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What’s new: The proceedings (report-out) of September’s PNT Leadership Summit co-sponsored by the RNT Foundation and Inside GNSS+.
Why it’s important: The event brought together over 100 PNT tech and policy experts from both sides of the Atlantic and beyond to discuss the community’s most pressing issues.
What else to know:
- Presentations were generally limited to 7 minutes, with Q & A and participant feedback being a focus.
- A similar event is planned in conjunction with ION GNSS+ on September 14 or 15, 2026 in Orlando.
PNT Summit Report 2025: Tackling Urgent PNT Challenges
Thought leaders recently gathered to discuss the growing threats to GPS, the most pressing challenges the industry faces and the best way forward. Here, we’ve put together a comprehensive view of all the critical issues tackled during the PNT Leadership Summit, a venue where the industry’s brightest minds could bring up their concerns, frustrations and recommend solutions.
Forty miles from the nation’s Capital, a closed-door convening of operators, engineers, program leaders and policy architects from both sides of the Atlantic arrived at a shared conclusion: The United States must stop defending a single PNT source and begin stewarding a resilient architecture. That shift—from reliance to resilience—demands governance that certifies trust, authentication embedded within both data and devices, and layered modalities proven to coexist in the real world. It also calls for coordinated integration steps that operators can advance now.
The inaugural PNT Leadership Summit, co-hosted by Inside GNSS+ and the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation, gave industry thought leaders an opportunity to openly discuss the many challenges facing PNT and how to best address them—urgently. This is the PNT Leadership Summit’s record in full: what participants agreed upon, what operators require and how strategic posture becomes operational practice.
