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March 20, 2012
Air Force Plans Shift to Fixed-Price Contract for GPS III

Gil Klinger, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Intelligence. DoD photo. As part of an effort to control costs, the U.S….

By Inside GNSS


March 19, 2012
LightSquared Lashes Out at FCC in Last Round of Comments on GPS Interference

In a last-ditch effort to salvage its wireless broadband system from official rejection due to interference to GPS, LightSquared Inc. has filed a…

By Inside GNSS


March 15, 2012
Peer-to-Peer Cooperative Positioning

Working Papers explore the technical and scientific themes that underpin GNSS programs and applications. This regular column is coordinated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter…

By Inside GNSS


March 15, 2012
Coarse Time Positioning

Q: What is Coarse Time Positioning and how does it work?   A: Coarse time positioning is used to provide a position fix using…

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March 15, 2012
The GPS Dot and its Discontents

In-home construction of the first civilian-owned civil GPS spoofer. Over the last few years, several of us in the GNSS community have done…

By Inside GNSS


March 15, 2012
One-Centimeter Accuracy with PPP

The navigation message has always been considered an inherent and essential feature of a global satellite navigation system. Its primary objective is to…

By Inside GNSS


March 15, 2012
GNSS Jamming in the Name of Privacy

RF interference (RFI) has been and will continue to be a significant worry for GNSS users.  Because the signals from GNSS satellites are…

By Inside GNSS


March 12, 2012
Air Force Space Command Head Supports GPS Spectrum Needs at House Subcommittee Hearing

U.S. Air Force Gen. William Shelton , commander of the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), told a recent House Armed Services subcommittee hearing…

By Inside GNSS


March 12, 2012
Polaris Wireless Names Per Enge as Tech Advisor

Pen Enge Stanford University professor and GNSS expert Per Enge has been named chief technical advisor of Polaris Wireless, a Mountain View, California–based…

By Inside GNSS


March 7, 2012
Going to Nashville in September? Submit your ION GNSS 2012 Abstracts by March 9

Aerial view of downtown Nashville, Tennessee USA Join the 250 other technical presenters at this year’s Institute of Navigation GNSS conference and submit…

By Inside GNSS


March 7, 2012
Oceanology International 2012 Navigation and Positioning Conference

"Putting technology to work" is the theme of the Navigation and Positioning one-day conference covering all aspects of precise navigation, surface and sub-surface…

By Inside GNSS


February 29, 2012
Web Seminar on Challenges of GNSS/Inertial Integration Gets Thumbs Up

Nearly 400 system integrators, equipment manufacturers, product/application designers, and other professionals from around the world tuned into a live broadcast web seminar presented…

By Inside GNSS


February 29, 2012
U.S. House Committee Leaders Request Information on LightSquared and GPS Interference

Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce Committee have requested additional information regarding the procedures followed by federal agencies…

By Inside GNSS


February 29, 2012
GPS Program Budget: A Lot, But Is It Enough?

The details of President Obama’s 2013 budget have been gradually filtering out and, in general, the GPS system and those programs closely linked…

By Inside GNSS


February 28, 2012
LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid GPS Interference Controversy

Sanjiv Ahuja LightSquared announced today (February 28, 2012) that Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned his position as chief executive officer of LightSquared, Inc. He…

By Inside GNSS


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