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What does the future hold for military and commercial systems dependent on current GPS? – GPS World
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: A good article making the point that the future is GPS+ - GPS signals melded with, supported by, and cooperating with other PNT sources. There have been a number of articles talking about NTS-3 and other systems that are "the...

Need for Resilient Position, Navigation, Timing Services – Geospatial World
Image: Department of Homeland Security Blog Editor's Note: A good opinion piece by the CEO at NextNav. We have to agree with almost all the ideas expressed in the article. The author does say: "It’s promising that policymakers, infrastructure owners, and businesses...

Pentagon working to prevent Musk & Starlink holding US hostage – Nextgov
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: This is the classic problem described by President Eisenhower in his "military-industrial complex" speech. "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or...

Russia Versus Ukraine and the Role of Software-Defined Radios – The Cyber Edge (AFCEA)
Image: mil.ru Blog Editor's Note: SDRs are an important tool in electronic warfare for nation states. They can also be malicious tools for terrorist groups and criminals. It has been interesting to watch the news on this. Russia jamming GPS navigation to prevent drone...

Sen. King Urges Top General to Make GPS Alternatives a “High Priority”
Image: Senate video. Blog Editor's Note: We hope more national leaders gain such insights. Navigation Tech a Vulnerability for America’s Military, King Urges Top General Make GPS Alternatives a “High Priority” In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services...

March Resilient PNT News Available!
Image: Shutterstock RNT Foundation's March Newsletter is now available here. It is a compilation of the previous month's posts about a variety of interference, technology, policy, and PNT community news. Even if you subscribe to our blog, it is a good reminder of...

China’s BeiDou: New Dimensions of Great Power Competition – Harvard’s Belfer Center
Image: Shutterstock What's New: A recent paper from Harvard discusses China using BeiDou for soft and hard power. It says U.S. officials are not recognizing nor responding to the soft power initiatives. Why It's Important: China's soft power use of BeiDou can give...

APNT with eDME
Image: Ohio University Blog Editor's Note: An "oldie but goodie" from Ohio University back by popular demand. Just goes to show that there are a lot of options around, and we have been looking at them for a looooong time! eDME Architecture Development and...

Comms, GNSS Interference, South China Sea
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: We wonder which country's warships could be doing this? BTW: 121.5 is the aviation emergency and calling frequency. 123.45 is designated "...to enable air-to-air communications for aircraft engaged in flights over remote and...

Coronal Mass Ejections, 2025 May be Worse – Physics Girl
Image: Physics Girl/ YouTube Blog Editor's Note: Happy Saturday! We have had some interesting, though not severe, solar activity recently. Here is an refresher on coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from Physics Girl. She mentions the Carrington Event but doesn't relate...

New National Cybersecurity Strategy – Hope for Resilient PNT?
Image: Shutterstock What's New: The White House released the National Cybersecurity Strategy this week. Why It's Important: The strategy acknowledges the importance of positioning, navigation, and timing, though it is only specifically mentioned once. It asks more...

Solar weather impacting GPS & oil drilling. What else?
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Dr. Tamitha Skov is one of the leading experts on solar activity and the nation's best educator on the subject. Her videos and posts about on-going and upcoming events are informative and engrossing. We highly recommend....

Strong increase in GPS jamming over Finnmark – NRK
Image: Lotte-Camillia-Holst-Hansen, NRK What's New: Northern Norway has been jammed almost every day this year. The Norwegian government is responding by setting up instruments to measure it. Why it's Important: Norway has tried diplomatic measures to get Russia to...

Europe warns about, underestimates impact of, GNSS disruptions on aviation
Image: Shutterstock What's New: The European Union Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) recently issued a warning about an increase in GNSS interference over the last 11 months. Why its Important: GPS/GNSS is used for navigation, approaches and landings (often), avoiding...

1,800 Balloons a Day!
Image: National Weather Service Blog Editor's Note: Interesting article below by Tony Murfin in "GPS World" last week. We had no idea in this era of satellites and instrumentation there were so many balloons being launched. The National Weather Service site says they...

GPS Backups/ Alternatives Too Hard & Costly? – GPS OCX delayed again, now at $6.1B
Image: Shutterstock What's New: Raytheon just discovered new flaws in its OCX ground control system for GPS. Why it's important: The US needs OCX for a number of reasons. It greatly improves the cyber security of America's most important civil/military asset that...

UK Investing in Quantum PNT – Gov.UK Funding Competition
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: We understand the UK government has invested a billion pounds in quantum tech and established four hubs. It is not so clear what the U.S. government has done or is doing. The PNT Advisory Board had a presentation on quantum at...

Musk Blocks Ukraine Drones (CNN) – Threats to PNT are Threats to Sovereignty
Image: Starlink Satellite / Shutterstock Editor's Note: This post was modified from its original to more clearly identify speculative content. What's New: SpaceX is blocking Ukraine from using Starlink for some military purposes Why It's Important: Starlink...

One GPS Mystery Solved, Another Remains – GPS World
Image: GPSJam.org Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below is President of the RNT Foundation One GPS Mystery Solved, Another Remains February 7, 2023 - By Dana Goward Est. reading time: 3:30 Ever since it came on-line in February 2022, the website...

Enter the hunter satellites preparing for space war – ArsTechnica
Image: Shutterstock What's New: Commercial entity building satellites for remote proximity operations (RPO). Why it's Important: Until now, only militaries could do. RPO can inspect, disable, or destroy other satellites without creating hazardous debris. There are...