Multi-function jammer capable of disabling GNSS, Lowjack, Wifi/Bluetooth/2.4GHz, and key fobs. Photo: Chronos Technology __________ Blog Editor's Addendum - we first published this item incorrectly crediting the image to the Scottish Police rather that to our friends...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note:  It is kind of jarring to realize that this has been going on so long that we can talk about "the history" of spoofing. One would have hoped that, given the potential dire implications, a serious effort to eliminate the problem...

Image: NASA Blog Editor's Note: Dr. Scott Pace's ability to move the nation's space policy forward was impressive.  Especially so In an administration not known for bipartisan and non-controversial efforts. For example, check out the list of policy documents he led...

Photo: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock.com Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. 2021 Defense Act signals turning point for Congress and PNT   December 29, 2020  - By Dana Goward Senate poised to join House this week and override Trump’s...

Image: Shutterstock With Edinburgh Castle looming over all, Scotland was to be the site of next year's combined European Navigation Conference and the biennial International Navigation Conference hosted by the UK's Royal Institute of Navigation. But, for now, the...

Image: Office of Senator James Inhofe Blog Editor's Note: An interesting take on the FCC/Ligado Networks issue.    Commentary Ligado investors should be scared of its future By: Sen. Jim Inhofe By now it shouldn’t be any surprise that I oppose the decision by the...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: One of our alert readers sent us a link to this item (always appreciated). We discussed a similar article about Android phones in 2018. One of the first things with this item we were struck by was that, while the "Tech Times"...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Normally we report about jamming and spoofing. But GPS receivers are really computers with radio receivers attached. So we have to also worry about more conventional cyber security issues. This event had a big impact on...

Image: DownDetector.com 25 Dec 2020 Blog Editor's Note: It looks like the blast itself only impacted a block or two of downtown Nashville. Yet telecommunications customers in Seattle, VA and Vancouver, Canada were impacted as were those in other far flung cities....

Image:  U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway Blog Editor's Note: Guy Buesnel is a widely recognized and insightful observer of GNSS issues, especially impacting the aviation sector. This is an interesting review of the year showing impacts across sectors and the...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The Sun is a British tabloid known for its sensational take on most things. Sensationalism aside, we need to ask ourselves, what in this article is not true or likely true?   . 'UNLEASH HAVOC'  Russian and Chinese space...

Image: Department of Defense Blog Editor's Note:  We have posted on this before and, while it is not in the center of our normal lane, it is worth raising the issue again. And, with the Ligado decision, the PNT community has certainly had to contend with the challenge...

Image: James Caverly, Department of Homeland Security Blog Editor's Note: Good to see a major news conglomerate picked up on this. We reported about it in 2015, and have been hoping it would come to the attention of others. The report was actually drafted in 2011 -...

Blog Editor's Note: The community and government have long struggled to define "resilience" when it comes to GPS/GNSS receivers. While it does not provide the "procurement language" so many have called for, this is a huge step forward for the community. We will likely...

Blog Editor's Note: We greatly admire the Galileo project, all they have achieved and are still achieving. As a civilian project focused on economic and public benefits, the system has been designed with features not available in older and military systems such as GPS...

An Orolia sponsored webinar yesterday "Resilient PNT - The European Perspective" included a presentation by EUROCONTROL. Gerhard Berz discussed the greatly increasing number of reports of GNSS disruption his organization has been receiving. EUROCONTROL has an...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below article is president of the RNT Foundation.   First Fix: National timing architecture needed now December 14, 2020  - By Dana Goward Dana Goward, President, Resilient PNT Foundation The Empire State...

Image: UK Aircraft Accident Investigations Branch Blog Editor's Note: We are not sure the drone and autonomous community have really come to grips with this issue.  The article mentions interference with a display involving hundreds of drones. There have been other...

Blog Editor's Note - Toward the end of the article, Bob Poole discusses FAA's failure to refresh the aviation terrestrial navigation system consisting of VORs and DMEs.  He also suggests the Department of Transportation should focus on, not just a backup system for...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: A disturbing Op-Ed discussing China's dominance in rare earths and progress on 5G, quickly suggesting that the score might already be 0-2. Or maybe 0-3 if you throw in AI. However you are scoring, the U.S. is another point down...

Image: University of Texas at Austin Radionavigation Lab The Department of Transportation's Virtual Workshop on GPS Jamming and Spoofing in the Maritime Environment was held on the 3rd of December. Over 200 attended the afternoon session that had a recurring theme of...

Images: NASA and Shutterstock It's never a good idea to bet against Mother Nature. Though it looks like we might have won this time. Solar flares have always been a threat to technology. In 1859 and 1921 flares (more correctly - coronal mass ejections, or CMEs)...

Image: US Coast Guard, Petty Officer John Masson Blog Editor's Note: It was a dark and eerily calm night. The worst-case scenario for a helicopter rescue of someone from the water. On dark and stormy nights at least the pilots can at least see the waves. That night...

Image: European Space Agency "LEO is an orbital space junk yard. There are millions of pieces of space junk flying in LEO. Most orbital debris comprises human-generated objects, such as pieces of space craft, tiny flecks of paint from a spacecraft, parts of rockets,...

Vessels from around the world report they are off Pt. Reyes and sailing in circles in newest location spoofing phenomena. Image: Skytruth Blog Editor's Note: This is a repost of Guy's excellent article on Linkedin. We are reposting on all our social media to help...

Image: Space Weather News, Millersville University (State University of Pennsylvania) Blog Editor's Note: Last year saw the sun reach solar minimum, the period of the least amount of activity (sunspots, flares, coronal mass ejections),  We are now heading toward solar...

RNT Foundation Image: Existing Loran service areas in eastern hemisphere with recently announced expansion of Chinese system. Blog Editor's Note: The paper cited below was published three months after another Chinese paper in the same journal that discussed China's...

Image: South Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Blog Editor's Note: The author of this article is President of the RNT Foundation.   South Korea partners with broadcaster on eLoran and 10-cm GPS “Fourth industrial revolution and advanced technology” for all...

Image: Spoofed AIS signal tracks off (and on) the coast of California (illustration courtesy Skytruth) Blog Editor's Note: The author of this article is President of the RNT Foundation. U.S. DOT, MARAD Convene Panel on GPS Jamming and Spoofing BY DANA A....

Image: Qascom Authentication seems to be the challenge of the age. Can you trust information you find on line?  What political "leaders" are saying? Or how about those signals from space? The folks over at the EU's Galileo program are trying to do something about the...

Image: US Department of Defense Blog Editor's Note: An interesting interview by Steve Forbes with Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett.  In the interview Secreatary Barrett discusses the importance of GPS and says, quite correctly: "And I would put forward the GPS...

Image: South Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below article is President of the RNT Foundaiton. South Korea discusses decision to combine GPS and eLoran By  Dana A. Goward  11/17/2020 Citing requirements of the evolving...

Image: NASA Blog Editor's note: Interesting interview with Guy Buesnel from Spirent.  Readers may find this bit from the article particularly interesting: "With spoofing, even if a system is not a target, even if the attack does not fully succeed in taking over a...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Co-author Dana A. Goward is President of the RNT Foundation. Solution to GPS Hacking Space-Terrestrial Hybrid Navigation Combats Security Threats By RAdm Nick Lambert, Dana A. Goward In March 2017 NATO’s Exercise Joint Viking in...

Image: European Commission - JRC Ipsra Italy Test Site Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundaiton Europe seeks alternative PNT services, deadline Jan. 13 November 10, 2020  - By Dana Goward “In some specific cases, e.g., for critical...

Image: Septentrio from tech paper at https://www.septentrio.com/en/apme-multipath-mitigation-technology Blog Editor's Note:  An interesting blog post from Spirent that was also a paper and presentation at the recent International Timing and Synchronization Forum. ...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. Timing is Everything: To Protect Geospatial and the World, We Need Bullet-proof Time A resilient national timing architecture will do more than just making today’s GNSS systems more...

Blog Editor's Note:  The United Kingdom is far ahead of some other countries with PNT resilience. It has taken a while, though, and still things are moving slowly.   Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were added to the UK risk register in 2012. CMEs like the Carrington...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: No category of user is immune from interuptions to GPS/GNSS.  Signals are attractive targets because they are so important and widely used. They are easy targets because they are so weak and most receivers are unsophisticated. ...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note:  OK, we get it.  Everyone sees things through their own lens.  And if you specialize in hammers, you see nails everywhere you look. We have been doing a lot of work recently with timing. But it is REALLY easy to see the need for...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Thanks to RNTF member Omer Sharar, CEO of InfiniDome, for calling this item from January of this year to our attention. Several interesting things about the below article from "El Economista." First that folks in Mexico are...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: A relatively recent paper from the University of Texas Radionavigation Laboratory (Peter A. Iannucci and Todd E. Humphreys) on leveraging a communication constellation in low earth orbit (LEO) for positioning, navigation and...

RNT Foundation Image: Historic High Accuracy Clock on Display at NIST Blog Editor's Note: Interesting two-in-one press release from NIST.   First they are looking for comment on their draft cyber security profile for PNT users. This document seeks to identify: Gaps in...

Shutterstock Image: Flatiron range near Boulder, CO. Blog Editor's Note - Most of our readers are already saying to themselves "this is about Lightsquared/Ligado."  Yes. Yes it is. Couple things to remember about "evidence based": Different people can look at the same...

Blog editor's note: RNT Foundation member DR Pat Diamond, and foundation president Dana A. Goward were two of the co-authors for the paper discussed below. Precise time for all: Paper calls for resilient national timing October 19, 2020  - By Tracy Cozzens A new white...

Blog Editor's Note: Interesting arrticle on the challenges facting use of OneWeb for LEO PNT. We have heard others suggest the best path could be to modify future OneWeb payloads rather than try to leverage existing on-orbit assets. Note that the on-line version of...

Image: Russian Jamming Signal Detected by Norwegian Communications Authority Blog Editor's Note: Interesting article co-authored by RNTF Advisor Guy Busenel (his employer, Spirent, is also a corporate member of the RNT Foundation).  From the Merriam Webster on-line...

Blog Editor's Note: The European Space Agency (ESA) is worried about GNSS jamming and spoofing. So it established the Navigation Innovation Support Programme (NAVISP) to foster innovations in satellite navigation and terrestrial forms of PNT.  We were priviledged to...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: This is a really interesting idea that could add greatly to a comprehensive PNT architecture. The key will be ensuring the foundations upon which 5G infrastructure is built, things like timing, are rock solid. Right now a lot of...

Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. China expanding Loran as GNSS backup October 12, 2020  - By Dana Goward An August 2020 paper published by the journal Sensors revealed China’s plans to expand coverage of its terrestrial Loran...