MISSION:
Provide Warfighter-valued Assured PNT solutions today that enable multi-domain operations in rapidly evolving denied environments.
VISION:
Ensure overmatch capability through innovative acquisition and rapid integration of cutting-edge Modular and Open System Assured PNT technologies.
DESCRIPTION:
Today, nearly every Army ground combat system relies on Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) (mostly provided by Global Positioning System (GPS)); it is central to American military operations. Our adversaries have recognized this critical Achilles’ heel to mounted and dismounted operations, and are blocking our access to GPS. Incidents of malicious disruption to both the access and integrity of our GPS data are increasing worldwide — development and proliferation of cheap and ubiquitous threat technologies will continue well into the future. PM PNT was chartered to outpace this enduring risk to operations.
MR. Christopher Jais
Mr. Christopher Jais assumed responsibilities as Project Manager for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PM PNT) in June 2025.
Immediately prior to assuming his most recent role, Mr. Jais completed the Defense Acquisition University Senior Service College Fellowship, graduating in May. He also served as Strategic Initiatives Lead for Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) from June 2023 to July 2024, providing insights and guidance to leadership that set future pathways for the PEO in organizational agility, talent management, Army modernization and customer relations.
Mr. Jais served as Product Manager for PM PNT’s PNT Modernization product office beginning in Oct 2020. In this position, Mr. Jais led the PNT Modernization team in its mission of transitioning incremental and disruptive PNT capabilities to overmatch evolving PNT Threats. He also developed and implemented an acquisition strategy for the organization’s lines of effort.
Prior to his role with PNT Modernization, Mr. Jais held a leadership position at another PNT product office, serving as Deputy Product Manager Dismounted PNT. There he was responsible for implementing risk reduction prototype efforts to ensure Soldiers have access to critical and accurate timing and location information, ultimately allowing Soldiers to shoot, move and communicate in GPS-contested environments.
Mr. Jais’ assignments before this position include Test and Quality Division Chief for PM Distributed Common Ground System – Army (DCGS-A) and Reliability and Quality Lead for DCGS-A.
Prior to joining PEO IEW&S, Mr. Jais was a Reliability Analyst at the Army Materiel System Analysis Activity and entered his civilian service in April 2004 at the Army Test and Evaluation Command as a Reliability Evaluator for the Army Evaluation Center.
Mr. Jais holds a Master of Science in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Pennsylvania State University. He is married to Ms. Megan Jais and has three energetic boys: Jackson (nine), Logan (seven) and William (four).
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Mr. Donnie Rhoads
Mr. Donnie Rhoads assumed responsibilities as Deputy Project Manager for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) within Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) in June 2025. In this position, he provides strategic leadership and technical expertise to the Army’s portfolio of Assured PNT acquisition programs and quick reaction capabilities.
Before this assignment, Mr. Rhoads served as Director of Security and Intelligence for PNT from 2015 to 2024. In this role, he managed and provided oversight to the multidisciplinary lifecycle protection of Assured PNT technologies against foreign intelligence collection and exploitation.
Prior assignments include serving at the Pentagon as the Deputy Director of Security for the Army Special Programs Directorate, Staff Officer within Headquarters, Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff G-2, and various assignments as a Navy Program Security Officer.
Mr. Rhoads holds a Master of Strategic Studies and is a superior graduate of the U.S. Army War College resident class of 2025. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Administration and graduated summa cum laude from Alvernia University in 2005. He also earned an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2024. His awards include Army C5ISR Top Ten Outstanding Personnel of the Year, the Knowlton Award, the Superior Civilian Service Award with oak leaf cluster, the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service with oak leaf cluster and the Achievement Medal for Civilian Service.
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Contract Background
Contract No. HC108423D0005 is a firm fixed-price contract that facilitates ordering Military code (M-code) cards developed by BAE Systems in support of MAPS and DAPS and as a supply source for other Department of Defense programs with GPS requirements that require MAPS and DAPS capabilities. The contract ceiling is $318 million, which includes a two-year base period and three one-year option periods as specified below.
Period of performance
- Base year 1: 30 SEP 2023 – 29 SEP 2024
- Base year 2: 30 SEP 2024 – 29 SEP 2025
- Option year 1: 30 SEP 2025 – 29 SEP 2026
- Option year 2: 30 SEP 2026 – 29 SEP 2027
- Option year 3: 30 SEP 2027 – 29 SEP 2028
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