Positioning Navigation and Timing Executives Want More Resiliency for GPS

Telecommunications industry may be vulnerable in the event of PNT sabotage.

Ari Bertenthal

Dec 5, 2024 — 1 min read

From left: Virginia Tech Professor of Practice David Simpson, Iridium President and CTO Greg Gutt, NextNav Vice President of Government Affairs Ed Mortimer, and Wiley Rein Associate Jillian Quigley

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2024 – Executives in the positioning, navigation and timing space want more resiliency for GPS in order to ensure communications viability.

Virginia Tech’s Professor of Practice David Simpson noted in the Thursday discussion, which included Iridium’s President and Chief Technology Officer Greg Gutt, that the telecommunications industry relies on PNT for wired and wireless technology, the internet of things, and healthcare monitoring. The panel was moderated by Wiley Rein Associate Jillian Quigley.

“PNT is under attack today [by adversarial nations,]” Simpson said. “When we lose PNT, we lose things like the timing [which is] important for communications, or for long haul communications.”

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