All Blogs About Assured PNT

Cybersecurity is a hot topic today. Hackers are always looking to undermine our network connections and we are always trying to protect against them. I’m no cybersecurity expert, but I am often asked, “Can Resilient PNT be used to improve cybersecurity?” Resoundingly, “yes.” Here are a few simple examples.

Whether in the air, on land, or at sea, vehicles will impart shocks and vibrations to their electronics, sometimes severely. In high vibration environments, the system designer must account for induced phase noise which can drastically affect overall performance. This white paper discusses the challenges of keeping low noise signals pure in any environment.

Network time service is not something many businesses think about as a key component of their critical infrastructures. In fact, it is often overlooked entirely, and in error. As a result, the network architect or engineer often defaults to an easy alternative: using a server or network switch as the source of the network clock and synchronizing these sources to Internet time servers using Network Time Protocol (NTP). This white paper discusses the risks of, and alternative solutions to, "NTP Over the Internet."

Maintaining a state of military readiness is a top priority for defense agencies. The ideal approach would deliver a consistent solution that is cost-effective across different platforms, with the ability to provide a compatible, scalable system to all of them. Expensive, inflexible A-PNT solutions will not solve the total problem. To provide affordable A-PNT for every link in the communications chain, a different approach is needed.

To improve performance of your radar system or signal intelligence (SIGINT) receiver, you need a time and frequency reference that can deliver a low phase noise signal. If your mission is signal intelligence gathering, then that means deeper penetration and more intelligence gathered.

More than 2,000 billion Euros of critical infrastructures around the world are directly dependent upon GPS every day – including public and private, aerospace and defense, smart cities, IoT, finance, industry, automotive, ITS, mobility, broadcast and telecom, and Cloud. All benefit from this accurate and trustable PNT service to support their operations.

Learn more about about Resilient PNT, how it applies to defense and what current solutions exist to ensure the integrity of and access to PNT data.