NIST Seeking "Views on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity" We were very disappointed last year when we attended a presentation by NIST on its “Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity." Not once was the importance of...

DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones Defense One DECEMBER 17, 2015 BY PATRICK TUCKER The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price. The drug cartels aren’t just...

The recent Volcker Alliance paper "Vision + Action = Faithful Execution - Why Government Daydreams and How to Stop the Cascade of Breakdowns that Now Haunts It" should be a wake-up call for anyone who cares about America. It documents the increasing rate of major...

In letters dated the 8th of December, Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Robert Work and Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Victor Mendez informed five members of Congress that the administration is working on a "near-term solution" to address...

Dennis Bryant Bryant’s Maritime Blog – 8 December 2015 In an unpublished decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint against various manufacturers and sellers of global...

France and Norway remain resolute in their determination to surrender their national sovereignty and increase their exposure to attacks on critical infrastructure from criminals and terrorists with easily obtainable $300 devices. Time and locations services from...

"U.S. critical infrastructure sectors are increasingly at risk from a growing dependency on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for space-based position, navigation, and timing (PNT)." So begins the US Department of Homeland Security's 2012 "Risks to US Critical...

GPS World, On-Line Edition November 2015 A short article on broadcast times and the nature of the research.

FCW.com By Sean Lyngaas Nov 16, 2015 Quote of Note: Adversaries seek "to manipulate the information that we see so it's hard to determine the integrity of that," Crall said. "That is the most dangerous course of action because when you're looking at position,...

GNSS jamming is a significant problem in Europe and is getting worse, according to Pieter De-Smet, Policy Officer at the European Commission. In a presentation to the US national PNT Advisory Board meeting in Boulder, Colorado yesterday, De-Smet said that the EU's...

The below article provides another example of the importance of time and hence the need for multiple, independent, secure and resilient sources. As a side note - one of RNTF's biggest supporters first became interested in us because he was looking for an independent...

The US Secretary of Defense has announced he wants to “unplug the military from GPS.” The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) website says that “Military use of GPS has evolved from a strategic advantage… to a vulnerability.” Taking this to heart, the US...

The GLA are investigating the potential transition of UK/European eLoran services to a fully commercial operation. The General Lighthouse Authorities are seeking a viable solution which could provide eLoran as a sustainable and cost-effective backup system for GPS -...

Seeing stars, again: Naval Academy reinstates celestial navigation By Tim Prudente Capitol Gazette 12 October 2015 The same techniques guided ancient Polynesians in the open Pacific and led Sir Ernest Shackleton to remote Antarctica, then oriented astronauts when the...

The annual ITSF Conference is coming up from 2 to 5 November in Edinburgh, UK. This year's program includes numerous discussions of threats, vulnerabilities, and what companies can do about them.

World renown GPS and resiliency expert Logan Scott will be leading a free webinar this week. This event will be of great interest to all RNTF members and others who follow PNT issues. Here's the details and a link to register October 15, 2015 | 1400-1500 EDT...

We were very glad to see the announcement this week that DARPA had awarded a contract to Rockwell Collins to develop technologies that could serve as backups for the military's GPS system. Last year DARPA had posted on its site that military use of GPS had "...evolved...

By Richard Tomkins, UPI Sept. 21, 2015 Rockwell Collins has been contracted by U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to research and develop technologies for systems that could be used as backups to GPS. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Technologies that...

New York University - International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP) When: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 11:00 A.M. (Eastern Time) Join this discussion on The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), with a look at how it works and its many applications....

Your doctor probably won’t be able to hear your heartbeat if there is a heavy metal band playing in the next office. That’s the problem with transmitting on frequencies near GPS. All GPS and GNSS signals are so very, very faint, and receivers have to be so very, very...

Earlier this week five members of Congress wrote to the deputy secretaries of the US departments of Transportation and Defense urging them to “…immediately address the issue of GPS vulnerability by establishing a national backup capability coordinated by a single...

This is the second in a series of posts that summarize interviews with important PNT users. Today’s is from a conversation with Mr. Joe Rolli of Harris, Inc. on the capabilities of one of their latest products, Signal Sentry 1000. [Editor’s Note: This interview was...

94% of responses to the US Department of Transportation “Request for Comment” on its eLoran proposal were in favor of establishing the system as a complement and backup for GPS. Notably the GPS Innovation Alliance, an industry group, was in favor of establishing the...