Assured PNT Summit 2026

Developing a Robust, Resilient National PNT Architecture for U.S. Dominance

April 7-8, 2026 - Washington, DC, United States

The 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.

Topics to be Covered

  • Ensuring U.S. Military PNT Overmatch: Policy, Governance, and Accountability Across the DoW’s PNT Enterprise
  • Advancing the Army’s PNT Solutions to Enable Overmatch
  • Accelerating Space Resiliency and Innovation: Enabling GPS and PNT as a Warfighting Capability
  • Taking a Multi-Layered Approach to Add Resiliency to the U.S. PNT Architecture
  • Assuring PNT by Countering Jamming, Spoofing, and Cyber Threats
  • Assuring PNT by Countering Jamming, Spoofing, and Cyber Threats
  • Navigating a Contested Maritime Environment: Assured PNT for the Fleet

Why You Should Attend this Year's Summit

The United States currently relies on the Global Positioning Systems (GPS) as its primary source of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, leaving the nation vulnerable to billions of dollars in losses should GPS be disrupted, even for a few minutes. As adversaries continually advance their PNT capabilities, the 2026 Assured PNT Summit will explore how the United States is modernizing GPS and pursuing alternative and complementary sources of PNT to develop a robust, resilient national PNT architecture.

GPS underpins countless daily operations across modern society, including military and civil critical infrastructures. PNT is essential for battlefield maneuver and navigation, precision strike, target tracking, weapon system accuracy, as well as for power grids, telecommunications networks, financial markets, transportation systems, and civilian navigation. However, GPS signals remain vulnerable to disruption, jamming, and spoofing, highlighting an urgent need for additional and complementary sources of PNT that can be used in the event GPS is denied or degraded. This year’s Summit will support the national security imperative to reduce reliance on a single PNT source by advancing a diversified, resilient PNT ecosystem. Speakers will explore opportunities to introduce and scale terrestrial PNT solutions while also strengthening space-based PNT technologies to withstand jamming and spoofing from adversaries. Join us at the 2026 Assured PNT Summit to hear from and directly engage with leaders across the DoW, federal government, academia, and industry as they discuss the steps being taken to assure PNT for military, commercial, and civilian applications.

The team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Symposiums’ content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in PNT and GPS as well as key-policy makers across military and civilian offices. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.

At our Summit you will have the ability to

  • Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing our PNT communities.
  • Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.
  • Influence: Help foster ideas. Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.

Sponsors & Exhibitors

The 5th Annual Assured PNT Summit provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions. Download the Sponsorship and Exhibiting Prospectus Here
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Confirmed Speakers Include

  • Leah Kirkwood, SES, PEO for Electronic Systems, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
  • CAPT Margaret Kennedy, USCG, Commander, Coast Guard Navigation Center
  • Lt Col David Edsen, USSF, SYD 831, Space Systems Command
  • Christopher Jais, Project Manager, PM PNT
  • Kevin Coggins, Deputy Associate Administrator and Program Manager for the SCaN Program, NASA
  • Michael Pigott, Deputy Head, National Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT) Office, International Research and Innovation Directorate, UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
  • CDR Mike Ammendola, USN, Director, Navigation Cell, Space Development Agency
  • Willie Nelson, SES (Ret), Former Director, Army APNT CFT; Chief Strategy Officer, T2S Solutions

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Venue

National Housing Center
1201 15th St NW, 20005
Washington, DC, USA

Parking Details
Parking details will be provided to registrants one week before the event in the “Event Logistics” e-mail.

Nearby Hotels
Canopy by Hilton Washington DC Embassy Row
1600 Rhode Island Avenue NW Washington DC, District of Columbia 20036 USA
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The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center
1400 M Street NW, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA, 20005
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Washington Plaza Hotel
10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC 20005
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Event details
Organizer :DSI
Event type :Conference
Attendance :Physical Event
Reference :ASDE-25871