We have partnered with NIST
We are delighted to announce that we have partnered with NIST to set up a direct, fibre end-to-end, fully terrestrial connection from their national timing standard in Boulder Colorado to our timing hubs in the US. This is a direct connection with no satellite involvement.
This matters to our clients because it combines a diversity of technologies for resilience. In particular, it provides the ability to detect interference of satellite sources arising from spoofing jamming and space weather. It also allows for operation without satellite dependencies.
The US government takes this very seriously. US Executive Order 13905 and FAA Order 1770.68 specifically require US Critical National Infrastructure to have alternatives to GPS and other satellite sources. We believe we uniquely achieve this through terrestrial connections all the way to the NIST heartbeat.
“Setting up a terrestrial connection from NIST at Boulder to our US timing hubs is a tremendous breakthrough in timekeeping for our clients. As we extend out global reach, adding this level of resilience is incredibly important” says Richard Hoptroff, Founder and CTO of Hoptroff.
About NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the United States
NIST’s Time and Frequency Division provides official time to the United States and carries out a broad program of research and service activities in time and frequency metrology.
NIST time or UTC serves as a national standard for frequency, time interval, and time-of-day. It is distributed through the NIST time and frequency services and continuously compared to other time and frequency standards located around the world.
