diff --git a/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js b/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js
index 136e9d2fa..d5c2c7fc2 100644
--- a/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js
+++ b/src/data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ export const AWARENESS_RELATIONSHIP = Object.freeze({
   UNKNOWN: 'UNKNOWN',
 });
 
+/** The identity a nearby item is navigated by. */
+function awarenessItemId(item) {
+  return String(item?.icao24 || item?.mmsi || item?.id || '');
+}
+
+/**
+ * Break exact distance ties by identity, so the same contacts come back in the
+ * same order whatever order a feed (or a rebuilt scene) listed them in.
+ */
+export function compareAwarenessIds(a, b) {
+  const left = String(a ?? '');
+  const right = String(b ?? '');
+  return left < right ? -1 : left > right ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Search an expanding area synchronously, doubling the radius after each miss.
  * The maximum covers the farthest possible Earth-surface chord while keeping
@@ -110,7 +125,11 @@ export function summarizeAwarenessCohort(
         (item.distanceM ?? item.distance) >= 0,
     )
     .map((item) => ({ ...item, distanceM: item.distanceM ?? item.distance }))
-    .sort((a, b) => a.distanceM - b.distanceM);
+    .sort(
+      (a, b) =>
+        a.distanceM - b.distanceM ||
+        compareAwarenessIds(awarenessItemId(a), awarenessItemId(b)),
+    );
   return {
     relationship: normalized.length
       ? AWARENESS_RELATIONSHIP.NEARBY
@@ -177,7 +196,11 @@ export function getAwarenessNavigationTargets(
       Number(a.layerId !== subject?.layerId) -
       Number(b.layerId !== subject?.layerId);
     if (subjectOrder) return subjectOrder;
-    return (a.item.distanceM ?? Infinity) - (b.item.distanceM ?? Infinity);
+    return (
+      (a.item.distanceM ?? Infinity) - (b.item.distanceM ?? Infinity) ||
+      compareAwarenessIds(a.layerId, b.layerId) ||
+      compareAwarenessIds(a.id, b.id)
+    );
   });
   return targets;
 }
diff --git a/src/layers/awareness/edgeCases.test.mjs b/src/layers/awareness/edgeCases.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7014b9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layers/awareness/edgeCases.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+// Edge cases for military-awareness from docs/migration/planet-separation/layers.md:
+// with no scene the same nearest contacts come back, and NEXT/PREV, a type
+// filter and an exhausted list lead to the same ID whatever scene is attached
+// and whatever order the feeds list equally distant contacts in.
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import * as geo from '../../geo/index.js';
+import { summarizeAwarenessCohort } from '../../data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js';
+import { createState } from './state.js';
+import { createNavigation } from './navigation.js';
+import { createHistory } from './history.js';
+import { createFocus } from './focus.js';
+
+const at = (lon) => geo.cartesian3.fromDegrees(lon, 30, 3_000);
+
+// Two pairs of exact distance ties: f2/f3 inside one layer, f1/m1 across layers.
+const CONTACTS = {
+  flights: [
+    { icao24: 'f1', distanceM: 1_500, klass: 'widebody', position: at(0.01) },
+    { icao24: 'f2', distanceM: 4_000, klass: 'helicopter', position: at(0.02) },
+    { icao24: 'f3', distanceM: 4_000, klass: 'helicopter', position: at(0.03) },
+  ],
+  military: [
+    { icao24: 'm1', distanceM: 1_500, klass: 'fighter', position: at(0.04) },
+    { icao24: 'm2', distanceM: 9_000, klass: 'helicopter', position: at(0.05) },
+  ],
+  'ais-live-vessels': [
+    { mmsi: '366000001', distanceM: 800, position: at(0.06) },
+  ],
+};
+const SUBJECT = { layerId: 'military', id: 'm0', label: 'M0', position: at(0) };
+
+/** The real navigation, history and focus parts over one Contacts state. */
+function contacts({ reversed = false, display = null } = {}) {
+  const order = (items) => (reversed ? [...items].reverse() : [...items]);
+  const state = createState({ services: {} });
+  state.enabled = true;
+  state.display = display;
+  const parts = {};
+  const select = (layerId, id) => {
+    const item = CONTACTS[layerId].find(
+      (entry) => String(entry.icao24 || entry.mmsi) === String(id),
+    );
+    if (!item) return false;
+    parts.subject.selectSubject({
+      layerId,
+      id: String(id),
+      label: String(id),
+      position: item.position,
+    });
+    return true;
+  };
+  const aircraftLayer = (layerId) => ({
+    getNearby: (_center, radiusM, limit) =>
+      order(CONTACTS[layerId])
+        .filter((item) => item.distanceM <= radiusM)
+        .slice(0, limit),
+    trackById: (id) => select(layerId, id),
+  });
+  const services = {
+    flights: aircraftLayer('flights'),
+    military: aircraftLayer('military'),
+    vessels: {
+      selectById: (id) => select('ais-live-vessels', id),
+      getAllPositions: () => [],
+    },
+    installations: { focusById: () => false },
+    navigation: { announceNavigationAuthority() {} },
+  };
+  const context = { state, services, parts };
+  parts.navigation = createNavigation(context);
+  parts.history = createHistory(context);
+  parts.focus = createFocus(context);
+  parts.model = {
+    contextTargetFlyToAllowed: () => true,
+    releaseAircraftTracking() {},
+  };
+  // The bookkeeping subject.js does on a selection (subject.selectSubject),
+  // without the panel and refresh it also drives.
+  parts.subject = {
+    subjectKey: (subject) =>
+      subject ? `${subject.layerId}:${subject.id}` : '',
+    subjectCohortFeedUnknown: () => false,
+    selectSubject(subject) {
+      const key = parts.subject.subjectKey(subject);
+      state.navigationVisited.add(key);
+      const suppress = state.suppressedHistoryKey === key;
+      state.pendingSelectionKey = state.suppressedHistoryKey = null;
+      const current = state.navigationHistory[state.navigationIndex];
+      if (!suppress && parts.subject.subjectKey(current) !== key) {
+        state.navigationHistory.splice(state.navigationIndex + 1);
+        state.navigationHistory.push(
+          parts.history.historySubjectSnapshot(
+            subject,
+            parts.history.historySourceItem(subject),
+          ),
+        );
+        state.navigationIndex = state.navigationHistory.length - 1;
+      }
+      state.subject = subject;
+    },
+  };
+  state.results = {
+    cohorts: order(Object.keys(CONTACTS)).map((id) => ({
+      id,
+      summary: parts.navigation.summarizeAwarenessCohortForNavigation(
+        order(CONTACTS[id]),
+        { available: true },
+      ),
+    })),
+  };
+  parts.subject.selectSubject(SUBJECT);
+  return { state, controls: parts.history };
+}
+
+function walk(session) {
+  const key = () =>
+    `${session.state.subject.layerId}:${session.state.subject.id}`;
+  const steps = [];
+  const step = (label, direction, options) => {
+    const moved = session.controls.navigateHistory(direction, options);
+    steps.push(`${label}${moved ? '' : '!'} ${key()}`);
+  };
+  // Walk past the end of the cohort so the visited cycle is exhausted.
+  for (let i = 0; i < 8; i += 1) step('next', 1);
+  step('prev', -1);
+  step('prev', -1);
+  for (let i = 0; i < 4; i += 1)
+    step('next-helicopter', 1, { aircraftClass: 'helicopter' });
+  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i += 1)
+    step('next-military', 1, { targetLayer: 'military' });
+  return steps;
+}
+
+test('edge:military-awareness: nearest contacts are the same with no scene and in any feed order', () => {
+  for (const id of Object.keys(CONTACTS)) {
+    const forward = summarizeAwarenessCohort(CONTACTS[id], { limit: 3 });
+    const backward = summarizeAwarenessCohort([...CONTACTS[id]].reverse(), {
+      limit: 3,
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      backward.nearest.map((item) => item.icao24 || item.mmsi),
+      forward.nearest.map((item) => item.icao24 || item.mmsi),
+      id,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+test('edge:military-awareness: NEXT, PREV, a type filter and exhaustion reach the same IDs on any scene', () => {
+  const sceneless = walk(contacts());
+  const attached = walk(
+    contacts({ display: { camera: { positionWC: at(1) } } }),
+  );
+  const reordered = walk(contacts({ reversed: true }));
+  assert.deepEqual(attached, sceneless);
+  assert.deepEqual(reordered, sceneless);
+  // Every contact is reached before the cycle starts over.
+  const firstLap = sceneless.slice(0, 6).map((entry) => entry.split(' ')[1]);
+  assert.equal(new Set(firstLap).size, 6, firstLap.join(', '));
+  assert.ok(
+    sceneless
+      .filter((entry) => entry.startsWith('next-helicopter'))
+      .every((entry) => /:(f2|f3|m2)$/.test(entry)),
+    'the type filter only lands on helicopters',
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/layers/awareness/navigation.js b/src/layers/awareness/navigation.js
index 8882cc7cf..f8a8eb404 100644
--- a/src/layers/awareness/navigation.js
+++ b/src/layers/awareness/navigation.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   AWARENESS_MAX_FLIGHT_SEARCH_RADIUS_M,
   findByDoublingRadius,
   AWARENESS_RADIUS_M,
+  compareAwarenessIds,
 } from '../../data/militaryAwarenessEngine.js';
 import {
   AWARENESS_MAX_EXAMPLES,
@@ -190,7 +191,9 @@ export function createNavigation({
     candidates.sort(
       (a, b) =>
         (a.item.distanceM ?? a.item.distance ?? Infinity) -
-        (b.item.distanceM ?? b.item.distance ?? Infinity),
+          (b.item.distanceM ?? b.item.distance ?? Infinity) ||
+        compareAwarenessIds(a.layerId, b.layerId) ||
+        compareAwarenessIds(a.id, b.id),
     );
     return candidates[0] || null;
   }