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April 30, 2012

Cybersecurity Bills Could Reshape GPS Anti-Interference Efforts

Legislation moving through Congress could reshape efforts to counter GPS interference as the government steps up its efforts to fight cybercrime and protect critical systems like the power grid and communications networks.

Though cybersecurity generally focuses on protecting information systems the broad definitions in some legislation now on the Hill appear to encompass GPS support systems, some user communities, and even the constellation itself.

By Inside GNSS

Common GPS Galileo Civil Signal Could Go Back on the Table in Patent Dispute

The U.S. government is so unhappy about a British patent claim on the new civil GPS signal that, if things cannot be worked out, officals might consider abandoning the countries’ interoperable signal structure, sources told Inside GNSS.

By Inside GNSS

Falcone Appears Ready to Step Away from LightSquared Role in Face of Creditors, GPS Interference

Harbinger Capital Management LLC fund manager Philip Falcone has reportedly agreed to eventually withdraw from his leadership position with LightSquared Inc., the would-be wireless broadband that ran into problems because its proposed terrestrial transmitters would have caused interference to GPS receivers.

By Inside GNSS

April 27, 2012

British Military Claims Patent on GPS, Galileo Civil Signal Structure

The British military establishment is seeking royalties from GPS receiver manufacturers, asserting it holds a patent on the technology at the heart of the new GPS and Galileo civil signals.

Should U.S. manufacturers have to pay royalties, American GPS users, who have already paid for the GPS constellation and made it available to the world free of charge, could find themselves spending more to use its location capabilities. Sources said the development could undermine relations between the U.S. and the European Union (EU), which have cooperated for years to develop a common signal at the L1/E1 frequency centered at 1575.42 MHz.

By Inside GNSS

DARPA Seeks New Inertial-Atomic Sensor to Enable Military Missions in GPS-Denied Areas

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a search for an atomic inertial sensor to measure orientation in GPS-denied environments.

The Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator (C-SCAN) initiative seeks to create a sensor that integrates small size, low power consumption, high resolution of motion detection, and a fast startup time into a single package.

By Inside GNSS

April 26, 2012

NASA Backs Test of Real-time GPS Earthquake Mitigation Network

Evolution of real-time GNSS reference networks and data processing has evolved to the point that NASA-backed researchers believe they can soon implement large-scale demonstration tests to provide earthquake and tsunami alerts to the general public and emergency responders.

By Inside GNSS

GPS Partnership Council Meeting

The 11th GPS Partnership Council meeting will take place on May 1 and 2,
2012 at the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles Air
Force Base in El Segundo, California. It is located about four miles
south of the Los Angeles Airport.

As of April 27, the meeting is full, however registration is open for the golf tournament on Wednesday and social evening on Tuesday.

By Inside GNSS

April 25, 2012

FAA Extends Raytheon’s WAAS Contract

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Raytheon Company a two-year contract extension to continue to provide services for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS). The $30.1 million contract extends the period of performance through Sept. 24, 2013.

By Inside GNSS

April 23, 2012

2012 Space Weather Workshop

The annual Space Weather Workshop will take place on April 24-27 2012 at the Millennium Hotel in Boulder, Colorado. Registration is now open.

The conference schedule is online here.

Organizers call it the meeting of science, research, applications, operations and users.

By Inside GNSS

April 21, 2012

IEEE/ ION PLANS 2012: Position Location And Navigation System Conference 2012

This biennial conference and industry exhibition explores the field of navigation—from fundamental research, to applications, to field test results.

It will take place April 24, 25 and 26 at the Marriott Resort and Spa at Grande Dunes in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA.

Sponsored by IEEE’s Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society and the Institute of Navigation, participants will learn about sensors, systems, optimal integration of multiple sensors and emerging technologies in navigation.

By Inside GNSS

Parts Testing Drives Up GPS III Program Costs, Forces Prime to Forego $70 Million Incentive Fee

An emphasis on quality assurance in system engineering and components in the first GPS III satellite now under development has driven projected costs up in the program above the budgeted amount, leading the U.S. Air Force to deny a $70 million incentive fee to prime contractor Lockheed Martin.

By Inside GNSS

Help DARPA Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before

We certainly hope the competitors in DARPA’s Robotics Challenge hardwire Isaac Asimov’s First Law of Robotics into their creations—the one that says don’t harm humans.

Because the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s new contest aims to develop technology that advances robotics to the next level. The level at which robots can do what we do, go where we can’t, and change shape as necessary.

By Inside GNSS

April 20, 2012

U.S. Satellite Export Policy Report Retains GPS Restrictions

The Global Positioning System and GPS receivers show up several times as items of special concern in a report to Congress submitted Wednesday (April 18, 2012) by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of State. The subject is discussed in an appendix addressing “China’s Space-related Strategic Goals, Capabilities, and Methods for Acquiring Technology.”

By Inside GNSS

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Cybersecurity Bills Could Reshape GPS Anti-Interference Efforts

Common GPS Galileo Civil Signal Could Go Back on the Table in Patent Dispute

Falcone Appears Ready to Step Away from LightSquared Role in Face of Creditors, GPS Interference

British Military Claims Patent on GPS, Galileo Civil Signal Structure

DARPA Seeks New Inertial-Atomic Sensor to Enable Military Missions in GPS-Denied Areas

NASA Backs Test of Real-time GPS Earthquake Mitigation Network

GPS Partnership Council Meeting

FAA Extends Raytheon’s WAAS Contract

2012 Space Weather Workshop

IEEE/ ION PLANS 2012: Position Location And Navigation System Conference 2012

Parts Testing Drives Up GPS III Program Costs, Forces Prime to Forego $70 Million Incentive Fee

Help DARPA Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before

U.S. Satellite Export Policy Report Retains GPS Restrictions