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June 24, 2019
Space Development Agency Plans to Create an Alternative GPS Constellation

UPDATE: A week after this story appeared the news broke that Fred Kennedy had quit as the head of the Air Force’s new…

By Dee Ann Divis


June 16, 2019
PNT Advisory Board Has New Chairman, 7 New Members and Renewed Charter

New Board Designation Expected This Fall The leading U.S. panel of satellite navigation experts, the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board…

By Dee Ann Divis


June 5, 2019
Congress Slow to Move on Geolocation Privacy

Location privacy is on the minds of lawmakers from both parties with provisions about disclosure, data collection and sharing in more than half…

By Dee Ann Divis


June 4, 2019
House Appropriations Approves 99% of GPS Budget Request

The House Appropriations Committee approved all but $10 million of the $1.758 billion requested by the White House for the GPS program.

By Dee Ann Divis


June 3, 2019
New Chimera Signal Enhancement Could Spoof-Proof GPS Receivers

  Improvements to GPS performance are often incremental, achieved by squeezing better performance out of existing systems with clever tweaks, smarter analysis and…

By Dee Ann Divis


May 16, 2019
House Resolution Recognizes GPS Contributions, Personnel

A House resolution now up for consideration details the way GPS is used and its impact on the economy.

By Dee Ann Divis


May 6, 2019
Homeland Security Says PNT a “National Critical Function”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has designated positioning, navigation, and timing services (PNT) a “National Critical Function.” That is PNT is now…

By Dee Ann Divis


April 24, 2019
Redesign of Military Space Architecture Includes GPS

  In testimony and reports U.S. military officials have been stressing for some time that the GPS constellation is a top target on…

By Dee Ann Divis


April 12, 2019
Action on Ligado-Related Lawsuit Again Delayed

The $2 billion lawsuit filed by Harbinger Capital Partners against Apollo Global Management over whether Apollo knew about GPS interference issues has been…

By Dee Ann Divis


April 11, 2019
GPS Rollover Hamstrings New York City Wireless Network and a Handful of Other Systems

New York City reportedly had its government wireless network knocked out on April 6 when the GPS week number in signal’s message rolled…

By Dee Ann Divis


March 29, 2019
New Report Details GNSS Spoofing Including Denial-of-Service Attacks

GNSS spoofing is more wide spread than previously believed and being used to not only misdirect satellite navigation users but to deny GNSS…

By Dee Ann Divis


March 27, 2019
Ag Department Study Asks What Frequencies Need Protection

As part of the development of a National Spectrum Strategy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking for feedback on future spectrum…

By Dee Ann Divis


March 24, 2019
FY20 Budget Request Focuses on GPS IIIF, Boosts Money for User Equipment

The recently released White House budget request includes money to buy the first of the GPS III follow-on satellites (GPS IIIF) and a…

By Dee Ann Divis


March 21, 2019
Budget Brawl Could Impact GPS

The GPS community made real progress during 2018. The first GPS III satellite was launched, the contractor for the GPS IIIF satellites was…

By Dee Ann Divis


March 14, 2019
Lawmakers Launch New GPS Caucus

There are congressional caucuses dedicated to building support for everything from auto care and addiction treatment to chickens and Vietnam. Some caucuses become…

By Dee Ann Divis


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