Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Cybersecurity
Commons · Question 23617 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve the UK's space-based (a) positioning, (b) navigation and (c) timing capabilities, in the context of encrypted and alerting services.
Answer
Answered by Maria Eagle, 20 Jan 2025
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not currently have any UK space-based position, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities, nor any plans for a future space based PNT system. The MOD works closely with the National PNT Office, in the Department for Scien...