Improving the safety and security of positioning, navigation and timing systems for critical infrastructure, military and law enforcement applications

Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK, 16 August 2011, Chronos Technology is delivering a presentation on GPS Jamming Vulnerability at DSEi 2011 at ExCel, London on Thursday 15 September at 11:00 in Theatre Two.

SENTINEL is a Consortium led by Chronos to develop a service to establish the extent to which the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) – in particular GPS - can be trusted by users on a 24x7 basis. The presentation will give an overview of a system to detect GNSS Jamming and protect infrastructure.

With the increasing occurrence of GPS interference, both intentional and unintentional (including natural events such as solar flares) together with the increasing reliance of a wide range of users on such systems, from navigation and safety to mission-critical uses, being able to detect interference or a jamming device – and even pinpoint its location – is an important tool. SENTINEL is a program researching the detection, quantification and location of interference to GNSS and eLoran signals at point of use.  By deploying a real time IDM (Interference, Detection & Mitigation) probes in the vicinity of critical infrastructure, mission-critical systems and safety-of-life systems, SENTINEL is able to detect and discriminate between accidental, deliberate and natural phenomena including multipath and jamming to protect applications providing critical data or revenue generating services, enabled by PNT signals.

A SENTINEL network of IDM probes will provide real-time alerts and enable the location of deliberate jamming to provide timely detection and mitigation by the appropriate agencies.
Chronos is partnered by the following UK organisations: ACPO-ITS – A Working Group of the Association of Chief Police Officers with links to other agency partners; GLA – General Lighthouse Authorities; OS – Ordnance Survey; NPL – National Physical Laboratory, Timing Metrology Division; University of Bath, Electronic & Electrical Engineering Faculty and Thatcham – Vehicle Security.

The presentation will be delivered by Andy Proctor MA, FInstSMM, MRIN, Divisional Manager GNSS Applications & Solutions with Chronos. Andy has experience of working in military and intelligence arenas as well as the use of GNSS systems in critical systems. Andy holds a Master’s Degree in Sales & Management, is a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management.

About Chronos Technology

Chronos is a UK specialist technology company in the field of position, navigation and timing.  Chronos supply GNSS (GPS) products from receivers for all application types including covert tracking, avionics, and embedded systems to test equipment (simulators) and GNSS infrastructure (antennas, splitters, repeaters) for the distribution of GNSS RF signals into sensitive environments.  Chronos has developed a range of bespoke GPS timing products for time and frequency synchronisation in power and communication systems and is leading the Technology Strategy Board part-funded SENTINEL programme.  Established in 1986, Chronos is also the UK leader in time and timing for fixed and mobile telecoms.  For more information visit www.chronos.co.uk and www.gps-world.biz