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NIST Recommends Steps to Boost Resilience of U.S. Timekeeping – NIST News
Image: J. Sherman/NIST Blog Editor's Note: Good to see NIST weighing in on this issue. The high level recommendation that the nation needs a coherent timing architecture that involves space, terrestrial broadcast, and fiber assets is consistent with numerous other...
Heading off grid disaster: it’s about time – Power Grid International
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Power grids are not one of the things folks first think of when discussing dependence on GPS. And some grid engineers don't like to admit it. We have heard them say "We don't need GPS to operate the grid, just to manage it." -...
Russia issues threat to GPS satellites – GPS World
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Perhaps this is a prelude to an invasion of Ukraine. Regardless the Russians are not bluffing. Our intelligence and Space Force folks here in the U.S. say the Russians (and Chinese) can do it. What's the best way to protect...
Space debris: More storm clouds ahead in orbit, experts say – Space.com
Image: 2010 Space debris damage to SolarMax satellite. NASA Blog Editor's Note: OK, we have probably banged the space debris drum enough recently. But this article has the best visuals we have seen anywhere. And, of course, it makes the really good points about the...
(A Sputnik Moment?) Hyten’s Parting Shot: U.S. Must Step Up Response to Chinese Space Weapons – The National Interest
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Everyone likes to talk about tangible problems. We certainly do enough of that in this space each week. It is often interesting to also discuss root causes, because often the problem you are discussing is just a symptom of a...
GNSS Spoofing – New Threat to Critical Infrastructure – Video, GPSPatron at Kaspersky
Image: Kaspersky Blog Editor's Note: An interesting overview video. The presentation was given at September's Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity Conference in Sochi, Russia. The presenter is Maxim Borodko, CEO of GPSPatron. As he points out, they have a lot of...
‘Lack of GPS Alternative Invites Attack’ – Expert Panel
Image: Shutterstock Domestic Preparedness Journal and RNT Foundation sponsored a webinar last week discussing the geo-political implications of what panel member George Beebe has called a "technology resilience gap" between the U.S. and its primary adversaries, China...
DHS Weighs How to Protect Increasingly Critical Space Systems – Via Satellite
Image: NASA Blog Editor's Note: We are heartened to hear that DHS is reevaluating its sector structure and thinking about other ways to look at keeping things safe. We are even more encouraged to read about a White House official discussing a more holistic, less...
U.S. Leaderless in Space? – INSA Paper & SpaceNews OpEd
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Notes: Two different items on the same underlying theme popped up on our radar recently. The first, an INSA proposal to designate space a critical U.S. infrastructure. The second an OpEd in SpaceNews by two highly respected analysts...
In first, Russian test strikes satellite using Earth-based missile – Washington Post
Image: US Department of Defense Blog Editor's Note: There are lots of reasons folks who care about GPS and other GNSS should worry about this. It shows Russia is practising taking out satellites. Space Force and DIA have warned about hunter-killer satellites,...
OneWeb LEO PNT: Progress or Risky Gamble? – Inside GNSS
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: A very interesting article by Ramsey Faragher and Marek Ziebart. We have written before about the differences between radionavigation and radiocommunication in conjunction with the Ligado controversy. This is a very...
PNT Advisory Board to Meet Dec. 9-10: GPS World
Image: NASA Blog Editor's Note: All RNT Foundation members are invited to a reception at 5:30 8 December at the same venue as the Advisory Board meeting, and the Foundation's annual meeting and lunch at noon on the 10th of December at the same location. Both events...
What Happens If Time Gets Hacked – Dark Reading
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Interesting report from Black Hat Europe. While this is the first media report we have seen of a low frequency time signal being spoofed/hacked, it is not surprising. Open systems and signals are vulnerable. Period. Next gen...
An object is now orbiting alongside China’s Shijian-21 debris mitigation satellite – SpaceNews
Image: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Blog Editor's Note: America used to think space was a safe place, so we put a lot of our most important assets there. We thought GPS was particularly safe because attacking a satellite was hard, and destroying...
Experts Call for a U.S. National Technology Strategy as Competition Heats Up with China – NextGov
Image: Senator Michael Bennet, Colorado (Shutterstock) Blog Editor's Note: Well, China is way ahead of us in hypersonics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 5G... anything else? Oh, yeah - where we have one satellite system for PNT, they have three. Where we...
Congressman to Introduce Webinar on Protecting GPS – DomPrep & RNTF
Image: RNT Foundation Press Release 5 November 2021, 10:00 EST Congressman to Introduce Webinar on Protecting GPS The Honorable John Garamendi (D-CA) will provide opening remarks for a 17 November webinar co-sponsored by Domestic Preparedness Journal and...
L3 Harris Wins $120 Million Contract To Upgrade Space Force Electronic Jammers – Space News
Image: Members of the 4th Space Control Squadron stand in front of the Counter Communications System Block 10.2 at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo. Photo: U.S. Air Force Blog Editor's Note: A jammer to jam jammers. A whole lot of jamming goin' on. Just sayin'. ...
eLoran: Part of the solution to GNSS vulnerability – GPS World
Image: Former Loran-C transmission antenna at Værlandet, Norway. (Photo: UrsaNav) Blog Editor's Note: Good article by the editor of GPS World magazine. eLoran has been named by numerous studies, including most recently "MarRINav" and the DOT "Complementary PNT and GPS...
Alan Grant named R&D head of General Lighthouse Authorities – GPS World
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Dr. Alan Grant is a long-time colleague and friend. We are very pleased to see his appointment. Alan Grant named R&D head of General Lighthouse Authorities November 2, 2021 - By Dana Goward The General...
US Ceding PNT Resiliency Leadership to EU, Others – Logan Scott Consulting
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor’s Note: We received this note the other day from highly respected GNSS expert Logan Scott. We share his concerns and want to pass them along to a wider audience. http://www.gpsexpert.net/ One of the things I find discouraging about US...
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NIST Recommends Steps to Boost Resilience of U.S. Timekeeping – NIST News
Image: J. Sherman/NIST Blog Editor's Note: Good to see NIST weighing in on this issue. The high level recommendation that the nation needs a coherent timing architecture that involves space, terrestrial broadcast, and fiber assets is consistent with numerous other...
Heading off grid disaster: it’s about time – Power Grid International
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Power grids are not one of the things folks first think of when discussing dependence on GPS. And some grid engineers don't like to admit it. We have heard them say "We don't need GPS to operate the grid, just to manage it." -...
Russia issues threat to GPS satellites – GPS World
Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Perhaps this is a prelude to an invasion of Ukraine. Regardless the Russians are not bluffing. Our intelligence and Space Force folks here in the U.S. say the Russians (and Chinese) can do it. What's the best way to protect...
Space debris: More storm clouds ahead in orbit, experts say – Space.com
Image: 2010 Space debris damage to SolarMax satellite. NASA Blog Editor's Note: OK, we have probably banged the space debris drum enough recently. But this article has the best visuals we have seen anywhere. And, of course, it makes the really good points about the...