Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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CMC Electronics and Hexagon's autonomy and positioning division are developing technology that will mitigate global navigation satellite system (GNSS) jamming and spoofing using a multi-constellation, multi-frequency GNSS platform. Multi-constellation systems can receive position, navigation, and timing signals from more than one satellite navigation network, such as the U.S. GPS, Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s Glonass, and others.
Working with the autonomy and positioning division of Hexagon, CMC has made its “next-generation receiver,” which is certified to DO-254 level-A standards and incorporates Hexagon’s technology. The receiver also integrates inertial measurement unit inputs, as well as controlled reception pattern antennas. These antenna arrays can detect the difference in the direction between legitimate GNSS signals and jamming signals. Spacial filtering allows the receiver to remove the unwanted signals.
According to CMC, “What we see our customers experiencing is typically jamming on one or two bands at a time. If they’re using a multi-constellation receiver, they can rely on the non-jammed signals to maintain their position. There are significant costs and logistical challenges to jamming or spoofing multiple GNSS bands simultaneously, so each additional band of signal diversity makes it more difficult to jam or spoof the receiver.”
“As leaders in the industry, we are setting a new standard of excellence by introducing a new era of high-precision, high-performance GNSS solutions to the market,” said CMC navigation systems business unit director Nick Chalkiadakis.

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