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Dana A. Goward
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President, Resilient Navigation & Timing Foundation - Speaking Up for GPS/GNSS Users - Learn More: https://rntfnd.org/
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New step toward global #eLoran cooperation — South Korea hosted U.K. & France to align on standards & policy for GPS backup systems.

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#PNT #GPS #Cybersecurity #Infrastructure
S. Korea leads meeting with U.K. and France on eLoran - RNTF
Image: Copilot AI What's new: A South Korean government press release about a two day meeting with the U.K. and France. Among the discussion items were:
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November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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China now operates 3 commercial LEO #PNT systems — CENTISPACE, GeeSAT & SatNet — strengthening its already broad PNT infrastructure including eLoran & fiber timing.

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#China #GPS #GNSS #Cybersecurity #CriticalInfrastructure
China's 3 Commercial LEO PNT Services as of Nov 2025 - RNTF
image: Shutterstock What's new: An update on China's commercial LEO PNT efforts from a good friend of the RNT Foundation. References: CENTISPACE:
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November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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The EU continues to diversify its PNT architecture — exploring LEO comms as a complement to GNSS under a new “Fused PNT” study. Redundancy = resilience.
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#PNT #GNSS #LEO #Galileo #Infrastructure #EU
EU "Fused PNT" = GNSS + LEO Comms (new tender) - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: The EU has released a tender for a study on the feasibility of using LEO communications satellites for "complementary"
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November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Serious GPS spoofing near Delhi Airport exposed vulnerabilities in aviation navigation. When ILS systems are down, reliance on GPS alone can put safety at risk.

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#GPS #PNT #Spoofing #Aviation #India #GNSS
GPS spoofing strikes Delhi airport: Disruptive signals force flight diversions, pilots warned - MoneyControl - RNTF
Image: GPS Spoofing near Delhi on 5 Nov 2025 displayed on GPS Wise (https://gpswise.aero/) What's new: Significant GPS spoofing and air traffic disruption
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November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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DOT’s 5 new CPNT awards total nearly $5M — a clear sign of continued engagement in advancing resilient PNT technologies. Progress continues, even as adoption challenges remain.

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#CPNT #PNT #GPS #Infrastructure #Resilience #Cybersecurity
5 DOT Awards for CPNT Show Continued Engagement, But Challenges Remain - Inside GNSS - RNTF
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:
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November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Resilient #PNT is key to #GoldenDome’s success. NSSA’s new paper warns: GPS alone can’t support defense or infrastructure without backup systems.

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#GPS #GNSS #Cybersecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #NSSA
Resilient PNT is Vital for Golden Dome Success - NSSA - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: A paper by the National Security Space Association. Why it's important: Reliable systems need reliable (and resilient)
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November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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“If GPS fails, national security is at risk.” NDIA’s latest podcast features RNTF President Dana Goward on why resilient PNT is essential to U.S. defense readiness.

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#GPS #PNT #GNSS #Cybersecurity #NationalSecurity
If GPS Fails, National Security is at Risk - NDIA Podcast - RNTF
Image: NDIA What's new: A podcast by the National Defense Industrial Association's (NDIA) Emerging Technologies Institute. Why it's important: NDIA has
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October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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When GPS jamming becomes part of a video game, it’s more than realism — it’s recognition.

Aviation interference is now so common that even Microsoft Flight Simulator includes it.

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#PNT #GPS #Aviation #Jamming #Spoofing #Training
Microsoft Flight Simulator Game Features Enhanced GPS Jamming (and spoofing!) - Inside GNSS - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: Jamming and spoofing are so common in commercial aviation they have been incorporated into video games. Why it's
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October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Poland is pushing back on chronic GNSS jamming & spoofing traced to Russia’s Kaliningrad. New partnerships—like GPSPATRON & Gdynia Maritime University—aim to strengthen national resilience.

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#Poland #PNT #GPS #GNSS #Russia #Jamming #Spoofing #Resilience
Poland Pushing Back: Initiatives Tackling GNSS Jamming and Spoofing - Inside GNSS - RNTF
Image: GPSPATRON What's new: Lots of activity in Poland assessing the chronic GNSS interference from Russia and looking at countermeasures. The
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October 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Cyberattacks on national timing systems?

China accuses the U.S. of breaching its time center — a reminder that time is as strategic as territory.

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#China #PNT #Timing #Cybersecurity #GPS #CriticalInfrastructure
China accuses US of cyber breaches at national time centre - Reuters - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: An assertion of time warfare by the U.S. against the Chinese. Why it's important: Time and timing are fundamental to all
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October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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U.S. DOT awards 5 contracts (~$5M) to advance complementary $PNT tech — keeping the U.S. “in the CPNT game.” Awardees include NAB, Iridium, UrsaNav, Viavi, and MerlinTPS — four of which are proud RNTF members.

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#GPS #Resilience #eLoran #LEO #GEO #Infrastructure
U.S. DOT awards 5 contracts (~$5M) to advance complementary $PNT tech — keeping the U.S. “in the CPNT game.” Awardees include NAB, Iridium, UrsaNav, Viavi, and MerlinTPS — four of which are proud RNTF members. vist.ly/4buvv #GPS #Resilience #eLoran #LEO #GEO #Infrastructure
U.S. DOT awards 5 contracts (~$5M) to advance complementary $PNT tech — keeping the U.S. “in the CPNT game.” Awardees include NAB, Iridium, UrsaNav, Viavi, and MerlinTPS — four of which are proud RNTF members. vist.ly/4buvv #GPS #Resilience #eLoran #LEO #GEO #Infrastructure
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October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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China’s BeiDou is more than a GPS alternative — it’s a tool of influence.

Through new partnerships in the Middle East, Beijing is expanding its PNT footprint while the U.S. risks losing ground.

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#China #BeiDou #GPS #PNT #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #Space
China’s Push for Satellite Cooperation in the Middle East - Washington Institute - RNTF
Image: Copilot AI What's new: An article that highlights: How PNT is a tool in great power competition. In this case the new more capable BeiDou vs the
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October 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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When GPS fails, will troops know where they are?

Finnish forces are retraining with paper maps & compasses to prepare for GPS-denied battlefields.

Resilience starts with redundancy.

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#PNT #Finland #GPS #GNSS #Jamming #Spoofing #EW
Finnish troops turn to paper maps amid GPS warfare concerns - Helsinki Times - RNTF
Image: Copilot AI What's new: Another report about military forces training for GPS/GNSS denied environments. This example from earlier this year is
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October 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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“Blind NATO.” That’s how Russian media once described their ability to take down #GPS. #EW attacks in Ukraine show the risk is real. GPS is still a single point of failure for the US and allies. Resilient #PNT is essential.
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#NATO #Russia #Jamming #Spoofing
NATO’s Billion-Dollar Blind Spot: The Overlooked Russian Electronic Warfare Challenge - Frontier India - RNTF
Image: Russian EW truck from ru.mil What's new: Another reminder that in an age of high tech kinetic weapons, electronic warfare can be very powerful. Why
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October 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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The 50 most dangerous space debris pieces—mostly old rocket bodies—cause nearly half of all collision risk. Removing them could prevent a Kessler cascade.

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#SpaceDebris #KesslerSyndrome #SpaceSafety #SpacePolicy #GPS #GNSS #PNT #CriticalInfrastructure
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October 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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SpaceX alone avoided debris 144,000+ times in early 2025. Has low Earth orbit reached the tipping point? The Kessler Syndrome could make space unusable.

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#SpaceDebris #KesslerSyndrome #SpaceSafety #PNT #GNSS #Galileo
Have We Reached a Space-Junk Tipping Point? - IEEE Spectrum - RNTF
Image: European Space Agency What's new: Increased concern about space becoming so filled with debris that it is no longer possible to safely use it, or
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October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Too many #GNSS anomalies, not enough action. Effective #PNT protection demands intelligence fusion — AIS, SAR, HUMINT, OSINT — to make interference data actionable.
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#GPS #Jamming #Spoofing #Cybersecurity
Location Anomalies + Data = Intelligence - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: A post about how detection of GPS / GNSS jamming & spoofing should be combined with other data to create good,
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October 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Europe plans a continent-wide VOR/DME Minimum Operational Network by 2030 to counter GNSS interference in aviation — a major shift back toward resilient ground-based navigation.
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#Aviation #GPS #GNSS #PNT #Galileo #Jamming #Spoofing
Europe establishing VOR & DME MON to combat GNSS interference - Aviation Week Network - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: Europe is working to establish a Europe-wide Minimum Operational Network (MON) of VORs and DMEs by 2030 for aviation in
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October 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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ICAO’s Assembly condemns Russia & DPRK for GNSS jamming/spoofing, calling it a breach of international aviation law. Resolution demands immediate cessation and enhanced monitoring.
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#GNSS #PNT #Jamming #Spoofing #AviationSafety
UN aviation assembly closes with rebuke of Russia over satellite navigation jamming - Reuters - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: The UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) scolds Russia over jamming and spoofing... again. Why it's
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October 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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In response to escalating GPS/GLONASS spoofing and jamming, RMI calls for backup navigation systems, bridge drills, and formal reporting protocols.
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#GNSS #PNT #Jamming #Spoofing #Maritime
In response to escalating GPS/GLONASS spoofing and jamming, RMI calls for backup navigation systems, bridge drills, and formal reporting protocols. vist.ly/4aasw #GNSS #PNT #Jamming #Spoofing #Maritime
In response to escalating GPS/GLONASS spoofing and jamming, RMI calls for backup navigation systems, bridge drills, and formal reporting protocols. vist.ly/4aasw #GNSS #PNT #Jamming #Spoofing #Maritime
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October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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When maritime GNSS signals degrade, safety is at stake. Recent surge in interference in the Middle East is a stark reminder.
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#PNT #GPS #Resilience #Cybersecurity
UKTMO: Increased GNSS interference in the Middle East - Safety4Sea - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: GPS interreference in the Middle East was bad, now its worse. Why its important:  Approx 53,000 ships transit the Persian
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October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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What’s the best PNT? The answer: it depends. Our latest commentary explores how multi-source, hybrid architectures offer resilience in a contested environment.
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#PNT #GPS #Resilience #CriticalInfrastructure
Seeking Advantage - What's the best PNT? (RNTF Commentary) - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock We see A LOT of articles about different PNT systems, services, and techniques in the popular and industry press. Many tout a system
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October 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Qatar has halted ALL maritime activity due to a technical fault in GPS systems — an alarming vulnerability in navigation infrastructure.
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#PNT #GPS #CriticalInfrastructure #Maritime
Qatar halts all maritime activity due "technical fault in the GPS" - Marhaba - RNTF
Image: Shutterstock What's new: The Qatar Ministry of Transport issued a circular temporarily halting all maritime activity for the nation and its waters
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October 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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GPS hasn’t just technical risks—it’s a geopolitical vulnerability.
When shipping lanes, defense, and global trade depend on reliable signals, adversaries gain leverage.
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#PNT #GPS #Geopolitics #Resilience
GPS hasn’t just technical risks—it’s a geopolitical vulnerability. When shipping lanes, defense, and global trade depend on reliable signals, adversaries gain leverage. 🔗 vist.ly/49ncs #PNT #GPS #Geopolitics #Resilience
GPS hasn’t just technical risks—it’s a geopolitical vulnerability. When shipping lanes, defense, and global trade depend on reliable signals, adversaries gain leverage. 🔗 vist.ly/49ncs #PNT #GPS #Geopolitics #Resilience
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October 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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72 days of space-based GPS interference detected over six years — and many align with business hours. That timing hints at a human hand behind the disruptions.
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#PNT #GPS #Cybersecurity #CriticalInfrastructure
More GPS interference from space - "Human-in-the-loop" - RNTF
Image: Co-pilot AI What's new: A paper by Zach Clements and Todd Humphreys detailing 72 days in the last six years when interference with GPS L1 signals
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October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM