The FCC is considering alternatives to the Global Positioning System (GPS) due to growing security concerns over reliance on this single navigation technology. Chairman Brendan Carr stresses the need for redundant Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems to ensure national security and economic stability. This initiative comes amid rising incidents of GPS spoofing, which misleads users’ locations. While GPS remains the most relied upon system, alternatives like Galileo, Glonass, and Beidou provide other global navigation options. The FCC's decision on whether to investigate these alternatives will be finalized at the end of the month.
The FCC aims to explore alternatives to GPS systems due to security vulnerabilities arising from dependence on a single technology for positioning, navigation, and timing.
Chairman Brendan Carr emphasizes the importance of developing redundant Positioning, Navigation, and Timing technologies to mitigate risks to the national economy and security.
Collection
[
|
...
]