What happened? The GPS signal disappeared in the South China Sea. The commander urgently activated the Chinese Beidou. The next scene made the US military completely dumbfounded.

Image: Shutterstock What's new: RNTF President Dana Goward's column for the May/June edition of Inside GNSS+. Why it's important: It discusses a PNT example of how concern within the tech community does not necessarily turn into action by political leaders. Or at...

Image credit: House Energy and Commerce Committee What's new: A congressional hearing titled Where Are We?: Examining Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capabilities in the United States. Why it's important:  The hearing is being held by the Communications and...

Image: RNT Foundation What's new: Proposed legislation calling for the Department of Defense (DOD) to consolidate leadership of PNT issues.   Why it's important: In the opinion of many, including the now defunct National Space-based PNT Advisory Board, poorly...

Image: Jeremy Bennington What's new: An important opinion piece on LinkedIn by RNTF member Jeremy Bennington at Spirent about intentional GPS disruption and aviation safety. Why it's important: People's lives are at stake. False contacts, bad locations, relying on...

Image: GPSJam.org - Jamming in the Baltic the day of the minister's flight What's new: The aircraft carrying another high ranking official experienced jamming in northern Europe. Why it's important: Even though jamming impacts tens of thousands of ordinary people on...