In an innovative leap forward for global infrastructure security, VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) announced recently the launch of SecurePNT™ 6200 with SecureTimeSM services. This new solution introduces an unparalleled level of resilience for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, crucial for maintaining the integrity and functionality of critical infrastructures worldwide.

From its headquarters in Chandler, Arizona, VIAVI has revealed that the SecurePNT 6200 system will integrate with the Fugro AtomiChron® timing service. This integration marks a significant enhancement in VIAVI’s already robust PNT solutions, offering intelligent, zero-trust, multisource assurance. This assurance will now include signals from multiple satellite constellations across Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO), Low Earth Orbit (LEO), and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), ensuring that critical networks remain resilient against threats.

Critical sectors such as 5G communications, transportation, energy, public safety, finance, defense, and data centers depend heavily on GPS and GNSS signals for essential timing and synchronization. These signals, however, are vulnerable to disruption, including jamming, spoofing, or direct attacks on satellites. In response, governments worldwide have been tightening regulations to mandate that infrastructure providers enhance the resilience of their networks.

VIAVI’s portfolio stands out for its comprehensive access to diverse timing sources, offering redundancy in timing and location security crucial for both civilian and military uses. The addition of Fugro’s AtomiChron® service to the VIAVI SecureTime eGNSSSM GEO service means users will now benefit from authenticated and encrypted resilience, achieving unprecedented timing accuracy of less than 5 nanoseconds, traceable to both UTC and NIST standards.

Features of the SecurePNT 6200 include:

• Anti-spoofing detection and mitigation.
• Authentication across all GNSS satellite constellations beyond just the Galileo OSNMA.
• Enhanced encryption capabilities.
• The industry’s most cost-effective and comprehensive global coverage.

The system also integrates TrustedPNT™ sensor fusion technology, which intelligently fuses, weighs, compares, authenticates, and verifies timing from as many space and terrestrial sources as possible. Additionally, the patented µTranscoder™ allows for easy retrofitting of legacy GPS/GNSS systems, making the transition seamless for existing infrastructure.

Doug Russell, Senior Vice President of AvComm at VIAVI, emphasized the criticality of robust PNT solutions: “With threats to critical infrastructure at an all-time high, our collaboration with Fugro and the integration of AtomiChron® significantly enhances the reliability, precision, and global availability of our PNT solutions.”

Roel de Vries, Business Developer AtomiChron® at Fugro, also highlighted the partnership’s value, “By improving the accuracy of timekeeping to the nanosecond and protecting against spoofed GNSS signals, we’re setting new standards in navigation message authentication and overall time synchronization.”

For further details on VIAVI’s innovations and their impact on global infrastructure security, visit www.viavisolutions.com.