Covid - 19 GPS Disruption Natural flu pandemics rare, but happen: 1918 – H1N1 1957 – H2H2 2020 - Covid-19 Damaging solar flares rare, but happen: 1859 – Carrington Event 1921 – NY Railroad Storm "More frequent than was thought" Univ of Warwick Potential...

GPS signal being precisely jammed in northern Norway by Russian military 30+ miles across the border. Image: Norwegian Communications Authority   Blog Editor's Note: Slides from Dr. McCall's 2017 presentation "Assured PNT For the United States" to the US National...

Image:US Army Blog Editor's Note: One of the best ways to improve user PNT resilience is to simultaneously access signals that are as far apart on the radio spectrum as possible. The idea is that something that would interfere with one frequency would be very unlikely...

Image: AirServicesAustralia.com   Blog Editor's Note: This seems to be another example of a federal agency that has turned to cheap, but very vulnerable GPS-based solutions to the detriment of the overall health and efficiency of the larger system and the nation....

Blog Editor's Note: The author is the President of the RNT Foundation. DOT holds first GPS backup technology demonstration Est. reading time: 3 minutes March 16, 2020  - By Dana Goward Notes from DoT GPS Backup Demos – Part I Government officials, advisers, and...

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Image: Regulus Blog Editor's Note: The below is reproduced from a LInkedin post. Interesting tidbit about help available if you are having difficulty spoofing GNSS signals.  Good to know, but we probably won't be calling anytime soon. Full disclosure - Regulus Cyber...

Image: One Photo/Shutterstock.com Blog Editor's Note: The author of this article is the President of the RNT Foundation. Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Order Welcomed with Mixed Reactions By Dana A. Goward, President, Resilient Navigation and Timing...

Image UMass.org   RNTF Report A fact sheet from the Army Research Laboratory outlines a basic research project to overcome the inherent vulnerabilities and liabilities of GPS. Rather than trying to improve on existing radio frequency technology, the effort is...

Image: Geely Holding Company Blog Editor's Note: We have previously admired China's multi-source, "comprehensive" approach to ensuring PNT services for all. The below article indicates that the LEO PNT portion of this architecture will be provided by a commercial...

Image: National Interest Blog Editor's Note:  Some may see the information in this article about Russia's interference with GPS as greatly understated. It does raise a number of interesting points worth consideration, though. Some details that we don't often see...

Image Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Kimberly D. Calkins, ANG Blog Editor's Note: Over-reliance on space is not a problem unique to the PNT world, as the below article shows.  Several interesting points in the article that show common issues between the PNT and communications...

RNT Foundation Report The US Coast Guard Navigation Center received thirty-nine reports of suspected GPS interference during the five-month period from the first of August 2019, to the end of January 2020. While these were certainly the smallest fraction of problems...

Image: Wikimedia Commons Blog Editor's Note: The author of this piece is the President of the RNT Foundation. PNT Executive Order helpful, but delays market solutions February 20, 2020  - By Dana Goward On Feb. 12, the White House released an “Executive Order on...

Blog Editor's Note:  We first caught wind of this project in November at the Edinburgh International Navigation Conference. Apparently this great initiative has been in the works for some time, but it's announcement has been delayed as the UK government has been...

Image: Jamming During 2018 Trident Juncture - Norway Foreign Intelligence Service Blog Editor's Note: This is an interesting article for a number of reasons. One is that it is the first report we have seen of spoofing, in addition to jamming, in northern Norway. Also...

RNT Foundation Report Innovation Beyond GNSS – US DOT Speaking at a European symposium last month, the US Department of Transportation official responsible for civil positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) issues discussed how her organization was striving to both...

Image: MQ-9_Reaper U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway   Blog Editor's Note: The author of the below article is the President of the RNT Foundation. Report: DoD drone spoofed GPS on small aircraft February 12, 2020  - By Dana Goward A small aircraft’s encounter...

Image: DoD photo, PHC C.M. Fitzpatrick Blog Editor's Note: While it is always good to highlight the importance of PNT resilience, yesterday's Executive Order did little else. Almost all the mandated actions are studies, though we have had enough studies and know...

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...