News Updates
The Cinderella Utility - Why time is the silent pillar of modern infrastructure
(Hoptroff Smart Timing)
"As digitalisation accelerates with AI, cloud, blockchain, and distributed databases taking centre stage in our interconnected world, one silent enabler continues to be overlooked: time..."
Securing Grid Resilience Symposium February 10 - 11, 2026 in Washington D.C.
"CAST is set to lead the inaugural “Securing Grid Resilience” Workshop in Washington, DC (February 10-11, 2026), a collaborative event sponsored by the DOE Office of Electricity...."
GPS Jamming Extends to Low-Earth Orbit as Pentagon Races to Bolster Constellation (Air and Space Forces Magazine)
"The jamming of GPS signals around Ukraine has become so severe it is even affecting satellites up to 1,200 miles above the Earth's surface..."
Startups Squeeze Room-Size Optical Atomic Clocks into a Briefcase
"When most people think of GPS, the picture that blue dot on a map... But behind that dot is a sophisticated network of remarkable timing devices."
Seeking New Options for GPS, Space Force Eyes Multiple Orbits (Air and Space Forces Magazine)
"The Space Development Agency [..] has already begun 'embedding' PNT signals into its first data transport satellites."
The Race to Back Up Vulnerable GPS (SPACENEWS)
The Space Force wants to harness commercial tech for alternative navigation and timing.
One Satellite Signal Rules Modern Life. What if Someone Knocks it Out? (New York Times)
The threats to GPS timing are mounting, and the impacts could be disastrous without mitigation.
Aviation Sector Seeks Urgent Solutions for GPS Interference (Reuters)
"The aviation industry will press regulators this week for urgent action to help tackle GPS 'spoofing' amid a surge in such activity..."
CAST Technical Bulletin #001 Released
"The power of the PTP protocol and this 'visibility' into the networks we are using lies in the bi-directional communication between the clocks..."
"The timing data GPS provides without fail is the system's most important capability."
