Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: An interesting post by Guy Buesnel, a member of RNT Foundation's International Advisory Committee. We have not often seen this issue raised and appreciate his stimulating the discussion. From his post: "While Ligado is the focus...

Image: US Department of Defense Blog Editor's Note: Last year the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) produced their "Space Threat Assessment, 2020," upon which we reported. This year they chose an intriguing Harry Potter theme. Quite appropriate. As...

Image: European Space Agency Blog Editor's Note: Yesterday we blogged about the sun. Today the issue is problems with debris. In the last year or so we have heard about space-based and kinetic weapons threatening our satellites. It wasn't that long ago that people...

Image: NASA & Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. Racing the Sun to Protect America Lessons from the solar storm of May 1921 By Dana A. Goward, President, Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation MAY 14, 2021  One...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: A very timely headline given the GAO report released this week suggesting the same thing for the U.S. Department of Defense. A good read on the UK perspective.  Save the date! -  RNT Foundation and the Hoptroff organization...

Image Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation. GAO Report: ‘Use resilient tech vs. GPS as DOD primary PNT’ May 11, 2021  - By Dana Goward Preview (opens in a new tab)   A new report by the Government Accountability Office...

Image: U.S. Air Force Blog Editor's Note: An excellent article on Geospatial World Prime by RNTF Member Diana Furchtgott-Roth.  Diana is an economist who also led civil PNT issues for the US government, so she is uniquely qualified to examine this aspect of these...

Image: NASA/NOAA Blog Editor's Note: This report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is no surprise. We have reported on this before and Russia is still Russia.  They have bragged their jamming capability extends for hundreds of kilometers, so...

Dr. Robert Hampshire, U.S. DOT chief scientist, speaking at GWU webinar on May 5. (Image RNT Foundation) Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation.   ‘Take the bullseye off GPS before it’s too late!’ — PNT leaders at GWU webinar May 7,...

Blog Editor's Note: This is a good general interest article to which we contributed. It is behind a paywall, so many of our readers may choose not to access the entire piece.  Most significant is that a highly regarded journal is addressing the issue. A sure sign of...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Excellent article by the former federal government leader for civil PNT issues, Diana Furchtgott-Roth. Who is also an RNTF member! While not mentioned, most all of her points also apply to not letting adjacent band transmissions...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: We couldn't agree more with the title of this article. Here is our October 2020 whitepaper that said the same thing (though we took 26 pages to say so): A Resilient National Timing Architecture   DESIGNLINES MILITARY &...

Blog Editor's Note: One of our members pointed out this Facebook post about a Chinese news cast. Google Translate agrees with the translation of the title. Even without being able to understand the audio, the video makes it pretty clear that the segment supports the...

Blog Editor's Note: This WILL be interesting. Hosted and moderated by Scott Pace (GWU Space Policy Institute, Exec Dir of Space Council in the last administration), it will feature Greg Winfree, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, and Dr. Robert Hampshire. Greg & Diana (both...

Image: European Space Agency Blog Editor's Note: Good thing it was just a close call. Though we learned in aviation safety class that catastrophic accidents are almost always preceded by close calls. And as you can see from the article, there have been a number of...

Image: Maritime traffic density Dover Strait/ Southern North Sea, summer 2018. Courtesy Trinity House Blog Editor's Note: A very good summary article by Guy Buesnel, a long time RNT Foundation supporter and member of our International Advisory Committee. For more...

Image: Dr. Brad Parkinson Blog Editor's Note: The RNT Foundation is one of the 98 organizations that signed the two letters discussed in this article.   President Biden, Congress urged to void Ligado go-ahead order April 22, 2021  - By Tracy Cozzens Image:...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author is president of the RNT Foundation.   Russia ramps up GPS jamming along with troops at Ukraine border April 21, 2021  - By Dana Goward Image: Leestat/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Two recent reports from...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Some buzz last week on this due to public comments made by the OneWeb CEO, Neil Masterson. There are several ways OneWeb could be used for PNT. Future satellites could be modified for the purpose, future payloads could carry...

Image: Trinity House Blog Editor's Note:  Great piece in GPS World about Prince Phillip's support for technology and complementing GPS with eLoran. The audio clip of the interview with Sir Jeremy De Halpert is from 2011. Prince Philip championed GPS as Master of...

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...

Deliberate interference with GNSS by the world's militaries interferes with safe air traffic management, poses risks to aircraft, and imposes extra costs for fuel and transit time, according to a recent EUROCONTROL stakeholder forum. 2,000% increase in GNSS RFI...

Image: Screen captures from WolvesFleet and Jammer-shop We were talking with the folks at Chronos the other day (Chronos is an RNTF corporate member). They mentioned an interesting development. Jammers that look like everyday objects. Check out the image  above for...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: DSI is an RNT Foundation supporter. Mr. Dana A. Goward, RNTF's President, will be moderating this event.   DSI to host 2021 Assured PNT Summit in April February 12, 2021  - By Allison Kral The Defense Strategies Institute’s...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: The author is president of the RNT Foundation. Federal policy aimed at GPS interference, critical infrastructure March 7, 2021  - By Dana Goward In its closing days, the Trump administration issued several new policy documents...

Image: Ken Wells - Cessna instrument panel with and without GPS signals. Blog Editor's Note: A need and promise to invest in GPS interference detection and monitoring was mentioned in just about all the national PNT policy documents issued by the last administration. ...

Image: RNT Foundation Blog Editor's Note: The author is President of the RNT Foundation.   Congressmen urge administration on GPS timing backup March 4, 2021  - By Dana Goward In separate letters to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and new Secretary of...

Image: Twitter Blog editor's note: "Space hurricanes"? Seriously? We knew space was a dangerous place, especially for weak signals from GPS and other GNSS, but this sounds like something from a Star Trek episode. Quantum strings, spatial anomalies, space hurricanes....

Image: Shutterstock Blog editor's note:  Ok, we admit the title of the paper is a little more sophisticated. It is: "Does Radio Frequency Interference to Satellite Navigation pose an increasing threat to Network efficiency, cost-effectiveness and ultimately safety?"...

ION MEMBERS CAN VIEW THE RECORDING OF THIS WEBINAR AT: https://www.ion.org/publications/webinar-mars.cfm   THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION TO HOST WEBINAR: NAVIGATION OF THE MARS 2020 PERSEVERANCE ROVER FROM EARTH TO JEZERO CRATER Manassas Virginia, March 2, 2021...

Image: Copies of Bowditch from 1826 and 1914 nestle with tomes released this month at RNT Foundation World Headquarters Our copy of the long-anticipated "Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Technologies in the 21st Century" in two volumes arrived this month. It was...