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Blog Editor’s Note: There are a number of good things about this year’s Executive Order (EO) on responsible use of PNT. This effort by OSTP is one of them.
We do wish, though, that, in addition to this laudatory R&D effort, the executive branch would establish a more effective plan to ensure additional PNT systems are implemented and available to all Americans.
The EO does make an effort to drive the market by requiring those who contract with the government at some future date to be PNT resilient. Yet what that means is not well defined. And if bidders on government contracts are not able to meet that requirement, it can be easily waived.
Also, it only addresses commercial interests and does little to make governmental entities (local, state, federal), non-profits, or any one else who does not contract with the government (ordinary citizens, for example) safer.
White House Council Seeks Input on Plan to Invest in Alternatives to GPS
The request for information flows from an executive order on the responsible use of positioning, navigation and timing services.
“OSTP requests input from all interested parties on the development of a National Research and Development Plan for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Resilience,” reads a notice published in the Federal Register Monday. “The plan will focus on the research and development and pilot testing needed to develop additional PNT systems and services that are resilient to interference and manipulation and that are not dependent upon global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).”
