position navigation and timing (PNT) Archives

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position navigation and timing (PNT)

Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Englehardt, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the operations section for the 142nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, which is deployed to support 1st Theater Sustainment Command, gauges wind speed near the Camp Buehring, Kuwait, drop zone for the April 22, 2021 air drop of four bundles using the Joint Precision Air Delivery System, JPADS. Englehardt said JPADS uses the Modular Autonomous Guidance Unit, or MAGU, to manipulate the the parafoil’s rigging to steer it using GPS to reach its programmed coordinates. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Neil W. McCabe)

Pentagon alters oversight of PNT enterprise in new guidance

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed off on an update to how the Pentagon oversees its positioning, navigation and timing enterprise.

Apr 26, 2023 By Jon Harper

General Dynamics pitching new tech to bolster the Army’s resilience against GPS jamming and spoofing

General Dynamics Mission Systems is now proposing a family of systems that it says would better protect position, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities from adversary attacks.

Mar 28, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Marine Corps combat engineers attached to Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), utilize a GPS during an Instrument Set, Reconnaissance and Surveying (ENFIRE) class aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the Philippine Sea, July 6, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

Pentagon CIO places high priority on developing GPS alternatives with growing threat of great power conflict

The events that have unfolded over the last year in Ukraine have shown the need to accelerate the fielding of new technologies like GPS alternatives and other…

Mar 21, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

A U.S. Army Multi Domain Task Force operates from the Tactical Command Post as a part of their premier appearance at Valiant Shield 2018 Sept. 20, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Danica M. Sirmans)

Next phase of Army EW planning tool to focus on GPS denied environments

The next phase for the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool will focus on positioning, navigation and timing.

Aug 18, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Watchdog dings Defense Department’s alternative PNT programs for incomplete business cases

The lack of a full business case for alternative precision navigation and timing programs could lead to trouble down the road, the GAO is warning.

Aug 9, 2022 By Jon Harper

U.S. Marines review how to make nine-line calls on a radio during a communications exercise at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 17, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kindo Go)

Marine Corps outlines priorities for improving tactical data and communications capabilities

Marine Corps Systems Command has several priorities for improving how Marines talk and pass data at the tactical edge in the next two years.

May 19, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Artist’s concept for NTS-3 in geostationary orbit (1st Lt. Jacob Lutz)

Air Force Research Lab to conduct more than 100 experiments with new navigation satellite

The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) initiative comes at a time when GPS satellites, which the U.S. military, private sector and the average citizen depend on, are at…

Apr 7, 2022 By Jon Harper