Image: U.S. Space Force/ Ethan Johnson What's New: A discussion of diversity of platforms and uses for GPS and the need for diverse alternatives. Why It's Important: Military, and eventually civil users will need to switch from over-reliance on GPS (a single point of...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Jamming and spoofing being covered by the New York Times. This important topic is getting broader attention. A particularly good point raised in the article is that the GPS tech used in commercial aviation is from decades ago when...

Image: GAO/DOD What's New: A guest blog post by two officers of Cubic Corporation that correctly points out the need for the military to develop and implement non-GPS PNT.  BTW - we prefer to say things like "GPS+" verses "beyond GPS." GPS is going to be part of the...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A new standard from SAE - "Toughening a PNT system with COTS in-line GPS/GNSS Jamming Protection" Why It's Important: Standards can be very effective ways to encourage adoption of beneficial practices. Many engineering organizations...

Image: Aviation Week Network Happy Saturday!  Here is an interesting graphic timeline of more than 50 years of GPS history by Aviation Week. Here's another fun fact. This timeline begins with the launch of Transit in April of 1960, a joint project of DARPA and Johns...

Image: Russian Defense Ministry What's New: An article dealing with two separate and distinct issues. Heavy GNSS jamming and other counter-UAV operations in Ukraine, and development of electric VTOL air taxi service at Tampa's airport. Why It's Important: Though the...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A thoughtful, as usual, opinion piece by Brian Chow. He mentions how folks in Space Force are talking about a Space Pearl Harbor and how to prepare. Why It's Important: Space, especially GPS and space-based PNT, is far more critical to...

Image: GPSPATRON What's New: GPSPATRON has released its report on this year's Jammertest in northern Norway. The event this year focused on not just denial, but deception. Why It's Important: As GPS/GNSS use grows, so do the ways in which malicious actors try to...

What's New: Mr. Kevin Mulvihill has recently been named the Department of Defense Deputy Chief Information Officer for Command, Control, & Communications. Why It's Important: Within the Department of Defense, the Chief Information Officer is "the principal staff...

Image: John Wiseman (@lemonodor) who runs GPSJam.org What's New: Interesting depictions and video of warnings about possible outages for various GPS-enabled aviation traffic and safety systems. Why It's Important: GPS is essential to virtually every technology system...

Above Image: Shutterstock  Katherine Dunn photo by Andrew Neilson What's New: RNT Foundation friend and former Platts and Fortune Magazine reporter Katherine Dunn is under contract to author "Right Here, Right Now." She says it will be a social and political history...

Image: RNT Foundation and Shutterstock What's New: December 17th marks 50 years since GPS was approved as a program. The RNT Foundation is sponsoring a celebration of this anniversary at Houston's South Shore Harbor Resort and Convention Center on the 5th of December....

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A Ukraine-developed GNSS jamming system used for protection primarily against drones. Why It's Important: Navigation warfare - using, denying, spoofing, navigation systems - has become a prominent feature of modern combat. This is...

Image: MS Emily Goward-Redden What's New: An interesting discussion of more resilient u-Blox receivers and eLoran in the context of European PNT needs. Why It's Important: While the EU and US have done some science experiments, the UK is the only western nation we are...

Images: Ukraine Defense Ministry What's New: Another example of how GPS impacts nearly everything and its importance in modern warfare. Why It's Important:  "... a Pole-21 crew has to be very judicious with how it uses its jammer—switching it on only when there are no...

Image: US DOT Volpe Center What's New: Another look at what DOT is doing and a bit of speculation on why and where it is headed. Why It's Important: Understanding the government's motivation and therefore, perhaps, its goals and next steps can be key for companies...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: An interesting take by timing experts Richard Hoptroff and Steve Suarez. Why It's Important: It is always good for folks in the PNT community to remember that most of the world "doesn't get it" when it comes to the dangers of...

Image: RNT Foundation & GPSJam.org What's New: Reports from Romania and aviation sensors demonstrate the breadth and impact of GPS jamming on a country not involved in conflict, but unlucky enough to be in the neighborhood. Why It's Important:  The geographical...

Image: RNT Foundation What's New: The UK government's Council for Science and Technology (CST) provided advice on "Priorities for Strengthening the UK's Sovereign Space Capability." PNT was first on the list and included: "...the UK should develop a spectrum of...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Evidence and reporting about intentional interference with GPS signals as part of Israel's battle with Hezbollah in the north of the country. Why It's Important:  Missiles are a big part of the conflict for both Hezbollah and Hamas....

Image: RNT Foundation What's New: The UK is offering licenses, or at least a license, to broadcast eLoran.  Why It's Important: The UK has resolved to include eLoran as part of its PNT resilience efforts. Having a process for companies to get a broadcast license shows...

Image: ION THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION DECLARES OCTOBER 23 (10.23) “INTERNATIONAL GNSS DAY” The Institute of Navigation proudly proclaims the establishment of “International GNSS Day” on the 23rd of October annually. Manassas Virginia, October 10, 2023 - In...

We are greatly saddened by the passing of RNTF's co-founder and chairman of the board, the Honorable Martin C. Faga. Marty was one of the kindest, most sensible, and finest people I know. His passing will leave an especially large hole. In addition to his levelheaded...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: An announcement by the UK government about what they are going to do advancing PNT and resilience. Why It's Important: The announcement has lots of specifics about both technology and policy. Having the right governance and policy in...

Image: John Hartzell What's New: A WSJ article about challenges to GPS from other systems and how China is using its newer Bei Dou to undermine U.S. influence. Why It's Important: GPS-based PNT has been a powerful force enhancing U.S. status, prestige, and influence...

Image: Industry reps speaking against FCC decision at a press event. Office of Sen. James Inhofe What's New: The most recent chapter in the decades long story of the FCC licensing terrestrial broadcast on frequencies adjacent to space-based GPS signals.  Why It's...

Image: NASA What's New: A brief mention in a Wall Street Journal article titled "The Next Big Solar Storm Could Fry the Grid": "The undersea cables that carry most global internet traffic use fiber optics to transmit data. Those cables don’t carry electricity, but...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: An interview with the Army's lead for assured PNT discussing recent developments. Why It's Important: As the war in Ukraine has shown, GPS is not sufficient for many applications. From the article: “Across the board, GPS isn’t the only...

Image: GPSJam.org What's New: The war between Israel and Hamas has changed the patterns of GPS interference in the Middle East. Yesterday there more interference in Gaza and the West Bank than had been the case a week before It is hard to say if the GPS jamming is by...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Reports of Russian aggression expanding beyond Ukraine.  A  report last week from Romania's top general that Russia is jamming GPS for ships in its waters and increasing the risk of collision A Turkish cargo ship hit a mine off the...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: An article in Forbes by the Executive Chairman of York Space Systems.  It: Praises Space Force's great work and the quality of their folks - yes, we agree. Advocates for a more diverse, hybrid, military/commercial space architecture -...

Image: Humber College What's New: A Humber College (Toronto, Canada) event focusing on using TV broadcasts to complement and backup GPS/ GNSS. Why It's Important: This is one of the first events of its type in Canada that we know of. And, of course, protecting GPS/...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A report "Preparing for the Loss of Positioning and Timing" from the United Kingdom's National Preparedness Commission. "Government must lead."  - Don't you love it when a complex issue discussed in an 18 page report can be summarized...

Image: RNT Foundation What's New: The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a Request for Information (RFI) asking if there are companies interested in providing a commercial eLoran service in the United States. The request goes to some lengths to ensure folks...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: An "operational concept" (Defense Department-speak for "idea") to defend Taiwan with thousands of drones when China comes across the strait to invade. Why It's Important: Taiwan, the U.S. and allies (right now the only confirmed one to...

Image: ESA What's New: Combining the threat of space weather with the threat of collisions causing more debris, causing more collisions, ultimately making space unusable (the Kessler syndrome),  Why It's Important: Creating a dangerous debris layer at low earth orbit:...

Image: OpsGroup What's New: Several sites, including the FAA, are reporting GPS signal spoofing impacting aircraft in Iraq and other nations in the region. One aircraft nearly entered Iranian airspace without permission in a sensitive border area with two missile...

Image: Avionics News What's New: An interesting article by our colleague Dave Hughes about the early days of GPS.  Why It's Important: It showcases How hard it is for organizations and individuals to exercise a little imagination and accept change. The importance of a...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: OK, the issue isn't really "new," but the article makes some good points and has some interesting background/historical info. Why It's Important: As we have seen in Ukraine, many of our "smart weapons" aren't when GPS isn't available....

Image: John Wiseman What's New: John Wiseman on X/Twitter relaying comments from Russian pilots of small aircraft and citizens worried about flying and drones in and around Moscow. Why It's Important:  It seems to show Ukrainian drone attacks are having a...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: The Department of Homeland Security announced a GPS spoofing test event for the fall of next year. They are focusing on owners and operators of critical infrastructure. Why It's Important:  Most previous events have focused on jamming,...

Image: RIN What's New: An update on the impact the David Last Fund is having on students. Professor David was a pillar of the PNT community, founding member of the RNT Foundation, long-time advisor, and a great friend. His passing in 2019 left a permanent gap in the...

Image: US DOT What's New: The US Dept. of Transportation unveiled its new Complementary PNT Action Plan at the CGSIC meeting last week. Among other things it says the government will start purchasing PNT services to protect itself starting in mid-2024.  BTW -  policy...

Image: DHS What's New: RNT Foundation President Dana A. Goward spoke to the President's National Infrastructure Advisory Council today. Why It's Important: Every infrastructure relies on PNT. Yet despite two other Presidential advisory boards/ committees making...

Image: RNT Foundation What's New: The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a Request for Information on "Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)." Why It's Important: Those familiar with the issue all agree that GPS is insufficient for some...

Image: University of Texas Radionavigation Laboratory What's New: The source of GPS/GNSS signal interference can be identified to within 100 meters by satellites in LEO. Why It's Important:  Interference is bad. Messes up all kinds of things (if you didn't know that,...

Image: Shutterstock What's New: The UK's Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) has announced its 2nd Annual PNT Leadership Seminar. RNTF member Mitch Narins has also sent us an RIN whitepaper on Resilient PNT he helped write, and which he says will be discussed at the...

Image: GPSJam.org What's New: Researchers at Virginia Tech provide some insights to the event. These include: It seems to have been two 12 hour events and jamming was intermittent. It is likely the jamming was likely from a directional antenna pointed upward (no/few...

Image: Chinese Academy of Sciences What's New: We did a short post about this last week. The below article discusses more of the tech and strategic aspects of the project. Why It's Important: Time is fundamental to virtually all tech. China is far ahead of the U.S....

Image: Shutterstock What's New: A meditation on the importance of PNT to a nation's ability to control its own destiny. Why It's Important: Nation's usually want to be able to sustain themselves at some level without relying on another country. Would a country really...