Image: Google driverless car - Grendelkhan on Wikimedia Commons By Editor When the Israeli company Regulus used GPS spoofing to cause a Tesla in self-drive mode to turn sharply and quickly brake, it demonstrated what many in the PNT community had long known or...

DoD Image: Air Force Staff Sgt. James Richardson Blog Editor's Note: This article provides an interesting perspective from a south Asia media outlet that seems to focus on the intersection between that region, Europe and the United States. It also demonstrates the...

$24K pledged to open David Last Memorial Scholarship Fund February 5, 2020  - By Dana Goward 0 Comments David Last The Resilient Navigation and Timing (RNT) Foundation is leading a drive to establish a scholarship fund in honor of the late Professor David Last....

Blog Editor's Note: This article is adapted from RNT Foundation President Dana A. Goward's presentation at November's International Navigation Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It appears in the current issue of the Royal Institute of Navigation's journal...

Federal Hall at Wall and Broad Street, New York City.  Wikimedia Commons Hu Totya   Blog Editor's Note: This week's "Time and Money" by ATIS at the New York Stock Exchange was a huge success.  Check out the event site for the presentations. It was the first time,...

Blog Editor's Note: This is the fourth of four articles Katherine Dunn published last week as part of the Fortune series "When GPS Goes Wrong." This article recounts a project by DLR, the German Aerospace Center, to assess maritime GPS disruption in various areas -...

Blog Editor's Note: For more GPS history, as well as an interesting discussion of Skinnerarian behavior changes it has wrought in people, we recommend "Pinpoint, how GPS is changing technology, culture, and our minds" by Greg Milner.  INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL TRADE How...

A conceptual diagram that shows how GPS triangulation works. Up to 4 of the 24 satellites in orbit transmit position and time signals that allow each user or device to determine its location.UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES Blog...

Photo-Illustration by Tres Commas; Original Photo: Nucha Sirivisansuwan—Moment/Getty Images   Blog Editor's Note: A good article with lots of case studies and examples. We consulted with Katherine Dunn and provided a lot of background for this well researched...

Image: Wikimedia Commons Blog Editor's Note: Mr. Jens Hoxmark is an electronics engineer and long time RNT Foundation member. We very much appreciate our members sending thoughtful pieces like this to share with the community. 5G and eLoran – A Diverse, More Resilient...

Image: FAA Blog Editor's Note:  The headline of the Miami Herald article below is about a military exercise jamming "GPS for small planes." Of course the exercise will also jam GPS receivers on large planes, ships, and anyone else within the affected area. Small...

Image: Airbus Blog Editor's Note: The aviation industry is quickly coming to grips with the reality of routine GPS/GNSS disruptions. This is good news for everyone who flies. It is a bit ironic, though, that aviation should lead other modes of transport in this....

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy Vladimir Korolev (L) watch a terrestrial globe while visiting Russia's Navy Headquarters during Navy Day in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2017. (ALEXEY...

Image: NEON Personnel Tracker - TRX Systems Blog Editor's Notes: The author of the below article is President of the RNT Foundation.  Also, the information about Serco's project in the article is incorrect as we were not able to make contact with them until after the...

Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below article is President of the RNT Foundation. DoD PNT Task Force Charter: ‘Best investments may be non-GPS’ January 9, 2020  - By Dana Goward     Augmenting GPS with other systems was suggested as the most promising...

Several days ago we reported on how Chinese authorities had apparently suspended GPS jamming and spoofing in the port of Shanghai so that an amazing New Year's Eve drone show with 2,000 flying in close formation could proceed. Video of the show was shown on China TV...

Blog Editor's Note: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an interesting organization. For one, it is an independent government agency. That means that it is not part of the executive branch. So, while it considers input from the executive branch, it is not...

Or maybe not. Shanghai's New Year's New Year's celebration was particularly spectacular this year and included a show using 2,000 drones. Lighted drones formed variety of images including colored shapes, a man running across the sky, and numbers counting down the...

Blog Editor's Note: Another outstanding article below by Dee Ann Divis. A couple thoughts: We are intrigued to see that the Department of Defense continues to grapple with its size, aspire to greater agility and creativity, and to look west to Silicon Valley. A...

Several members sent us this link to a new 9 minute video on how to spoof GPS receivers: The video is sponsored by a number of big companies including AWS (ironically), so you have to watch at least part of one of the ads. Then the video explains the equipment you...

The Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador is "the largest pipe organ you've ever come across." Credit: Silvia Vallejo Vargas/Insituto Geofisico, Escuela Politecnica Nacional (Quito, Ecuador)   Blog Editor's Note: A interesting general interest article about some of the...

Image: Lucasfilm & 20th Century Fox/ Wikipedia Spoiler Alert: This post reveals a sub-theme in the most recent Star Wars film. If you don't want to know anything at all about the movie, you should not have even read our headline. You should certainly not read...

Image: Shutterstock Blog Editor's Note: Another example of how GNSS has connected so many incredibly disparate things in unexpected ways.  Start with swine flu.  Add greed, the price of pork, extortion, drones, GPS vulnerability, and counter-drones. You get...

Blog Editor's Note: A good overview article based on a conversation with Dr. Brad Parkinson. Of special interest are comments near the end about drones and their use of GPS. Such vulnerable signals in unmanned systems, especially drones, poses serious questions about...

Blog Editor's Note: This item is an expansion with commentary on the news we posted yesterday.  The author is President of the RNT Foundation. Chinese GPS spoofing circles could hide Iran oil shipments Est. reading time: 2 minutes December 17, 2019 By Dana Goward “GPS...

Blog Editor's Note: "Crop circle spoofing" was reported in the literature at Shanghai several weeks ago. Researchers have discovered similar activity at 20 locations along the Chinese coast, 16 of which are oil terminals. There seems to be a correlation between the...

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...

[Diana Furchtgott-Roth, DOT deputy assistant secretary for research and technology, speaks to the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) meeting in Miami. Photo: Dee Ann Divis] Blog Editor's Note: Another step in the process of the U.S. acquiring the backup for...

Graphic: Getty Images Blog Editor's Note: While not a lot in the below is "newsworthy" for many of our readers, it's a good compilation. It is also encouraging for all of us to see this issue being framed and presented for a general audience. An audience that, for the...

Pierre Delsaux speaks at an EU breakfast on space policy . (Photo: European Union) Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below article is the President of the RNT Foundation. “Unacceptable! Never again!”: EC Deputy on Galileo outage November 5, 2019  - By Dana Goward...

Blog Editor's Note: The recent action at ICAO's Assembly declaring GNSS disruption an urgent issue has increased focus on the issue within the aviation community.  One note about the below - The author says that the best form of protection from spoofing is with...