Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Just sayin...     The billon-dollar-a-day GPS mistake? May 25, 2022  - By Dana Goward Est. reading time: 2 minutes We all need to be careful that the numbers we are throwing around to support our case aren’t really...

Blog Editor's Note: An interesting thought piece.  In the long run, there are probably much less expensive and more capable satnav options than GPS, both for civilians and warfighters. And if we are going to do head in that direction as a nation, we should do it as a...

Image: Gen. David O. Thompson from AF.mil Blog Editor's Note - We are always concerned when we see media reports like this. They invariably fail to note that most DOD efforts only benefit the very small percentage of GPS users who are military.  M-Code? The "M" is for...

Image: NASA Editor's Note: Perhaps the hardest things for people to come to grips with are low probability, high consequence events. Yet, over time, even very low probability events will happen.  Severe space weather is a good example. Yesterday Space.com published an...

Image: RNT Foundation President Speaking to VOA Ukraine Blog Editor's Note:  RNTF President Dana A. Goward was the moderator for Defense Strategies Institute's second annual Assured PNT Summit last week at National Harbor near Washington, D.C. Here are his opening...

Image: Army Futures Command Blog Editor's Note: OK, this GPS World article is a bit of an ad for Hexagon/NovaAtel. And, full disclosure, they are one of our members/supporters. That said, the article raises several important points: The war in Ukraine has heightened...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Notes: We saw lots of reports last week like the one below. The implications being that Russia's GLONASS satnav isn't that great (true) and that GPS is better (also true). But not so fast with the western smugness that we are so far...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Good article.. What more can we say?   It must be the time of year to think about Resilient PNT. Last week was a semi-annual meeting of the President's Space-based PNT Advisory Board (click to access video and slides).  And this...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: NASA's announcement says it all (emphasis below is ours) . You should attend.   NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Workshop May 24-25, 2022   Venue: This Event Is Being...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: An interesting video that posted just last week.  Good thought piece for next week's ATIS Workshop on Synchronization and Timing Systems in Denver.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKl0ln195_Q&t=6s  ...

Image: Space Development Agency An interesting and informative article by our friend Dee Ann Divis. Clearly a military-only LEO constellation that does several things, including PNT, has many advantages over GPS. Some advantages mentioned early in the article are...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note:  The RNT Foundation has previously signed with the Open PNT Industry Alliance urging Congress to fund these important initiatives. We join the alliance now in urging the Department of Transportation to contract for commercial...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Great new newsletter by award winning journalist Dee Ann Divis, kicking things off with this exclusive article! We heartily recommend you subscribe!   Laser Ranging Data Essential to Russian GLONASS System Dries Up After...

Image: USAF 2d Lt Jacob Lutz AFRL RV Blog Editor's Note: Good to see the possibility of the US military adopting some of these improvements. Of course, we can't have an optimistic note without adding some concerns: We hope these upgrades survive the programmatic...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: We heartily agree with the theme that China is likely the greatest threat in the long term. Also with the need to begin acting NOW so that America will be better protected in the future. And the best (only?) way to do that is...

Image: DIA Blog Editor's Note: Very interesting and informative report with few surprises. Iran and N. Korea are both mentioned as potential in-space threats.  Not a long read.  We highly recommend it. 2022 Challenges to Security in Space Excerpt from Executive...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation.   Op-ed | Get the Bullseye Off GPS by Dana A. Goward — April 19, 2022 While some have opined that the solution is more and better GPS, the most effective and least expensive...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation   To protect the electric power grid, timing is everything 4.19.2022 By Dana A. Goward According to an industry expert, “Electrical grids won’t fail without accurate time...

Image: Russia Internavigation Research and Technical Center of Advanced Navigation Blog Editor's Note: We recently commented on and published a link to an article in ARMADA about Russia's probably use of eLoran/Loran/Chayka in the war in Ukraine.  That article...

image: iPosi Blog Editor's Note: GPS signals already contribute to efficient spectrum use. Precise GPS timing enables multiplexing, simultaneous use of the same frequency by multiple users. This application allows 5G transmitters to determine if their physical...