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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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5 DOT Awards for CPNT Show Continued Engagement, But Challenges Remain – Inside GNSS
Image: RNT Foundation What's new: An article about the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) actions on complementary PNT (CPNT). Why it's important: DOT is continuing to act as best they can and are allowed by the Office of Management and Budget The most they are...
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...
GPS saves 190 airline passengers – Daily Mail
Image: Shutterstock What's new: A report that GPS-enabled terrain warning saved the lives of 190 airline passengers on the 2nd of February. Why it's important: This incident shows how important these safety systems are, and the criticality of them working properly....
Recent US Navy collisions at sea – GPS spoofing/cyber issue? – Update 17 March 2025
Image: Aftermath of collision between Portuguese-flagged container ship Solong and oil tanker Stena Immaculate chartered to U.S. Navy. Source - social media via CNN UPDATE: An AIS reconstruction of the Solong/Stena Immaculate collision seems to show no GPS spoofing or...
