New opportunity for critical infrastructure owners, operators to test equipment against GPS disruption and spoofing

In Fall 2024, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will give Critical Infrastructure Owners & Operators (CI O&O) and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment manufacturers a chance to test their tools against GPS disruption and spoofing.

Applications, due by Oct. 20, 2023, would grant those interested to perform equipment evaluations in an available live-sky environment. Typically, such testing and data collection is restricted to lab environments, but S&T will create a live-sky GPS environment for fixed infrastructure applications and some ground-based mobile applications. This could benefit both CI O&O and manufacturers of commercial GPS receivers used in critical infrastructure.

“Accurate and precise Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) information is vital to the nation’s critical infrastructure,” said Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology. “The GET-CI test series are part of the S&T PNT Program’s collaborative efforts designed to help industry partners test and evaluate their technologies to become more resilient against PNT disruptions.”

For the event, S&T invited CI O&O representatives, commercial GPS receiver manufacturers, academia, and civil industry stakeholders to submit applications.