International Loran Association News

This page contains recent news and announcements regarding Loran navigation, positioning and precision timing. If you have a piece of news to share with us, let us know! 

2008
"GLAs applaud US decision about eLoran", Trinity House Press Release, February 25, 2008
"Homeland Security plans to modernize Coast Guard navigation system", by Bob Brewin, Government Executive.Com, February 12, 2008
"STATEMENT FROM DHS PRESS SECRETARY LAURA KEEHHNER ON THE ADOPTION OF NATIONAL BACKUP SYSTEM TO GPS", US DHS Press Release, February 7, 2008
"President's 2009 Budget Proposal Directs DHS to Implements eLORAN", Inside GNSS News, February 6, 2008
"eLoran Superhero Sidekick!" Expert Advice Column by Dr. Sally Basker, GPS World, January 2008

2007

"Security for Insecure Times-Geoencryption with Loran" by Qiu, Lo, and Enge, GPS World, November 2007
"China Poses Threat to GPS, Backup System at the Ready", Government Executive.com, May 31, 2007
"Loran Gets Reprieve; Solar Flares Interrupt GPS",  Aviation International News, April 10, 2007
"Loran Gets a Witness", Comments from RTCM President R.L. Markle, GPS World, March 2007
"Why We Need eLoran", Expert Advice Column by Len Jacobson, GPS World, March 2007
"Backup Shmackup", Editorial by Allan Cameron, GPS World, March  2007
"Enhanced Loran (eLoran) Definition Document" , January 12, 2007

2006

"GPS Backup For Position, Navigation and Timing"  by  Dr. Robert Lilley, Gary Church, Michael Harrison,  a paper for the Federal Aviation Administration, August 22, 2006
"Loran 2006 The State of Play"  by  Langhorne Bond, a paper before the Radiotechnical Commission for Marine Services, May 2006
"Urge the FAA to Continue Operation of the Long Range Naviigation beyond 2006 "  by Phil Boyer of the  AOPA, May 2006

“The Role of LORAN Timing in Telecommunications” by Michael A. Lombardi of National Institute of Standards and Technology,  Chuck Norman of Sprint Nextel, and William J. Walsh of Motorola Network Solutions Sector, May 2006

“The Case for eLORAN”  by Research & Radionavigation General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland, May 2006
“Déjà vu All over Again” Loran is making a respectable comeback as a back-up navigation system, by David Greenville of Vertica Magazine, April-May 2006
2005
"Case for Loran"  by the International Loran Association, November 2005
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