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March 6, 2014
FY15 Budget: GPS III Procurement to Slow, Dual-Launch Funding Cut

The Air Force is slowing GPS modernization and dropping part of the funding for dual launch of satellites, said defense officials describing the…

By Inside GNSS


March 5, 2014
DoT Agrees to GPS CNAV Test Plan, Seeks Public Comment

Message Type 30: satellite clock data, and corrections for ionospheric and group delay. From IS–GPS–200G In a Federal Register notice issued today (March…

By Inside GNSS


February 28, 2014
Pentagon Chooses Global Hawk over U-2, Trims Other Unmanned Systems

With the war in Afghanistan winding down and the pressure against federal spending increasing, the Pentagon is reconfiguring itself for leaner peacetime operations…

By Inside GNSS


February 28, 2014
NIST Plans GPS Cybersecurity Research

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is building a new lab that will support work on securing the use of GPS…

By Inside GNSS


February 28, 2014
Change in GPS IIR/IIR-M Satellite Battery Charging Will Extend Mission Life

Modifications in the battery charging protocol of on-orbit GPS satellites are expected to substantially extend the mission life of the spacecraft — a…

By Inside GNSS


February 27, 2014
E-GNSS for Road Transport: On Galileo’s Home Field

Sabine Dannelke, GSA Administrative Board chairperson. Inside GNSS photo by Peter Gutierrez Road transport has always been a key sector for European GNSS,…

By Inside GNSS


February 26, 2014
GEOINT 2013*: United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Symposium

Satellite image of Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. The tenth annual GEOINT Symposium and exhibition will take place on April 14-17 2014 at the…

By Inside GNSS


February 21, 2014
GPS IIF-5 Heads for Orbit

Photo by Ben Cooper, United Launch Alliance The U. S. Air Force successfully launched the fifth GPS Block IIF satellite yesterday evening (February…

By Inside GNSS


February 20, 2014
Proposed FCC E911 Rule Would Strengthen Indoor Location Accuracy Requirement

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today (February 20, 2014) proposed rules to help emergency responders better locate wireless callers reporting emergencies.

By Inside GNSS


February 14, 2014
House Committee Moves to Block Loran-C Teardowns

Lawmakers overseeing the Coast Guard approved language this week that would stop the agency from dismantling facilities needed for eLoran, a proposed system…

By Inside GNSS


February 14, 2014
FAA Zaps UAV-Delivered Valentine’s Day Flowers

Amazon’s PrimeAir test UAV. Amazon photo An enterprising Michigan florist beat Amazon to the skies with a delivery of flowers via an unmanned…

By Inside GNSS


February 11, 2014
Spirent Launches SimSAFE to Address GNSS Signal Vulnerability

Spirent Communications today (February 11, 2014) announced the introduction of Spirent SimSAFE, a software solution that concurrently simulates legitimate GNSS constellations and spoofed…

By Inside GNSS


February 7, 2014
NextGen Costs Could Triple as Project Completion Slips Years

The cost for the nation’s new air traffic control system could triple to $120 billion and require an additional decade to finish, the…

By Inside GNSS


February 7, 2014
Galileo Leaders, Vision Coalesce at EU Space Policy Conference

Paul Weissenberg, deputy director-genreal, EC DG Enterprise Last week’s Conference on EU Space Policy in Brussels — under the theme, “What direction for…

By Inside GNSS


February 6, 2014
Poll Reveals Range of European Attitudes on Willingness to Use GNSS-Guided Automated Vehicles

Demographic differences toward use of satellite navigation-guided automated vehicles. EC Eurobarometer poll, May-June 2013 Results from a Eurobarometer poll released last week show…

By Inside GNSS


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