scope:

The provisions of this instruction apply to the Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Commanders and commanders of systems commands.

For this instruction, PNT includes position determination, point to point tracking, asset attitude or orientation determination, arrival prediction and associated timing references. It also encompasses techniques, systems, equipment, and operator skills associated therewith. PNT requires determination of position, heading, roll, pitch, velocity, altitude or depth, and time with respect to the operation of ships, submarines, aircraft, space vehicles and forces ashore. PNT parameters can be absolute or relative and include determination of rates of change.

Purpose

To provide Navy policy, administration and planning requirements for implementing reference (a).

To describe the roles of the Navy in periodic revisions of references (b), (c) and (d).

To assign responsibilities and leads to Navy positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and Navigation Warfare (Navwar) issues.

To assign, when tasked by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), responsibility to serve as the United States (U.S.) Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Sub-Committee B on Navigation (SC/B).