Dana A. Goward
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Dana A. Goward
@GPSBackup
President, Resilient Navigation & Timing Foundation. Tweets about #GPS #GNSS #PNT #Galileo #Jamming #Spoofing #Navigation #Government #TimeSync
Katılım Ocak 2015
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China built a resilient PNT triad — satellites, towers, and fiber — while India's #NavIC falters. The #PNT gap between these two neighbors has real strategic consequences.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/19/chi…
#GPS #China
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Finland is moving to criminalize #jammer possession — not just use — closing the enforcement gap that lets #jamming devices slip through the law.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/18/fin…
#GPS #GNSS #PNT #CriticalInfrastructure
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New research confirms fusing #eLoran with BeiDou significantly improves positioning when satellite visibility is limited — as ESA advances international eLoran standardization.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/14/eur…
#PNT #GNSS #Resilience
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The UK is investing £180M in a National Timing Centre — atomic clocks, fibre, and #eLoran — so critical infrastructure keeps running when #GNSS fails.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/11/uk-…
#PNT #Resilience #CriticalInfrastructure
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Climate change is shrinking how many satellites can safely orbit Earth — researchers say #LEO capacity could be cut in half by 2100, putting #GPS and all space-based #PNT at greater risk.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/10/sor…
#SpaceDebris #GNSS
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The first thing to fail when #GPS goes dark may not be timing — transportation collapses instantly, with zero hold-over. Are we focused on the right risks?
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/08/if-…
#PNT #CriticalInfrastructure #Resilience
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A maritime expert warns #GNSS interference has already caused ship collisions, groundings & deaths — and shipping is sleepwalking toward an Exxon Valdez-scale disaster.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/06/shi…
#GPS #Spoofing #MaritimeSafety
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U.S. #CriticalInfrastructure isn't fragile because it's poorly built — it's fragile because we've never mapped how dependencies cascade under stress, argues a former DHS official now with the Aerospace Corporation.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/05/inf…
#PNT #Resilience #NationalSecurity
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The Vice Chief of Space Operations headlines next month's Assured PNT Summit, April 7–8 in D.C. — government employees attend free.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/04/ass…
#PNT #GPS #SpaceForce #AssuredPNT
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Iran's #GPS jamming has disrupted 1100+ ships in the Gulf since Feb 28 — helping bring Strait of Hormuz traffic to a near halt and driving up oil prices worldwide.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/03/att…
#PNT #Jamming #Iran #CriticalInfrastructure
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Canada's space sector warns losing #GPS access could cost $1B/day — and with the U.S. now seen as an unreliable partner, the push for sovereign #PNT is accelerating.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/02/the…
#NationalSecurity #Resilience
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No one is responsible for ensuring #GPS signals are properly received or backed up — and adversaries know it. A new SpaceNews opinion argues the fix requires layered #PNT architecture, not better satellites.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/03/01/why…
#Jamming #Spoofing
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Former NSC advisers call #GPS "a single point of failure for America" — RNTF experts bring that case to a conservative policy audience on AEI's Explain to Shane podcast.
🔗 link.rntfnd.org/i1s
#PNT #CriticalInfrastructure #NationalSecurity
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25 years of studies, presidential mandates, and repeated warnings — yet U.S. #PNT resilience policy remains stalled. RNTF President Goward names the 7 myths driving the inaction.
🔗 link.rntfnd.org/ukw
#GPS #GNSS #CriticalInfrastructure
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Space Force's Project Hecate is designing a post-2040 multi-orbit #PNT network to keep #GPS survivable — but the entire effort is space-based, leaving open questions about terrestrial and quantum alternatives.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/02/26/pro…
#SpaceForce #Resilience #GNSS
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The FCC may be preparing rules that hand a coveted #GPS backup spectrum band to one company — despite DoT having tested 29 #PNT alternatives since 2020 in a competitive marketplace.
🔗 rntfnd.org/2026/02/24/a-c…
#SpectrumPolicy #CriticalInfrastructure
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