Yes, I don't think Mr. Trump came up with the language or even read it. ;-) Not sure where Canada stands on the subject at the moment (I'll enquire), but the U.S. effort might be driven by DoT through its Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) & Spectrum Management division under the Assistant Secretary for Research & Technology. Testing of alternative PNT systems is planned or already underway: https://www.gpsworld.com/gps-backup-demonstration-projects-explained/ -- Richard
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: l...@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://gge.unb.ca/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > On Feb 13, 2020, at 10:14 AM, Seaman, Robert Lewis - (rseaman) > <rsea...@email.arizona.edu> wrote: > > ⚠External message: Use caution. > > Hi Richard, > > Interesting! A few immediate comments / questions: > > 1) Political talk to /dev/null > 2) Whether as executive order or otherwise, language like this obviously > originated with experts. > 3) Does anybody know what agenc(ies) appears to be motivating this? > 4) Are commercial interests involved? > 5) Are similar actions being taken in Canada or other countries? > 6) Is PNT singled out, or are there similar orders for other technologies and > risk profiles? > 7) I don't see "leap second" or terms like "NTP" mentioned here. > > Six months is remarkably aggressive, even notionally, and there's no > definition of what "source of UTC" means, or even "GNSS-independent". Is some > specific technology or even vendor already implied? > > Rob Seaman > University of Arizona > -- > > > On 2/13/20, 6:47 AM, "LEAPSECS on behalf of Richard Langley" > <leapsecs-boun...@leapsecond.com on behalf of l...@unb.ca> wrote: > > "(i) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce > shall make available a GNSS-independent source of Coordinated Universal Time, > to support the needs of critical infrastructure owners and operators, for the > public and private sectors to access." > > > https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-strengthening-national-resilience-responsible-use-positioning-navigation-timing-services/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Richard B. Langley E-mail: l...@unb.ca > | > | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://gge.unb.ca/ > | > | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 > | > | University of New Brunswick > | > | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 > | > | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ > | > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > LEAPSECS mailing list > LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com > https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs > > > _______________________________________________ > LEAPSECS mailing list > LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com > https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
