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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND
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Notice of Request for Information on
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Resilience
Office of Science & Technology
Policy (OSTP).
ACTION: Notice of request for
information (RFI).
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AGENCY:
On behalf of the National
Science and Technology Council’s
(NSTC) Subcommittee on Resilience
Science and Technology (SRST), OSTP
requests input from all interested parties
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on the development of a National
Research and Development Plan for
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
(PNT) Resilience. The plan will focus on
the research and development (R&D)
and pilot testing needed to develop
additional PNT systems and services
that are resilient to interference and
manipulation and that are not
dependent upon global navigation
satellite systems (GNSS). The plan will
also include approaches to integrate and
use multiple PNT services for enhancing
resilience. The input received on these
topics will assist the Subcommittee in
developing recommendations for
prioritization of R&D activities.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before 11:59
p.m. ET on September 9, 2020.
Comments received after this date may
not be considered.
ADDRESSES: Responses should be
submitted via email to PNTresearch@
ostp.eop.gov and include ‘‘RFI
Response: PNT Resilience’’ in the
subject line of the message.
Instructions: Response to this RFI is
voluntary. Respondents need not reply
to all questions listed. For all
submissions, clearly indicate which
questions are being answered. Each
individual or organization is requested
to submit only one response.
Submissions should include the name(s)
of the person(s) or organization(s) filing
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please direct questions to Adam
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Balkcum, OSTP at PNTresearch@
ostp.eop.govor 202–456–4444.
PNT has
become an ‘‘invisible utility’’ that is
integral to and enables a wide array of
applications such as financial
transactions, synchronization of power
networks, and the precision landing
approaches of aircraft. PNT services are
currently provided or augmented by a
number of terrestrial and space-based
systems, with the most notable and
widely used being the Global
Positioning System (GPS). Satellite
platforms, such as GPS, provide global
coverage but at great distances and with
low signal intensity, which can be more
easily interfered with at the local level
by natural phenomena and by
technological means (both intentional
and unintentional). On February 12,
2020, President Trump signed Executive
Order (E.O.) 13905, ‘‘Strengthening
National Resilience Through
Responsible Use of Positioning,
Navigation, and Timing Services,’’ with
the goal of ensuring that the Nation’s
critical infrastructure can withstand
disruption or manipulation of PNT
services. E.O. 13905 directs the
development of a national plan for the
R&D and pilot testing of additional,
robust, and secure PNT services that are
not dependent on GNSS. These
additional services may consist of
multiple systems with varying
functional specifications to satisfy one
or more applications with differing
requirements. To further enhance
infrastructure resilience, the plan will
also consider approaches to integrate
and use multiple PNT services
including GNSS services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Questions To Inform R&D Plan
Development
The SRST seeks a better
understanding of current PNT efforts
and challenges, how PNT services may
be used in the future, and what R&D
activities could be beneficial for
improving overall system resilience. In
responding to the questions below,
please consider the priority PNT R&D
needs specifically directed towards
developing resilient, non-GNSS
dependent services and equipment, and
the role of the Federal government in
executing or encouraging the
appropriate R&D activities. Resilience is
desired in the overall system, which
includes sources of PNT, distribution
means, augmentation methods, and user
equipment. Resilient systems have
protections, mitigations, and responses
that allow for continued proper system
functioning or recovery within an
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acceptable time period during major
disruptions.
1. (a) How will PNT services be used
over the next ten years? (b) What values
for precision and integrity for non-GNSS
dependent systems over the same
timeframe will support assured PNT
services and why? (c) Similarly, what
level of synchronization to Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC) is anticipated to
be needed?
2. What may affect or prevent the
adoption, integration, and operation of
resilient PNT services and equipment?
3. (a) What system architectures or
concepts could be conducive for PNT
system resilience? (b) What features or
capabilities in equipment or systems
could provide effective protections or
mitigations against interference or
manipulation? (c) Which principles of
cybersecurity may be leveraged to
achieve this? (d) What challenges may
occur in integrating and using multiple
PNT services within user equipment?
4. What R&D activities are currently
being conducted, or planned, to develop
non-GNSS dependent PNT services or
equipment, or to improve the resilience
of PNT services or equipment?
5. (a) What knowledge or capability
gaps currently exist that, if filled, could
contribute to improving resilience? (b)
What R&D activities are best suited to
help fill these gaps? (c) What role does
the Federal government have to
encourage and collaborate on these
activities?
6. What additional information or
suggestions could help inform the
development of the R&D plan?
Thank you for taking the time to
respond to this Request for Information.
We appreciate your input.
Dated: August 3, 2020.
Sean Bonyun,
Chief of Staff, The White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy.
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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Notice of Request for Information on Positioning, Navigation, and
Timing Resilience
AGENCY: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP).
ACTION: Notice of request for information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council's
(NSTC) Subcommittee on Resilience Science and Technology (SRST), OSTP
requests input from all interested parties on the development of a
National Research and Development Plan for Positioning, Navigation, and
Timing (PNT) Resilience. The plan will focus on the research and
development (R&D) and pilot testing needed to develop additional PNT
systems and services that are resilient to interference and
manipulation and that are not dependent upon global navigation
satellite systems (GNSS). The plan will also include approaches to
integrate and use multiple PNT services for enhancing resilience. The
input received on these topics will assist the Subcommittee in
developing recommendations for prioritization of R&D activities.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
11:59 p.m. ET on September 9, 2020. Comments received after this date
may not be considered.
ADDRESSES: Responses should be submitted via email to
[email protected] and include ``RFI Response: PNT Resilience''
in the subject line of the message.
Instructions: Response to this RFI is voluntary. Respondents need
not reply to all questions listed. For all submissions, clearly
indicate which questions are being answered. Each individual or
organization is requested to submit only one response. Submissions
should include the name(s) of the person(s) or organization(s) filing
the comment. No other personally identifiable information, business
proprietary information, or copyrighted information should be included.
Submissions should not exceed 10 pages in length using 12 point or
larger font and should be in plain text, Microsoft Word, or Adobe PDF
format. Submissions that cite references, studies, research, and other
empirical data that are not widely published should include copies of,
or electronic links to, the referenced materials.
In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.201(e), ``RFIs
may be used when the Government does not presently intend to award a
contract, but wants to obtain price, delivery, other market
information, or capabilities for planning purposes. Responses to these
notices are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form
a binding contract.'' Additionally, the Federal Government will not pay
for response preparation or the use of any information contained in the
response. Submissions are subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
disclosure and may be posted, without change, on a Federal website.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct questions to Adam
Balkcum, OSTP at [email protected]or 202-456-4444.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PNT has become an ``invisible utility'' that
is integral to and enables a wide array of applications such as
financial transactions, synchronization of power networks, and the
precision landing approaches of aircraft. PNT services are currently
provided or augmented by a number of terrestrial and space-based
systems, with the most notable and widely used being the Global
Positioning System (GPS). Satellite platforms, such as GPS, provide
global coverage but at great distances and with low signal intensity,
which can be more easily interfered with at the local level by natural
phenomena and by technological means (both intentional and
unintentional). On February 12, 2020, President Trump signed Executive
Order (E.O.) 13905, ``Strengthening National Resilience Through
Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services,'' with
the goal of ensuring that the Nation's critical infrastructure can
withstand disruption or manipulation of PNT services. E.O. 13905
directs the development of a national plan for the R&D and pilot
testing of additional, robust, and secure PNT services that are not
dependent on GNSS. These additional services may consist of multiple
systems with varying functional specifications to satisfy one or more
applications with differing requirements. To further enhance
infrastructure resilience, the plan will also consider approaches to
integrate and use multiple PNT services including GNSS services.
Questions To Inform R&D Plan Development
The SRST seeks a better understanding of current PNT efforts and
challenges, how PNT services may be used in the future, and what R&D
activities could be beneficial for improving overall system resilience.
In responding to the questions below, please consider the priority PNT
R&D needs specifically directed towards developing resilient, non-GNSS
dependent services and equipment, and the role of the Federal
government in executing or encouraging the appropriate R&D activities.
Resilience is desired in the overall system, which includes sources of
PNT, distribution means, augmentation methods, and user equipment.
Resilient systems have protections, mitigations, and responses that
allow for continued proper system functioning or recovery within an
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acceptable time period during major disruptions.
1. (a) How will PNT services be used over the next ten years? (b)
What values for precision and integrity for non-GNSS dependent systems
over the same timeframe will support assured PNT services and why? (c)
Similarly, what level of synchronization to Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC) is anticipated to be needed?
2. What may affect or prevent the adoption, integration, and
operation of resilient PNT services and equipment?
3. (a) What system architectures or concepts could be conducive for
PNT system resilience? (b) What features or capabilities in equipment
or systems could provide effective protections or mitigations against
interference or manipulation? (c) Which principles of cybersecurity may
be leveraged to achieve this? (d) What challenges may occur in
integrating and using multiple PNT services within user equipment?
4. What R&D activities are currently being conducted, or planned,
to develop non-GNSS dependent PNT services or equipment, or to improve
the resilience of PNT services or equipment?
5. (a) What knowledge or capability gaps currently exist that, if
filled, could contribute to improving resilience? (b) What R&D
activities are best suited to help fill these gaps? (c) What role does
the Federal government have to encourage and collaborate on these
activities?
6. What additional information or suggestions could help inform the
development of the R&D plan?
Thank you for taking the time to respond to this Request for
Information. We appreciate your input.
Dated: August 3, 2020.
Sean Bonyun,
Chief of Staff, The White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy.
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