A public memorial service for Professor David Last will take place at the Pritchard Jones Hall, College Rd, Bangor LL57 2AP at 13:00 on 23rd January 2020. Full details will be posted later here https://www.johnhughesandson.co.uk/en/obituary In Lieu of flowers the...

Blog Editor's Note: This article is a good overview of spoofing and its potential impacts. The interviewer asks a very good question about incentives for spoofing GPS. While the article provides a general answer, it would be interesting to sit down someday with a...

Time and navigation are inextricably intertwined. In fact, precise time is essential to most modern navigation and positioning systems. A number of our readers and members focus almost exclusively on the "T" in "PNT". So we thought we would pass along the below note...

Blog Editor's Note: A great "year in review" post by Guy Buesnel, on the Linkedin. Guy is a member of RNTF's International Advisory Committee and leads the GNSS Vulnerabilities group on Linkedin.  Grounded flights, lost drones and ‘crop circles’: the year in GNSS...

Blog Editor's Note: Two important perspectives from well-regarded PNT community figures. It is interesting to note that the question posed was: "What is or would be the best POLICY response from Congress and/or executive branch agencies to the growing threats to GPS...

Blog Editor's Note: Another great job of reporting by Dee Ann Divis. The letter referenced in the article is available on the FCC site here.  Several interesting things to note about this: As mentioned by parties on both sides of the issue, it took an exceptionally...

Image credit: RNT Foundation - Without good leadership and direction it is hard to get anywhere.   Blog Editor's Note: Full disclosure and as mentioned at the end of the piece, the author is President of the RNT Foundation, US falling behind protecting GPS/GNSS,...

Image: US DOT, National PNT Architecture Study, 2008 Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below is president of the RNT Foundation. US efforts pointing to coherent, resilient PNT architecture December 2, 2019  - By Dana Goward DoT remarks follow China announcement on...

The cover story for CBS Sunday Morning on December 1st was "Preparing the next generation of GPS."  RNTF President Dana A. Goward is interviewed on this piece. CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW   Rendering of a GPS III satellite in orbit.  LOCKHEED MARTIN Guest host: Lee...

Graphic: Harry Campbell Blog Editor's Note: RNTF provided several interviews for this article. It provides a good overview of jamming, spoofing, and the fact that Russia, China and others have terrestrial Loran PNT systems, while the US does not.  It is another...

Blog Editor's Note: A wonderful and warm article about a great man and valued friend. Kudos to Dee Ann for her marvelous research and writing.  And appropriate for Thanksgiving Day. All of us who were privileged to know David will have that at the top of our list of...

Just before 13:00 GMT yesterday a private plane piloted by former President of the Royal Institute of Navigation, Professor David Last, disappeared from radar and impacted the sea approximately two miles off the coast of Wales. On-going search and rescue efforts have...

The Air Force seems to be on track to experiment with PNT satellites in geostationary orbit. The idea for Navigation Technology Satellite 3 (NTS-3) has been around for a while and notionally scheduled for launch in 2023. Recently the Air Force announced it would be...

Blog Editor's Note: Several reports on this in the media. For those interested in this issue, we recommend all three articles as each provides some information not available in the others. Several interesting things to note overall. A pending financial deal in the UK...

Blog Editor's Note: Solar weather is the primary reason loss of GNSS appears of the UK risk register. The risk register, in turn, was the impetus for two UK government studies on the impacts of losing GNSS for 5 days (not good at all). As we have mentioned before,...

In order to understand China's military approach to space, look to the ancient board game of Go says the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. (Brian Murphy/Defense Intelligence Agency)   Blog Editor's Note: A good article that provides some context for the...

Blog Editor's Note: A fascinating article about the newest phase in the spoofing wars. No wonder China is focusing on "comprehensive PNT" vice just relying on satellites! Smart Cities Ghost ships, crop circles, and soft gold: A GPS mystery in Shanghai A sophisticated...

Blog Editor's Note - The author of the below is the President of the RNT Foundation. China leads world with plan for ‘comprehensive’ PNT November 15, 2019  - By Dana Goward Speaking at the annual Stanford Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Symposium, a Chinese...

Blog Editor's Note: Recent press reports about the FCC preparing to act on the Ligado proposal caused us to start thinking about this again. The result was us filing this letter to the docket.   14 November 2019 Re: Ex parte presentation in IB Docket Nos. 11-109...

Graphic showing Galileo's failure. Pic: Bert Hubert. Blog Editor's Note: An interesting summary/compilation about this summer's Galileo failure. Interesting how the human factor is still so dominant in many of these kinds of mishaps. In aviation we call pilots the...