Assured PNT Summit 2026

Defense Strategies Institute’s 6th Annual Assured PNT Summit will convene leaders from the military services, federal government, industry, and academia in a collaborative, town hall forum to discuss the advancement and development of a robust, resilient U.S. PNT enterprise. The 2026 Summit will highlight the need to ensure PNT services are robust, resilient, and available for military, civil, and commercial applications across the United States. The United States currently relies upon a vulnerable GPS as its primary source of PNT. In order to reduce reliance on a single source of PNT and mitigate the risk of interference or cyber-attacks, the United States is pursuing ways to integrate resiliency into our national U.S. PNT enterprise. Speakers at this year's event will highlight efforts across the military and civil space to apply the PTA principle of protect, toughen, and augment GPS as well as ways to integrate complementary and additional sources of PNT. This year's event will explore the strategies, policies, and technologies needed to bolster resilience and assure PNT services for national and economic security and stability.