Resilient PNT Needs More Than Satellites – Frontier SI

December 26, 2025

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What’s new: A posting by RNT Foundation member organization Frontier SI discussing resilient PNT generally and examining the need and case for Australia.

Why it’s important: Australia is an excellent example of a developed country still coming to grips with its over-dependence on GNSS. 

What else to know: 

  • Australia’s relative physical isolation (distance from many other developed nations) makes the question of how to achieve PNT resilience and sovereignty perhaps even more urgent that it might be for others.
  • The UK, France, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China have all taken steps to ensure PNT resilience and sovereignty.

 

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Resilient PNT Needs More Than Satellites

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