schue was cited “For distinguished and sustained technical and strategic contributions, leadership, and guidance in resilient PNT solutions.” Ten years ago, in…
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