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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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PNT cyber guidance update – NIST wants your input
Image: RNT Foundation What's new: Draft updated PNT cyber guidance from NIST. They are seeking public comment and input. Why it's important: PNT and cyber are well intertwined. PNT is an essential tech infrastructure so protecting it from malicious cyber effects is...
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...
Poll sponsored by NextNav shows low understanding of GPS & PNT issues
Image: Shutterstock What's new: The organization Public Policy Polling surveyed 1,133 registered voters about the need for a backup system for GPS. Despite using a series of VERY leading questions in an attempt to persuade voters of the need, less than half of...
