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Protect the Frequencies – By preventing interference
Toughen Receivers – With readily available technology
Augment Services – With difficult to disrupt terrestrial signals
What to do? Some recommendations.
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Next CGSIC April 20 & 21 at DOT HQ, Washington, D.C.
Image: Diana Furchtgott-Roth presenting at CGSIC What's new: CGSIC is happening in April!! Why it's important: This is the US government's opportunity to hear from civil GPS users. What else to know: These meetings had been held in conjunction with the Institute of...
The FCC must strengthen GPS resilience – OpEd Washington Examiner
Image: Shutterstock What's new: An Op-Ed on the FCC's PNT inquiry and NextNav's petition from RNT Foundation board member GEN William Shelton, USAF (ret). Why it's important: A number of bad things would happen if the FCC were to grant NextNav's petition: It would be...
How to maximize the resiliency of PNT – Breaking Defense – Opinion
Image: Shutterstock What's new: An Op-Ed about the Defense Department's efforts with resilient PNT. Why it's important: The author makes a number of excellent points about the department's lack of focus and leadership in PNT. What else to know: GAO has said similar...
ICYMI – NIST wants to hear from you on PNT & Cyber
Image: Shutterstock What's new: The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) is asking for comments about how to align its PNT Profile process with its Cybersecurity efforts. Why it's important: A least a couple reasons. First, it is good to have these...
Marking time in the 1200’s
Image: RNT Foundation What's new: While visiting Ragusa, Italy, we discovered a way of marking the hours of the day we had not heard of before - Italic hours which count the number of hours since the last sunset. Why it's important: Timekeeping has been essential to...
