GPS
SIA, Bull Moose Project Clash over Alleged China Links in GPS Backup Debate
A security trade association is denying claims of Chinese ties in the GPS backup fight
Public Safety
Bull Moose Project Warns U.S. Risks Falling Behind China Without 5G-Based GPS Backup
The report also urges the U.S. to adopt a 'layered' positioning system
Infrastructure
Experts Discuss the Importance of Satellite and Terrestrial Infrastructure for Resilience
A robust positioning, navigation and timing network could help America discourage attacks.
Expert Opinion
Aileen Ryan: The FCC Must Protect America’s Supply Chains Running on RFID
RAIN RFID is a form of Radio Frequency Identification
Spectrum
GPS Vulnerabilities Prompt Industry Push for Backup Systems
The FCC is exploring terrestrial and space-based alternatives that could serve as backups when GPS fails.
Satellite
SpaceX Accelerates GPS Satellite Launch, Aims to Boost Navigation Systems
The latest GPS III satellite enhances positioning accuracy and modernizes aging GPS constellation.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on May 28, 2025 – Understanding Global Positioning
What challenges and opportunities do alternatives to GPS present? What might a more diversified PNT landscape look like in practice?
Expert Opinion
PNT Resilience, Not Rhetoric: A National Security Vulnerability We Can Fix Together
NextNav already holds extensive spectrum licenses in the Lower 900 MHz band.
Expert Opinion
Meeting A National Security Challenge: The Race To GPS Resiliency
The lack of a backup to GPS is one of the U.S.’s biggest national security risks.
FCC
Carr Calls For Backup Alternatives to GPS
Agency looking for ways to reduce risks to national security
PNT
Positioning Navigation and Timing Executives Want More Resiliency for GPS
Telecommunications industry may be vulnerable in the event of PNT sabotage.
Public Safety
FCC’s Simington Raises GPS Security Concerns
Simington urged the FCC to address security risks tied to foreign GPS alternatives.
Expert Opinion
GPS Does Need a Backup, Terrestrial Is the Answer – But Which Terrestrial?
A key effort to protecting America, and GPS by making it a much less attractive target, is to establish a terrestrial backup system.
Expert Opinion
GPS Needs a Backup, Terrestrial PNT Is the Answer
The FCC issued a public notice to seek comment on rearranging the spectrum in the Lower 900 MegaHertz band.
