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March 15, 2017
Location Privacy Poised to Take a Hit

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Photo source: Wikimedia Commons. The U.S. Congress is prepared to deliver the coup de grace to a new rule…

By Dee Ann Divis


February 28, 2017
Deadline Nears on GPS Receiver Testing Opportunity Against Live-Sky Spoofing

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons. GPS receiver manufacturers have until March 3 to apply for a rare opportunity to test their equipment against realistic…

By Dee Ann Divis


February 27, 2017
Comments on Galileo Waiver Praise Benefits, Flag Future Complications

The Federal Communications Commission is being asked to choose between the immediate benefits of officially improving U.S. satellite navigation receivers and the possibility…

By Dee Ann Divis


January 24, 2017
GPS Roundup: Congress Reopens for Business

Washington has seen a lot of transitions, so even amidst political controversy it’s generally business as usual. For the GPS community that business,…

By Dee Ann Divis


January 9, 2017
OCX Gains Ground With Help From Private Sector Computer Wizards

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James. (Photo source: DoD). Though the schedule is still uncertain, progress is being made on completing the new…

By Dee Ann Divis


December 24, 2016
Defense Authorization Bill Signals Full GPS Funding, Pushes GPS Back-Up

Yesterday (December 23, 2016) President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017, a $619-billion bill with a number…

By Dee Ann Divis


November 30, 2016
GAO: New GPS Ground System, Not GPS III Engineering, Primary Cause for Delays

Government watchdogs said in a new report that schedule slippages in the new GPS ground system — which in October had another four…

By Dee Ann Divis


November 30, 2016
Exit, Pursued by a Bear

American Election 2016 — now that was something, wasn’t it? A national unpopularity contest. Sort of Commedia dell’arte meets Monty Python, directed by…

By Dee Ann Divis


November 30, 2016
How Will GNSS Fare Under a Trump Administration?

With the Republican Party now entirely in charge of Washington’s prime policy real estate the neighborhood is going to change. The current residents…

By Dee Ann Divis


November 16, 2016
Congress Likely to Delay Action on Budget Items, Affecting GPS

Congress is back in Washington with a December 9 deadline to pass the 2017 Fiscal Year (FY17) federal budget and avoid a government…

By Dee Ann Divis


October 31, 2016
Handling an Embarrassment of Riches — Too Many Satellites

Combined GPS + Galileo constellation. Image source: Nottingham Scientific Ltd., UK Experts working on standards for airborne equipment using GPS, Galileo, and a…

By Dee Ann Divis


October 31, 2016
RTCA to Weigh Ligado Proposal

Federal aviation officials have asked the RTCA, Inc., standards organization to comment on a plan designed to help prevent a proposed wireless broadband…

By Dee Ann Divis


October 16, 2016
GPS Adjacent Band Study Shows Need for Interference Tolerance Masks

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) has released the first data from its study of power levels for services seeking to use spectrum…

By Dee Ann Divis


September 30, 2016
New GPS Ground Control System Likely to Continue with Modifications

Air Force Space Commander Gen. John Hyten The Department of Defense (DoD) is less than three weeks away from a decision on whether…

By Dee Ann Divis


September 28, 2016
NASCTN Report Details Feedback on More Ligado-Backed Tests of GPS Receivers

A newly posted report shows the comments federal researchers received from a dozen organizations and satellite navigation experts as they put together a…

By Dee Ann Divis


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