The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is seeking participants for its third 2020 GPS Testing for Critical Infrastructure (GET-CI) event later this year.
“Accurate and precise position, navigation and timing (PNT) information is vital to the nation’s critical infrastructure,” said Bill Bryan, the senior official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology. “S&T established this program to assess GPS vulnerabilities, advance research and development and to enhance outreach and engagement with industry. The objective is to improve the security and resiliency of critical infrastructure.”
The effort provides critical infrastructure owners and operators, as well as Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment manufacturers, with an opportunity to test their equipment against GPS spoofing.
The event involves the creation of a live-sky GPS spoofing environment used to test fixed infrastructure applications with limited support for ground-based mobile applications.
DHS S&T has invited critical infrastructure owners and operators, commercial GPS receiver manufacturers, and civil industry stakeholders to submit applications for the event.
Application submission instructions and further information can be obtained by accessing the Request for Information for Participation (RFIP) announcement on beta.SAM.gov.
Interested organizations should submit their applications for participation by April 24, 2020.