diff --git a/src/globe/navara/cameraModel.js b/src/globe/navara/cameraModel.js
index ec6ad9601..f0991a4ed 100644
--- a/src/globe/navara/cameraModel.js
+++ b/src/globe/navara/cameraModel.js
@@ -389,6 +389,11 @@ export function createCameraModel({
     camera,
     sync,
     afterFrame,
+    /**
+     * Ends a running flight (its `cancel` runs) without camera.commanded:
+     * for the user's own gestures, which are not a new camera owner.
+     */
+    stopFlight: () => cancelCurrentFlight(),
     /** The current camera for projections: pose, vertical fov and CSS size. */
     view,
     worldToWindow: (position, result) =>
diff --git a/src/globe/navara/createNavaraEngine.js b/src/globe/navara/createNavaraEngine.js
index 22b9bcb8a..1d9ec5521 100644
--- a/src/globe/navara/createNavaraEngine.js
+++ b/src/globe/navara/createNavaraEngine.js
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ export function createNavaraEngine(
     view.on(name, handler);
 
   const input = createNavaraInput(view, {
-    onCameraInput: () => model.camera.cancelFlight(),
+    // A gesture is the user, not a new camera owner: no camera.commanded.
+    onCameraInput: () => model.stopFlight(),
   });
   const credits = createNavaraCredits(view);
   const maps = createNavaraMaps(view, fetch ? { fetch } : {});
diff --git a/src/globe/navara/createNavaraEngine.test.mjs b/src/globe/navara/createNavaraEngine.test.mjs
index 47adf2f6f..235cd1847 100644
--- a/src/globe/navara/createNavaraEngine.test.mjs
+++ b/src/globe/navara/createNavaraEngine.test.mjs
@@ -226,3 +226,20 @@ test('pickGlobe meets the terrain along the pick ray, or the ellipsoid', () => {
   near(math.toDegrees(place.longitude), 0, 1e-6, 'longitude');
   assert.equal(engine.picker.pickGlobe(cartesian2.create(640, -1e7)), undefined);
 });
+
+test('a user gesture cancels a flight without raising camera.commanded', () => {
+  const { engine, view } = setup();
+  const outcome = [];
+  let commanded = 0;
+  engine.camera.flyTo({
+    destination: cartesian3.fromDegrees(10, 10, 1e6),
+    duration: 5,
+    cancel: () => outcome.push('cancel'),
+  });
+  engine.camera.commanded.addEventListener(() => commanded++);
+  view.canvas.dispatchEvent(new Event('pointerdown'));
+  view.canvas.dispatchEvent(new Event('wheel'));
+  assert.deepEqual(outcome, ['cancel']);
+  assert.equal(engine.camera.flightActive(), false);
+  assert.equal(commanded, 0, 'a gesture is the user, not a new camera owner');
+});
diff --git a/src/renderGovernor.js b/src/renderGovernor.js
index f83da4803..4fd1c17a9 100644
--- a/src/renderGovernor.js
+++ b/src/renderGovernor.js
@@ -36,9 +36,17 @@
  * cycle) and keeps the viewer for what the contract leaves to the engine:
  * `scene.requestRenderMode`, `scene.maximumRenderTimeChange` and
  * `scene.requestRender()`. It needs no frame events (`engine.frames`).
+ *
+ * Any other globe engine (Navara) is the governor's backend instead: install
+ * it on the engine and the owner-counted holds drive
+ * `engine.render.setContinuous`, requests go to `engine.render.request`.
  */
 
+import { isGlobeEngine } from './globe/contract.js';
+
 let _viewer = null;
+/** The non-Cesium engine the governor drives, or null (Cesium: `_viewer`). */
+let _engine = null;
 let _installed = false;
 const _holds = new Set();
 
@@ -47,8 +55,15 @@ const _recentRequests = [];
 const RECENT_REQUEST_CAP = 16;
 
 function applyMode() {
-  if (!_installed || !_viewer?.scene) return;
+  if (!_installed) return;
   const continuous = _holds.size > 0;
+  if (_engine) {
+    if (_engine.render.isContinuous() !== continuous)
+      _engine.render.setContinuous(continuous);
+    if (!continuous) _engine.render.request('governor-idle');
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!_viewer?.scene) return;
   const scene = _viewer.scene;
   if (scene.requestRenderMode === !continuous) return;
   scene.requestRenderMode = !continuous;
@@ -64,12 +79,21 @@ function applyMode() {
  * hold/release still record into the holds set (and apply at install time);
  * requests are safe no-ops — so modules can call all three unconditionally
  * in tests without a viewer.
- * @param {Cesium.Viewer} viewer
+ * @param {Cesium.Viewer | import('./globe/contract.js').GlobeEngine} viewer
+ *   The Cesium viewer, or a non-Cesium globe engine.
  * @returns {void}
  */
 export function installRenderGovernor(viewer) {
+  if (isGlobeEngine(viewer) && viewer.kind !== 'cesium') {
+    _engine = viewer;
+    _viewer = viewer;
+    _installed = true;
+    applyMode();
+    return;
+  }
   if (!viewer?.scene)
     throw new TypeError('installRenderGovernor requires a Cesium viewer');
+  _engine = null;
   _viewer = viewer;
   _installed = true;
   // Never let Cesium re-render on simulation-time deltas behind our back —
@@ -115,12 +139,13 @@ export function releaseContinuousRender(ownerId) {
  * @returns {void}
  */
 export function governorRequestRender(reason = 'unspecified') {
-  if (!_installed || !_viewer?.scene) return;
+  if (!_installed || (!_engine && !_viewer?.scene)) return;
   if (_holds.size === 0) {
     _recentRequests.push({ reason, at: Date.now() });
     if (_recentRequests.length > RECENT_REQUEST_CAP) _recentRequests.shift();
   }
-  _viewer.scene.requestRender?.();
+  if (_engine) _engine.render.request(reason);
+  else _viewer.scene.requestRender?.();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -150,6 +175,7 @@ export function isRenderGovernorInstalled(viewer) {
 export function uninstallRenderGovernor(viewer) {
   if (_viewer !== viewer) return;
   _viewer = null;
+  _engine = null;
   _installed = false;
   _holds.clear();
   _recentRequests.length = 0;
@@ -158,6 +184,7 @@ export function uninstallRenderGovernor(viewer) {
 /** Test seam: reset module state between unit tests. */
 export function _resetRenderGovernorForTest() {
   _viewer = null;
+  _engine = null;
   _installed = false;
   _holds.clear();
   _recentRequests.length = 0;
diff --git a/src/renderGovernor.test.mjs b/src/renderGovernor.test.mjs
index d59151ebf..d9bdcc574 100644
--- a/src/renderGovernor.test.mjs
+++ b/src/renderGovernor.test.mjs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
   governorRequestRender,
   getRenderGovernorDiagnostics,
   _resetRenderGovernorForTest,
+  isRenderGovernorInstalled,
+  uninstallRenderGovernor,
 } from './renderGovernor.js';
 
 function makeViewer() {
@@ -110,3 +112,27 @@ test('isRenderGovernorInstalled names the one governed viewer', async () => {
   uninstallRenderGovernor(viewer);
   assert.equal(isRenderGovernorInstalled(viewer), false);
 });
+
+test('on a non-Cesium globe engine the governor drives engine.render with owner-counted holds', async () => {
+  const { createFakeEngine } = await import('./globe/testing/fakeEngine.js');
+  _resetRenderGovernorForTest();
+  const engine = createFakeEngine({ kind: 'navara' });
+  holdContinuousRender('before-install');
+  installRenderGovernor(engine);
+  assert.equal(engine.render.isContinuous(), true, 'a hold taken before install applies');
+  releaseContinuousRender('before-install');
+  assert.equal(engine.render.isContinuous(), false);
+  holdContinuousRender('a');
+  holdContinuousRender('b');
+  assert.equal(engine.render.isContinuous(), true);
+  releaseContinuousRender('a');
+  assert.equal(engine.render.isContinuous(), true, 'b still holds');
+  releaseContinuousRender('b');
+  assert.equal(engine.render.isContinuous(), false);
+  engine.fake.resetCalls();
+  governorRequestRender('slider');
+  assert.deepEqual(engine.fake.callsOf('render.request').map((c) => c.args), [['slider']]);
+  assert.equal(isRenderGovernorInstalled(engine), true);
+  uninstallRenderGovernor(engine);
+  _resetRenderGovernorForTest();
+});