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The Space Development Agency is working with the Army to provide alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities that are not dependent on GPS through its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, SDA Director Derek Tournear said.\nTournear said the Army has an alternate PNT signal that can be picked up by the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 2 chips. Once fielded, the MGUE chips will be able to use M-code \u2014 a new military signal that is jam-resistant and more secure.\n\u201cWe\u2019re working very closely with the Army, who\u2019s been pioneering the alt-PNT across the Department of Defense,\u201d Tournear said at a National Security Space Association event last week. \u201cWe\u2019re working with them to be able to broadcast that same signal so it can be picked up by existing, fielded and planned user equipment, so there\u2019ll be no modifications.\u201d\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices