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https://defensescoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/03/6722832.jpg19201242GPS has served as the "gold standard" of position, navigation and timing (PNT) technology for the last several decades, Department of Defense CIO John Sherman said Tuesday. But with global tensions rising in ways reminiscent of the world wars, the DOD needs to quickly identify and adopt alternatives to GPS ahead of a potential conflict with great power adversaries because it will be those nations' first target in a modern war, he said.