Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)

Abstract

Network Enabling Functions (Assured PNT). Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) will provide the Army's ground maneuver forces access to trusted PNT information under conditions where space-based PNT Global Positioning System (GPS) may be limited or denied. Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memo (JROCM) 049-10, dated 05 Apr 2010, approved the Positioning, Navigation and Timing Assurance Initial Capabilities Document and designated the Army as the Lead Component for Assured PNT. The Material Development Decision (MDD) was approved on 30 Jul 2013. The Assured PNT draft Capabilities Development Document was validated by the Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) on 28 Jul 2014. The Assured PNT Cross Functional Team is drafting individual Capability Development Documents for each product. PNT is a critical enabler of many Army systems. The current GPS capability is a fixed frequency system vulnerable to current and emerging threats, and field conditions (e.g. urban, dense vegetation), which means Warfighter assured access and integrity to PNT is not guaranteed. This situation degrades mission performance to an unacceptable level. Therefore, current Army systems cannot operate at the required PNT Assurance Levels with GPS alone. Assured PNT consists of one project (ED5) Assured PNT and four separate and interdependent PNT products; (EH8) Dismounted A-PNT System, (EH9) Pseudolite, (EJ2) Mounted A-PNT System (MAPS), and (EJ3) Anti-Jam Antenna System (AJAS). These interdependent PNT products assure access to and integrity of PNT information. Each product provides a degree of standalone capability that can be leveraged across the solutions and enterprise enablers to raise the capabilities in all environments and across all formations and warfighting functions. Project Manager (PM) PNT manages these four products (Dismounted A-PNT System, Pseudolite, Mounted A-PNT System (MAPS), and AJAS) constructed to develop, test, field, and sustain the A-PNT materiel solution.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
0604120A_4_2040_PB_2020
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2018 congressional marks of $23.679 million and $1.321 million due to contract delays.
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Command And Control
  • Cost Analysis
  • Emerging Threats
  • Engineering
  • Field Conditions
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Navigation
  • Product Development
  • Project Management
  • Radio Navigation
  • Software Assurance
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • Space Based
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space

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