Since the advent of GPS in the early 1970's, there's been a virtual revolution in PNT technology and applications. Today, PNT services are used by over 3 billion users—half the world's population!
Starting with the adaptation of GPS technology for precision spacecraft attitude and guidance control in the 1990s, Stanford has been widely considered the world’s leading academic institution performing PNT, GPS and GNSS research.
In 2006, the SCPNT was created to bring industry affiliate support for pioneering PNT research projects and to facilitate an international forum (by way of the annual SCPNT Symposium) for exchanging ideas, addressing issues and promoting the advancement of PNT technologies and applications.
Recent News Stories
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Four PNT Pioneers Awarded the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
On December 3, 2019, the Prince of Wales, presented the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering to 4 American PNT engineers for their development of GPS
December 03, 2019
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James Spilker, Co-Founder of SCPNT, has Died at Age 86
James Spilker, Jr., a central figure in the development of GPS, adjunct professor of Aero-Astro at Stanford, and SCPNT co-founder has died.
September 24, 2019
2021 PNT Webinar/Symposium
In October 2021, our 15th annual PNT Symposium was once again a virtual event—a webinar in which presenters and participants connected and communicated via the Internet, using Zoom and livestreaming technologies.
The 2021 webinar symposium was held over two successive mornings: Wednesday, October 27 and Thursday, October 28, and it featured 11 interesting and informative invited presentations.
Affiliates Weekly Friday PNT Seminar
When: Friday Lunchtime, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Where: Durand Hall, Room #450