About Dana Goward
Dana Goward is president of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation. He is the proprietor at Maritime Governance LLC. In August 2013, he retired from the federal Senior Executive Service, having served as the maritime navigation authority for the United States. As director of Marine Transportation Systems for the U.S. Coast Guard, he led 12 different navigation-related business lines budgeted at more than $1.3 billion per year. He has represented the U.S. at IMO, IALA, the UN anti-piracy working group and other international forums. A licensed helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, he has also served as a navigator at sea and is a retired Coast Guard Captain.
Posts by Dana Goward
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) is focusing its alternative positioning, navigation and timing (Alt PNT) project on deployable eLoran. Read more»
The University of Alabama, with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), has established a program unlike any other in the country. It focuses on positioning, navigation, timing, and frequency (PNTF) as its own discipline. Read more»
The Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP) Advisory Committee (NAVAC) of the ESA issued a paper titled PNT Vision 2035, providing an interesting overview of the state of PNT and where it will be a decade from now. Read more»
The President’s National Space-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board has warned United States leaders that the nation is highly vulnerable to disruption of GPS services. Read more»
A new report by the National Security Space Association details vulnerabilities in U.S. positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services. The document offers recommendations on how to bolster PNT in the U.S. Read more»
Properly executed, Britain’s policy framework will position it as a global leader in sovereign and resilient PNT. Read more»
In a recently released paper, the respected analytics firm London Economics determined that the presence of backup systems at the Denver and Dallas Fort Worth airports prevented any noticeable impacts on air travel. Read more»
On the morning of May 30, 2024, Benoit Figuet posted on X that 40 aircraft operating into and out of South Korea had been spoofed over the previous 18 hours. Read more»
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