UK's Terrestrial GNSS Timing Backup Lauded by RNT Foundation
The U.K.'s announcement last week of creation of its National Timing Centre, using a network of terrestrial atomic clocks to provide accurate time signals to first responders and the energy grid without relying on global navigation satellite system (GNSS) timing…
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signals, is a "refreshing" example of a government taking the issue seriously, the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation blogged Thursday. The U.K., in its announcement, said the backup system is in case of a widespread satellite failure. A White House directive earlier this month set a deadline for the Commerce Department to make available a non-GNSS source of precision timing signals available to the public (see 2002120044).