Blog Editor's Note: RNT Foundation President Dana A. Goward moderated the Defense Strategies Institute Assured PNT Summit at National Harbor this week. Here are his opening remarks. Defense Strategies Institute Assured PNT Summit Moderator Dana A. Goward Opening...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Very good Op-Ed by Ms Diana Furchtgott-Roth who, we are proud to say, is an RNT Foundation member.   Opinion: GPS is endangered by a misguided FCC decision made during the Trump administration Opinion by Diana...

Image: US Department of Defense Blog Editor's Note: This article talks about Russia's activities at LEO and GEO.  Of course, even though GNSS are at MEO, this should still be a concern for the PNT community for several reasons. Some nations have some PNT at GEO and/or...

Image: NASA Blog Editor's Note: The author of this article is President of the RNT Foundation.   UK takes £6.7M step toward resilient timing architecture April 9, 2021  - By Dana Goward The United Kingdom’s National Timing Centre will conduct a two-phase series...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: This article proposes an idea that has been raised periodically, either designating GPS as critical infrastructure or, as in this case, space systems generally. The overall goal is to provide greater visibility and focus on the...

Image: Skytruth Blog Editor's Note: A good update article by George Shaw of the General Lighthouse Authority of UK and Ireland. This is the kind of issue that tends to fall into the background for users. Regular updates like this help keep it in the forefront of...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Great article by our friend Logan Scott. While the DOT report on their GPS Backup Tech Demo does have a lot of information, we have to agree it is not the be all and end all on the question of "GPS backups" as some would like. ...

Image: Historic Master Clock at NIST museum in Gaithersburg, MD (RNT Foundation) Blog Editor's Note: It is essential that we secure precise time and sync for our critical infrastructure, AND for everyone else. The US government established precise time as a utility...

Blog Editor's Note: The below is the latest announcement from South Korea on its efforts to establish a sovereign and resilient PNT system.  It builds on other releases we have passed along previously. See for example here and here. Notice the "advantage" South Korea...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Aviation is somewhat unique among modes of transportation as it has an alternate PNT system for when GPS is not available. It is a network of short range terrestrial beacons of VORs, DMEs, and TACANs (TACAN is military only)....

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The greatest threat from space debris is unquestionably at LEO. Many in the PNT community have considered GPS, Galileo, and other GNSS at MEO relatively safe from debris. It seems that ain't necessarily so.  Papers on debris at...

Image: AP, Vessel Finder Blog Editor's Note: The below press report discounts this being a prank by the Vessel Finder site, and seems to assume the ship actually sailed this pattern before entering the Suez Canal and getting stuck. Our readers will quickly guess the...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: A very complete summary of where the issue stands today. We are particularly glad to see the comments by Rep John Garamendi who has championed this issue for years.  This article is reprinted with permission of Warren...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: We always find something of interest in Bob Poole's "Aviation Policy News" from the Reason Foundation. This month it is a note he received from a colleague about the FAA and navigation. Bob published in his "Quotable Quotes"...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: It is good to see industry coming together like this. RNT Foundation decided to sign this letter with members of industry, some of which are our members, some are not, because it does not promote an individual technology or...

Blog Editors' Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. What Trump Got Wrong About Protecting GPS Users and America By Dana A. Goward, President, Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation MARCH 22, 2021 01:00 PM ET The Global Positioning System has become...

Image: RNTF Blog Editor's Note: We are glad to see members of industry advocating for, not just their own solution, but for a variety of diverse solutions. RNTF has long advocated this system-of-systems approach. See and download the graphic we first posted in 2014....

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Ms Diana Furchtgott-Roth served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation. She is an adjunct professor of economics at George Washington University, and an RNTF member. We applaud her commentary in the Wall Street...

Image: Shutterstock & NASA Every year there is a 4% chance a major solar storm could damage GPS/GNSS satellites or ionize the upper atmosphere preventing signals from getting through for several days or a week. There is also a .7% chance of a Carrington Event that...

Image: Jamming gear found at chop shop. Cambridgeshire Constabulary Blog Editor's Note: We previously reported on the Mexican government's finding that 85% of truck thefts were aided by GPS jamming devices. While we have not found similar national statistics reported...