Report: One-week outage of satellite PNT services in Norway would cost over €300 million

Newly released study in Norway draws a grim, but realistic image of situation, where satellite‑based services for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services are cut or severely disturbed for a period of one week: it would cause loss of approximately 3.4 billion Norwegian crowns (about 305 million euros). This estimate does not include the defence sector.

The report analyses how PNT services are used in Norway, which sectors depend on them, and the socio‑economic consequences that may result from a loss of these services. 

A comprehensive assessment of the consequences cannot be limited to the sum of direct losses within individual sectors. Several of the sectors most dependent on PNT services also constitute critical societal infrastructure upon which other sectors depend.

The greatest vulnerabilities are therefore not necessarily found where the direct costs are highest, but rather in cross‑sectoral functions such as power supply, finance and electronic communications.