Dee Ann Divis has covered GNSS and the aerospace industry since the early 1990s, writing for GPS World, Geo Info Systems, Jane’s International Defense Review, the Los Angeles Times, AeroSpace Daily, and other publications. Read More
She was the science and technology editor at United Press International for five years, leaving for a year to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow.
Upon returning to D.C. she joined the staff of the Washington Examiner, a start-up newspaper that is now the second largest daily paper in Washington. She was the paper's assistant managing editor for news until 2013.
Mike Rogers, a key lawmaker in military space policy, appears willing to stick with the current program to build a more capable and…
By Dee Ann Divis
The federal government is rumored to be nearing a decision about Ligado Networks’ request to repurpose its satellite frequencies to also support a…
By Dee Ann Divis
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has declined to take action on concerns expressed by the GPS community, approving an Iridium request to modify…
By Dee Ann Divis
The Army is leaning toward using a funding channel designed for fast deals with high-tech entrepreneurs to rev up its work on assured…
By Dee Ann Divis
Congress is in the midst of a confusing multi-budget-year scramble to fund the government for fiscal year 2018 – which is now nearly…
By Dee Ann Divis
Air Force Space Command released its request for proposals (RFP) Tuesday in a winner-take-all contest to build $10 billion of new GPS III…
By Dee Ann Divis
After repeated delays the Air Force Space Command released its request for proposals (RFP) in a winner-take-all contest to build 22 new GPS…
By Dee Ann Divis
The Air Force is scouring the landscape for its next round of receiver technology now that the first increment of its military receiver…
By Dee Ann Divis
The Army is kicking off a wide-ranging, five-year research effort to develop new position, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies for battlefield use. The…
By Dee Ann Divis
A highly anticipated presentation by Ligado Networks to the nation’s leading satellite navigation experts took an unexpected turn when the company said it…
By Dee Ann Divis
The Global Positioning Systems Directorate, which is poised to launch its procurement of another 22 GPS III satellites, has given its next tranche of…
By Dee Ann Divis
While it is understood that the internet, cell phones and air traffic systems rely on GPS technology to function smoothly, so too do…
By Dee Ann Divis
The nation’s leading satellite navigation experts have invited Ligado Networks, a firm whose plans are widely viewed by many as a threat to…
By Dee Ann Divis
After several years of shifting plans the competition to build the next tranche of GPS III satellites is poised to start, though the…
By Dee Ann Divis
Improvements to the nation’s air traffic control system, including a shift to more efficient GPS-based routing and GPS-enabled aircraft surveillance, are largely on…
By Dee Ann Divis
