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What’s new: An op-ed in GPS World by PNT expert Jules McNeff.
Why it’s important:
- It’s an important topic. Especially as our dependence on GPS in the U.S. continues to grow, and threats continue to increase.
- Jules has deep experience and expertise in PNT. He is a person worth listening to and taking seriously.
What else to know:
- The RNT Foundation tries to be technology agnostic. We have encouraged governments to implement technologies that they (the governments) have said they should/would implement. Our main message, though, has always been that governments should stop admiring the problem (so many studies!) and do something to make their countries safer.
- There is no silver bullet, though there are some technologies that have more benefits than others. At least a small number of diverse delivery modes acting together are needed. We have agreed with the government that a combination of signals from space, terrestrial broadcast, and fiber would be a great National Core PNT Architecture. One that would provide basic, utility-level, service to everyone, and provide a framework which existing and future commercial providers of P, N, and/or T could add to, improve and innovate on, and integrate with.
