<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Britain and France are collaborating to develop technology as a backup for the Global Positioning System (GPS), which is facing increasing interference globally.</li><li>The joint effort will focus on enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure against signal-jamming, similar to incidents seen during conflicts like in Ukraine.</li><li>The collaboration aims to safeguard domestic infrastructure applications with positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies that are more resistant to jamming, including the consideration of eLoran as a terrestrial-based system.</li><li>The initiative by Britain and France comes in response to growing GPS signal interference, with incidents reported in various regions due to causes including jamming and spoofing, highlighting the need for alternative navigation systems.</li></ul>

GPS on the fritz? Britain and France plot a backup plan

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