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What is PNT?

 

Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) allows users to accurately determine their location, as well as guide them from one location to another, based on a defined time standard. PNT is provided by the following technologies:
·         Space Based (e.g., GPS, GLONASS),
·         Terrestrial (e.g., VOR, DME) and,
·         Autonomous (e.g., inertial navigation systems, clocks).
If you would like to participate in this cluster by posting your research and commenting on the work of others, please click here to register.

 
 
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Challenges & Capability Gaps

 
 

National PNT Architecture

 

To address these Capability Gaps, a National PNT Architecture and the resulting Implementation Plan were created to provide more effective and efficient PNT capabilities focused on the 2025 timeframe.
 

Shared Research (Click Here to See More...)

 
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RIN NAV 10 APNT Paper - Final.pdf
  
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Support of The System Test and Analysis Program for The Nationwide DGPS Phase II.pdf
  
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Support of The System Test and Analysis Program for The Nationwide DGPS Phase I.pdf
  
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RIN Nav 10 Symposium 20101202 Final.pdf
  
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2008 Federal Radionavigation Plan.pdf
  
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GPS Civil Monitoring Performance Specification.pdf
  
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GPS SPS Performance Standard.pdf
  
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GPS WAAS Performance Standard.pdf
  
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No presence informationMJ Fiocco010/14/2010 3:13 PM
 

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by Elliott BaskervilleNo presence information		 11/9/2010 2:34 PM
Just launched, the Positioning, Navigation & Timing(PNT) collaboration site is part of DOT/RITA’s initiative to promote information sharing and collaboration among researchers within the PNT community.
 
 

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Publications and Products

 
 

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