New GPS/eLoran Bill in Congress

Photo Credit: Architect of the Capitol Yesterday, a bi-partisan group of legislators led by Congressman John Garamendi (D, CA) introduced a bill that would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a backup for the Global Positioning System (GPS). Called the...

Caring For PNT

This month “Coordinates” magazine published an RNT Foundation paper presented at the 2014 European Navigation Conference in Rotterdam. The paper discusses ways that nations and companies must think about and care for the PNT systems that are so important to their...

DARPA – “GPS Use by Military a Vulnerability”

The Strategic Technology Office at the US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has six focus areas it is currently working on – one of which is Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT). Describing the PNT problem on their website, DARPA says: The U.S....

US DOD “Triples Down” on Assured PNT

Russian Military Jamming Vehicle, Belspetsvneshtechnika Photo An alert RNT Foundation member recently noticed that the US Department of Defense is requesting three times the funds for “Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)” research and testing for next...