Image: Shutterstock What's New: A reminder that, even when electrical service is down, cell towers are out, and everything seems to be going wrong, America's GPS becomes even more important. If that is at all possible. Why It's Important:  Search and rescue, recovery...

Image: RNT Foundation What's New: A Chinese newspaper article that their national eLoran network is complete. Why It's Important: This completes China's "PNT resilience triad" of getting signals from space, terrestrial broadcast and fiber. Three highly diverse methods...

Image: Shutterstock Announcing the RNT Foundation Study and Scholars’ Fund Donate Today! PNT technology is great, and there is a lot of it. But without a business case or government leadership, it often goes nowhere. At the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation...

Image: UrsaNav What's New: More action in the UK on resilient PNT. Why It's Important: The UK MOD announcement indicates there is a contract for a system in the wind. What the UK does can influence other militaries and governments. This MOD action will likely presage...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Several items in the news and recent briefings about efforts that will make PNT incrementally more resilient, but are only part of managing the problem. Why It's Important: Everyone wants to solve problems. But most problems, especially...

Image: Air Traffic Technology International What's New: There have been a lot of items in the news recently that we haven't posted and commented on. Many are about issues we have addressed elsewhere, and some of them are  behind paywalls - but you can get a sense of...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A 9 minute podcast from NPR's Planet Money team. Why It's Important: It focuses on the economic impact of losing GPS which is a rare perspective, and how China and Russia have backup systems. Both important messages. What Else to Know: ...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A webinar by the Israeli company, Infinidome. Why It's Important:  This is always a pertinent discussion, especially in the last year when more and more GNSS disruption has been occurring. Israelis have experienced a lot of interference...

3rd Annual UK PNT Leadership Seminar   20/11/2024 When: 20/11/2024 1030-1615 (reception 1615-1830) Where: The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House London SW1Y 5AG United Kingdom Contact: Clare Stead [email protected] REGISTER HERE Positioning, navigation and timing...

Image: Norway Telecom Authority What's New: Our colleague Prof Todd Humphrey's speaking at CGSIC this week reminded us about an International Telecommunications Union (ITU) resolution from from December of last year. It takes a strong stand against interference with...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A roundup of national PNT efforts around the world. Why It's Important: There is a lot going on, but efforts vary widely. So, therefore, does  PNT resilience and nation's security. What Else to Know: The author is President of the RNT...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A report (rumor?) that Amazon's founder is thinking of getting into satnav. Why It's Important:  Certainly backing up and protecting GPS is important. It is a sign that some of the biggest and richest players are becoming aware of GPS...

Image: PNT System of Systems Approach - RNT Foundation What's New: A paper published by Toffler Associates s and written by retired RADM Dave Simpson, USN, now a professor at Virginia Tech calling for resilient PNT. Full title: A DAY WITHOUT SPACE AND A CALL FOR...

Image: John Hartzell What's New: A trio of items showing the challenges of making GPS more secure and perform better. Why It's Important: PNT is essential. Most of our PNT comes from GPS and we have nothing else on the horizon. If GPS signals are not available for any...

Image: Singapore Maritime Law Enforcement Agency What's New: Ships collide in the dark when one is spoofing its GPS position. An example of the bad things that can happen during spoofing. Why It's Important: Spoofing makes all operations less safe. And it happens so...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: The final report from OPSGROUP's GPS Spoofing Work Group. A tech guide and a crew guide were released earlier. It is an excellent 128 page, easy to browse or read document. Why It's Important: It reflects the unvarnished views of flight...

Image: ROKE What's New: A presentation by Roke for ESA's NAVISP program on the results of a project to develop an eLoran antenna for handhelds. It seems much smaller antennas are possible and only a matter of doing some more engineering. Why It's Important: eLoran is...

Image: OPSGROUP What's New: OPSGROUP has published guidance for crew and tech personnel on GPS spoofing in aviation. Why it's Important: GPS spoofing in aviation has seen a huge uptick, especially in the middle east, Ukraine, and the Baltic. It has also started...

Image: Map of Arctic, U.S. Department of Defense What's New: Department of Defense Arctic Strategy that hardly mentions PNT. It does say: In addition to nuclear, conventional, and special operations threats, Russia seeks to carry out lower level destabilizing...

Image: SKAI Data Services, 31 Aug 2024 What's New: An article by Mr. Roboto, an AI program. This is the second time we have posted something written by AI... as far as we know... The first was what we got when we asked Microsoft's co-pilot AI to write three...

Image: GPS III Lockheed Martin What's New: A thought piece by RNTF member Mitch Narins. Why It's Important: He raises the issue of some folks focusing on GNSS, others on PNT and ensuring users have it. What Else to Know:  We are glad to see more non-GNSS papers and...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: This article helps put Russia's interference with GPS in a larger context. Why It's Important: "Grey zone" conflicts are still conflicts and do harm. They can also lead to shooting wars, sometimes despite the intent on both sides to...

Image: Lockheed and Shutterstock What's New: Op Ed discussing two different expert groups sending the same message on PNT to the U.S. government. Why It's Important: Our over-reliance on GPS for PNT is a really bad idea. If you don't understand the image, look up...

Image: GPS use and research by civilians has greatly contributed to improvements in user equipment. Image credit 1976 GPS receiver Smithsonian and microchip Shutterstock. What's New: The Civil GPS Service Interface Committee Meeting is coming up soon. There is still...

Image: UK MOD What's New: More work to mitigate the impact of GPS/GNSS jamming and spoofing. Why It's Important: At present most aircraft, including western military aircraft, over-rely on GNSS, usually GPS. As we have seen, this is a huge vulnerability. What Else to...

Image: ACCEPT students presenting to USNO and Microchip reps -  Univ. of Alabama ACCEPT: University of Alabama prepping next generation of PNTF experts Est. reading time: 2:30 August 20, 2024  - By Dana Goward The University of Alabama, with the support of the...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Not much other than The Telegraph, a popular media outlet, has taken notice. Why It's Important: See "popular media outlet" above. What Else to Know: The columnist gets the theme right. Though, OneWeb could have provided some PNT, we...

Image: Alex Schofield at European Navigation Conference - RIN photo What's New: A report from the most recent beneficiary of the Royal Institute of Navigation's Professor David Last Fund. Why It's Important: Encouraging development of PNT professionals is key to the...

Image: The Longleat Hedge Maze in Wiltshire, England. Public domain. What's New: A different look at GPS. How using it is affecting our brains and behavior. Why It's Important: Technology should not be about technology. It should be about users and how it makes life...

Image: Typical Offshore Platform - Shutterstock What's New: Ukraine destroying another Russia facility that interfered with GPS transmissions.  Why It's Important: Ship navigation and safety systems like AIS use GPS. Russia has been disrupting GPS signals in the Black...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Another report and perspective on the PNT Advisory Board's recent memo to the Deputy Secretaries of Defense and Transportation.  Why It's Important: The previous media on this was in GPS World, an industry journal. Breaking Defense has...

Image: Stephen Dye What's New: Another voice pointing out that PNT (and therefore GPS) is a critical IT component and therefore disruptions are cyber problems. Why It's Important: This is not widely recognized. For example, neither the National Cybersecuriity Strategy...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Findings and recommendations from the President's PNT Advisory Board sent to the Deputy Secretaries of Defense and Transportation Why It's Important: The memo highlights: America's overdependence on GPS for PNT China's much superior PNT...

Image: ESA Note: The author of this article in the August GPS World magazine is President of the RNT Foundation. PNT Vision 2035 - a must read An interview with ESA’s NAVAC Chair Luis Mayo By Dana A. Goward In June the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Navigation...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Editor's intro, "First Fix" to August's edition of GPS World magazine. Why It's Important: There is a lot of technology available to improve the safety of navigation (and timing). The problem is: Many users choose to not have equipment...

Image: Shutterstock The author of the below article is President of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation. US dangerously behind, PNT leadership needed Est. reading time: 3 minutes July 30, 2024 By Dana Goward Describing a dangerous “asymmetric vulnerability...

Image: U.S. Space Force What's New: An update on Space Force's jamming efforts. Why It's Important:  It reinforces that electronic warfare involves space assets and no signals are safe. Gives you a pretty good idea that at least China and Russia, probably Iran and...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A report from the Aspen Security Forum. Why It's Important: Enemies attack areas of weakness, especially if they have strength in that same area. PNT is a glaring example of the west's weakness and Russian and Chinese strength. What...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: An OpEd in Spatial Source correctly pointing out that PNT is an essential cyber component that could, and has, failed. And could, and has been, exploited. Why It's Important: A global problem with PNT would make the CrowdStrike problem...

Image: RNT Foundation What's New: An item in Space Review about the importance of backup systems for GPS. Why It's Important: Innumerable systems, applications, and infrastructures depend on GPS for proper operation. When things go wrong with GPS reception, those...

Image: John Hartzell What's New: An OpEd by MerlinTPS CEO Christian Kotscher published in Location Business News. Why Its Important:  Dependence on GPS continues to grow and, in the U.S. and the west we don't have widely deployed alternatives. Reliability of GPS...

Image: USAF America at risk from China, lack of GPS alternatives – National Security Space Association “GPS blackmail” possible, may have already happened. Leadership needed. NEWS PROVIDED BY Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation July 19, 2024, 16:45 GMT...

Image: Stanford Univ What's New: Opsgroup is forming a series of workgroups to address spoofing in aviation and what they see as inadequate responses. Why It's Important: Spoofing has increased dramatically and is a threat to aviation safety and air traffic...

Image: ESA What's New: A fairly extensive report on what the future of PNT in Europe should look like. Why It's Important: It recognizes that PNT can't be all about GNSS or even space, but must be a system of systems. What Else to Know: The vision was developed by an...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: RNT Foundation President Dana Goward's column in the July issue of GPS World. In it he discusses how the UK's planning and governance could give its government and businesses advantages and opportunities. Why It's Important: While...

Image: ru.mil What's New: An interesting discussion that shows how NATO leaders can justify not acting against Russian jamming and spoofing in the Baltic. Why It's Important: If the interference were determined to be electronic or hybrid warfare, NATO would have to...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) updated its formal advisory about GNSS interference. The last one was November 2023, before Russia's expansion of jamming and spoofing into the Baltic region. Why It's Important: This seems to...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: The U.S. Army is asking industry about "... waveforms and techniques that limit the enemy’s ability to use PNT systems effectively." Why It's Important: America's adversaries and potential adversaries have and are continuing to develop...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: An interactive report and depiction by the Washington Post. Why It's Important: Such an explosion could destroy lots of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and quite possibly: Create enough debris to destroy satellites in LEO and make...

Image: SKAI Data Services What's New: Reports of aircraft spoofed near Hong Kong and Tokyo. Why It's Important: It is the first time we have seen it in these two places. It has been observed in other parts of China, and in Korea, but this is the first time in these...