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SBIRS Decision Could Undermine Prospects for GPS Dual-Launch
March 22, 2012

SBIRS Decision Could Undermine Prospects for GPS Dual-Launch

SBIRS GEO-2 satellite in Baseline Integrated System Test (BIST-1). Lockheed Martin photo.

The Air Force is poised to forego putting nuclear detonation detection sensors on the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellites, a decision that could complicate efforts to maintain the GPS system by hampering plans to launch multiple, lighter GPS satellites on a single rocket.

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By Inside GNSS
Register Now for the 2012 GPS Partnership Council at Los Angeles AFB in May
March 21, 2012

Register Now for the 2012 GPS Partnership Council at Los Angeles AFB in May

GPS Partnership Council golf competition (USAF photo by Joe Juarez)

Registration is open for the 2012 GPS Partnership Council meeting at the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, on Tuesday, May 1 and Wednesday, May 2.  As always, participants can compete in a golf tournament on an optional third day of networking and camaraderie on Wednesday, May 3.

The registration deadline is April 27.

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By Inside GNSS
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NAV12 and the Royal Institute of Navigation Request Your Papers, Please
March 20, 2012

NAV12 and the Royal Institute of Navigation Request Your Papers, Please

The University Park Hotel under construction next to the East Midlands Conference Centre

The British Royal Institute of Navigation has given prospective authors a May 4 deadline for abstracts for its annual conference, NAV12. The theme this year is "GNSS and Beyond."

Authors have a broad choice of navigation and technology topics from GNSS, eLoran and integrated systems technology to satellite navigation vulnerabilities to jamming and space weather to low-cost consumer apps design.

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By Inside GNSS
GPS Dot Hanks image.jpg
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 our best to convince our colleagues, policymakers, and the general public that unsavory characters with GNSS jammers or spoofers are a genuine threat to GNSS and an orderly society.

"But who would want to use a jammer or spoofer?” people ask.

My response? Hackers, because they can. Thieves planning to snatch expensive cargo. A moonlighting employee in the company car. Worse yet, state actors or terrorists targeting our national infrastructure.

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By Inside GNSS
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Air Force Space Command Head Supports GPS Spectrum Needs at House Subcommittee Hearing
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 that the LightSquared controversy at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) underlined the need to protect GPS spectrum “Whether it is by policy within the FCC or whether that is by legislation. . . “

Shelton’s comments came during March 8 testimony on the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities before the Strategic Forces Subcommittee.

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By Inside GNSS
Polaris Wireless Names Per Enge as Tech Advisor

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 provider of software-based wireless positioning.

According to Polaris Wireless, Enge, director of Stanford’s GPS Research Laboratory, will leverage his experience in technology and academic fields “to provide strategic guidance regarding location technology, intellectual property, and research partnerships with universities and other technology vendors.” He will report to the company’s CEO, Manlio Allegra.

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By Inside GNSS
Going to Nashville in September? Submit your ION GNSS 2012 Abstracts by March 9
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 your abstract by Friday, March 9.

The U.S. Institute of Navigation sponsors the world’s oldest and largest conference on global navigation satellite systems. ION GNSS 2012 will take place next September 17 through 21 at the Nashville Convention Center in Tennessee. Tutorials and the CGSIC meeting will take place on September 17 and 18.

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By Inside GNSS
Oceanology International 2012 Navigation and Positioning Conference

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 positioning at Oceanology International 2012 (Tuesday 13 – Thursday 15 March 2012, London ExCeL, UK). The day-long conference, on the opening day of the show, features a keynote address by Nick Ward, Research Director of the General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland, with responsibility for strategy and planning of research & development.

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By Inside GNSS
U.S. House Committee Leaders Request Information on LightSquared and GPS Interference
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 in the interference dispute between LightSquared and GPS.

The inquiry also asks about the government plans to develop GPS receiver standards that would prevent interference from “future deployment of terrestrial service in spectrum near or adjacent to the GPS bands.”

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By Inside GNSS
GPS Program Budget: A Lot, But Is It Enough?

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 to satellite navigation, have escaped deep cuts.

On the hardware side the White House has requested $58.2 for GPS IIF satellite procurement. According to Air Force budget documents, the plan is to then wrap up the total IIF procurement of 12 satellites with a request for $77.6 million in FY14 and $7.3 million in FY15.

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By Inside GNSS
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