Image: SkyTruth Blog Editor's Note: The author is president of the RNT Foundation.   New GPS ‘circle spoofing’ moves ship locations thousands of miles May 26, 2020  - By Dana A. Goward New research by Bjorn Bergman of the environmental non-profit SkyTruth has...

The RNT Foundation Annual meeting was held via Zoom this year and recorded on video. First up was new RNT Foundation member, Mr. Bjorn Bergman of Skytruth with a presentation about some really weird GPS disruption incidents he has observed of late. RNTF President also...

Image: Shutterstock   Yesterday was the deadline for filing Petitions for Reconsideration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding their decision on Ligado Networks. The National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) NTIA filed a...

A U.S. airman uses a GPS to load coordinates at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on Nov. 19, 2015. (Airman 1st Class Derek Seifert/U.S. Air Force) Blog Editor's Note: The author of this piece has some serious creds in the cyber and intelligence spaces. He is spot on in...

RNT Foundation Image Blog Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the House Armed Services website and contains a link to the letter the committee sent to the FCC. RNT Foundation has been asking about the FCC's compliance with this law for a while and...

Blog Editor's Notes: The following article features the reporters discussions with RNT Foundation Director CAPT Pauline Cook, USCG (ret). Some very good insights and analogies from Pauline! Also some great discussion with GPS/PNT expert Logan Scott. We always learn...

Blog Editor's Note:  This article was written by RNTF President, Dana A. Goward. GPS circle spoofing discovered in Iran April 21, 2020  - By Dana Goward In March, the U.S. government received an unusual inquiry about GPS disruptions. It was from a user in Iran...

On Thursday, the 15th of May, thirty-two Senators wrote to the FCC expressing numerous concerns with the commission's determination on Ligado Networks. They also asked the FCC to address these concerns and stay their order while they were doing so. We share the...

Image: Adobe Stock - Homeland Security Today Blog Editor's Note: Dr. Blodgett reinforces the important point that Ligado is not the only, and certainly not the greatest, threat to GPS. We need to act and protect the system and users from a broad range of threats. GPS...

Image: Security forces airmen conduct GPS-based land navigation during the Airmen Defender Challenge. (Air Force)   Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below article is RNTF President Dana A. Goward.   Thought Leadership Impartial reviews needed if...

Image: Military members practice navigating in a GPS-denied environment. The Pentagon is concerned a move by the FCC may harm GPS functionality. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin/Released)   Blog Editor's Note - The below...

Photo: NATO Blog Editor's Note: There is still a lot happening with the Liagdo issue today. We are going to tune into the Senate hearing in just a few minutes. But we thought it would be good to remind everyone that Ligado is not the only threat to GPS. Back tomorrow...

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper - Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg   Blog Editor's Note - It is clear that Defense Secretary Esper is upset with the FCC for dismissing his concerns about national security and Ligado out of hand. The below article documents...

Photo: Kim Jong Un - International Business Times Blog Editor's Note: Here are two recent reports about new North Korean GPS jamming equipment. The first seems to be based on intelligence intercepts of North Korea communications. The second shows satellite imagery of...

Blog Editor's Note: The next step in this high profile dispute. The Senate Armed Services Committee will also hold a hearing on this issue next week. See announcement at bottom of this post.   Bipartisan lawmakers call on FCC to reverse Ligado 5G decision, citing...

Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below article is RNTF President Dana A. Goward. Space threat report catalogues China, Russia, jamming and GPS   April 29, 2020  - By Dana Goward America’s space assets are in danger from an array of kinetic, non-kinetic,...

Graphic:  LOTTE CAMILLA HOLST-HANSEN / NRK   Blog Editor's Note: Norway is particularly vulnerable to GPS jamming, not only because of its proximity to Russia, but because it relies of special GPS Special Category 1 approaches to many of its airports where...

Blog Editor's Note: There are way too many Ligado-related items to post these days, but we thought Dee Ann Divis' take in this one was particularly interesting. We will observe that, per other media, folks in Congress don't seem to be letting this issue drop. Sen....

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Blog Editor's Note: RNTF President Dana A. Goward authored the below article with...

Photo of Putin & Senior Military Officials: Getty Images Blog Editor's Note: The author of this article is RNTF President Dana A. Goward. CDR Gary M. Thomas, USCG (ret) contributed to this story. Russia-CIS navigation plan emphasizes GNSS, Loran, inertial April...