GPS World, December 2018

The inventor of an asymmetric navigation security paradigm for civil GPS signals that avoids the need for secure key storage in civil receivers and allows for widespread adoption in applications without physical security capabilities WORDS FROM OUR SPONSORS DECEMBER 2018 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 43 A crucial first step in developing resilient responses is to recognize that there is a problem so you can isolate it Otherwise an overly trusted element can contaminate the solution I am honored to accept this award from GPS World and our sponsors tonight It has been a long journey from my initial vision of how civil signals might be authenticated to where we are now with a draft Chimera signal specification nearing readiness for review Id like to thank the Air Force Research Laboratory for sponsoring these efforts and I would also like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the entire signals working group without whom this milestone would not have been reached Captain Katie Carroll Jon Anderson Joanna Hinks and Nate DeVilbiss who brought me in on the project Joe Rushanan and Jim Gillis who taught me so much about cryptography Renee Yazdi and Brady OHanlon who pushed for no compromises Working with this team has been one of the highlights of my professional career We have a solid design that fully realizes the benefits of chip level binding with both fast and slow authentication capabilities Chimera can offer security benefits far beyond the security theater of data message signing only Moreover it is a first step towards proving location Moving forward the challenge I offer to you all is this how can we establish the integrity and truthfulness of position and time reports both locally and remotely How can we prove location not only to ourselves but also to remotely located entities In a world of autonomous vehicles geofenced capabilities and information access and an insecure supply chain it is not enough to say that I saw it on the C A code Complementary and overlapping techniques are essential in establishing the veracity of any claims In support of this we can and must provide assured spectrum protections for all GNSS systems Again thank you very much for this award SIGNALS LEADERSHIP AWARD SECURITY FOR CIVIL USERS Logan Scott Principal LS Consulting SATELLITES We have seen our military and professional users looking to greater flexibility in their use of GNSS as new capabilities and constellations come on line But with that flexibility a retention of assurance and where possible mitigation of threats For this reason Rockwell Collins and QinetiQ signed an agreement to produce a new family of high assurance multi constellation GNSS receivers for professional and military use This new family of receivers complementary to the current encrypted family of Rockwell Collins receivers in service across the globe allows the customer to select level of capability and protection based upon their operational political or even financial needs The new MICRO family of GNSS receivers will offer a multi constellation open service MCOS GNSS capability which will initially provide two receivers the Q40 MicroPNT will address dismounted low dynamics requirements and the Q40 MicroSTRIKE will be a gun hard high dynamics receiver Phil Froom Rockwell Collins SIGNALS For over thirty years weve overcome challenges and delivered GPS payloads that provide a technology the world uses every day Weve gotten to the point where we can honestly say almost nothing works without GPS The challenge that I see for the future is to overcome the politics Where do governments of GNSS draw the line between doing whats right for a PNT solution for the common good of humanity globally versus addressing your national security and protecting your own country Truth is because of politics year after year our government has been forced to start the fiscal year with a continuing resolution because our politicians cant approve a budget Joe Rolli Harris Corporation