DSB recommends military use of commercial PNT systems

By Theresa Maher / August 12, 2024 at 4:19 PM
A Defense Science Board task force is recommending the Pentagon try to leverage commercial markets to rapidly scale and lower the cost of position, navigation and timing systems for military use, according to an executive summary of the advisory panel’s latest report. Pentagon technology chief Heidi Shyu commissioned the study on Position, Navigation and Timing Control in January , calling for the DSB to evaluate the use of commercial navigation signals for potential military operations. While the full final report...

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