06 September 2010
The GLAs Research & Radionavigation Department (R&RNAV) has been honoured with a number of prestigious awards from the Royal Institute of Navigation.
The Royal Institute of Navigation is a learned society with charitable status. Formed in 1947, its aims are threefold: to unite all those with a professional or personal interest in any aspect of navigation in one unique body; to further the development of navigation in every sphere; and, to increase public awareness of the art and science of navigation. The Institute makes awards on an annual basis and this year a number of awards went to R&RNAV at the RIN AGM held on the 14th July in The Royal Geographical Society in Kensington Gore. Awards were presented by David Barnes, President of RIN.
The R&RNAV paper “GPS Jamming and the Impact on Maritime Navigation” by Alan Grant, Paul Williams, Nick Ward and Sally Basker was awarded the 2010 Michael Richey Medal for the best paper published in the Journal of Navigation in 2009. The paper reports on the results of GPS “jamming” trials conducted off Flamborough Head (North Yorkshire) in 2008 and on the performance of an eLoran receiver during GPS service denial.
Martin Bransby, R&RNAV Manager, and Paul Williams, Principal Development Engineer, were awarded Fellowship of the Royal Institute of Navigation.
Michelle De Voy, Development Engineer, was awarded the Royal Institute of Navigation’s “New Professional Navigators’ Award 2010.” The award is open to professionals between the ages of 18-28 in the field of navigation. Michelle’s work, précised in the award, focused on developing a prototype Real-Time DGPS Monitoring system. It investigated the feasibility of replacing the current manual verification process of taking the R&RNAV Mobile Monitoring Unit (MMU) to different locations throughout the UK and Ireland.
