The Ejde Loran station on the Faroe Islands will be shut down on December 31, 2015, after having been in operation since 1959.

Unlike GPS, keeping a highly synchronized clock over many stations was impractical at the time. So, LORAN stations operated in pairs on different frequencies and with a known distance between the two.

A new enhanced differential Loran system demonstrates 5-meter accuracy not achievable by the current DLoran system, and requires less expensive reference stations. A prototype tested in Rotterdam’s ...

The Coast Guard dismantled the station's four, 600-foot-tall towers years ago following a federal decision in 2010 to dismantle LORAN (which stands for Long Range Aids to Navigation) stations ...

What's the future of the Coast Guard's 210-acre LORAN station site near Carolina Beach? The navigational system might have been decommissioned more than a decade ago, but the Coast Guard still ...

Proponents, Take Heart! Loran proponents and all who have counseled against overreliance on satellite-based navigation can take heart.

End of an era Thomas’ 24-year Coast Guard career has included two stints commanding the Loran unit. Thomas is a little sad about the demise of Loran, which is giving way to satellite GPS systems.

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have become integral to modern society, providing continuous, worldwide positioning, navigation and timing services through a network of satellites.

BPS turns television broadcast towers into positioning stations for other devices, as long as the tower has been upgraded to broadcast ATSC 3.0, also known as NextGen TV.

Integration of inertial and Loran sensors with GNSS has already been done for some “consumer equipment.” The plan also says that at least one version of Seagull/Loran is being modernized. Loran and ...