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2012 Joint Navigation Conference begins on Tuesday, June 12, one day later than planned

Air Force Capt. Bryony Veater in Kandahar, Afghanistan with a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver in November 2011. She trains U.S. and coalition forces in GPS, its limitations and alternatives on the battlefield.(USAF photo/David Carbajal)

The 2012 Joint Navigation Conference, previously scheduled to begin at the Crowne Plaza in Colorado Springs on Monday, June 11 will instead open on Tuesday, June 12 and run through Friday, June 15.

The change was made to accommodate the classified sessions that now will take place on Friday at the United States Air Force Academy.

By Inside GNSS

February 8, 2012

Aviation Subcommittee Hearing Moves Beyond LightSquared to GPS Spectrum Protection

John Porcari, US DoT Deputy Secretary

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari told a congressional committee today (February 8, 2012) that the expenditure of “substantial federal resources” in assisting LightSquared to gain approval for its terrestrial wireless broadband system was “unusual” yet “merited,” but that “further investment cannot be justified at this time.”

By Inside GNSS

January 28, 2012

Big Solar Storm, Little GPS Effect

Solar flare viewed January 23, 2012. NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory image.

Although it was billed as the strongest for the past eight years and coincided nicely with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting in New Oreans, this week’s solar storm apparently had a limited effect on GPS receivers and users.

By Inside GNSS

January 27, 2012

LightSquared GPS Interference Controversy: Senate Investigation Won’t End with FCC Decision

A Senate investigation into how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) handled a request to rezone spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies for LightSquared’s powerful wireless network will continue whether the FCC nixes the plan or not.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has been looking into whether the FCC fast-tracked its review of the Virginia firm’s proposal to build a 4G broadband network with signals that would be, tests now show, powerful enough to interfere dramatically with GPS receivers.

By Inside GNSS

The Return of SVN49

In an effort to improve constellation sustainment, on or about Feb. 1, 2012, SVN-49 will resume transmitting an L-band signal using PRN24 as a test asset, according to the U.S. Air Force Space Command. Upon completion of the test event, SVN-49 will once again be decommissioned from active service. PRN24 will then once again be available for future satellite service.

By Inside GNSS

DoD Strategic Guidance “Protects” GPS Modernization

GPS and other space systems fare well in the Department of Defense (DoD) strategic budget initiative outlined today (January 26, 2012) by U.S. civil and military officials.

The comments reflected policy decisions laid out in “Defense Budget Priorities and Choices,” an introduction to a strategic guidance intended to plot the course of the Pentagon over the next five years. Modernization of the Global Positioning System will be “protected” financially, according to the document.

By Inside GNSS

January 26, 2012

Supreme Court Ruling on GPS-Aided Monitoring Leaves Issues Unresolved

istock photo

A U.S. Supreme Court opinion released this week (January 23, 2012) ruled that warrantless GPS-aided monitoring of a suspect violated the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment protection against “unreasonable searches and seizures."

But it will probably not be the court’s last word on the subject and may, in fact, provide Congress and state legislatures with enough incentive to address the subject more fully than they have to date.

By Inside GNSS

January 19, 2012

GPS – The DoD’s Profit Center

Why Washington continues to talk about deficits while the country is talking about jobs and foreclosures is kind of a mystery, but let’s play along.

Following the failure of Congress’s would-be budget-cutting committee that wasn’t so super, the Department of Defense is facing about $500 billion in mandatory cuts over the next 10 years.

By Dee Ann Divis

January 17, 2012

ICCE 2012 Special Session: Satellite Navigation Technologies

Saigon Morin Hotel in Hue, Vietnam

A special session on Satellite Navigation Technologies will be held as part of the 2012 International Conference on Communications and Electronics (ICCE) at the Saigon Morin Hotel in Hue, Vietnam on August 1-3.

Because South East Asia will be covered by all of the global and regional satellite navigation systems by 2015, the region will experience the multi-GNSS environment at its edge.

By Inside GNSS

January 16, 2012

FIG /IAG Technical Seminar: Reference Frame in Practice

Monte Mario, the highest hill in Rome

A special seminar for geodesists will take place in Rome, Italy on May 4 and 5, just before the 35th FIG general assembly and working week.

The conference venue is the Cavalieri hotel on Monte Mario near the Vatican.

It is organized by the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), the surveyors’ international association (FIG) and the UN’s International Committee on GNSS (ICG).

By Inside GNSS

ESTEL Conference 2012: Europe Space and Satellite Telecommunications

Roma eventi – Fontana di Trevi conference center

The first IEEE-AESS ESTEL Conference (Europe Space and Satellite Telcommunications) will be held at Roma Eventi – Fontana di Trevi
Conference Centre from October 2 through 5, 2012.

It is an offshoot of the Space Applications and Technologies (SAT) Expo, covering telecommunications via satellite for advanced services and applications, architectures, technologies and terminals.

The conference will be held in English. Abstract submissions have closed.

The technical program will cover five major areas:

By Inside GNSS

Hexagon 2012

A number of user conferences for customers of Hexagon AB’s precise measurement brands and products will be combined in the Swedish corporation’s second international conference this summer.

By Inside GNSS

January 15, 2012

AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2012

AUVSI 2011 exhibit floor (photo by Roger L. Wollenberg)

The 2012 Unmanned Systems North America exhibition and conference sponsored by AUVSI will be held from August 6 -9 at Mandalay Bay resort and casino in Las Vegas.

It features technical panels and presentations, workshops and poster sessions on the state of the unmanned systems market. It covers military, civil and commercial applications for air, ground and maritime vehicles.

By Inside GNSS

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2012 Joint Navigation Conference begins on Tuesday, June 12, one day later than planned

Aviation Subcommittee Hearing Moves Beyond LightSquared to GPS Spectrum Protection

Big Solar Storm, Little GPS Effect

LightSquared GPS Interference Controversy: Senate Investigation Won’t End with FCC Decision

The Return of SVN49

DoD Strategic Guidance “Protects” GPS Modernization

Supreme Court Ruling on GPS-Aided Monitoring Leaves Issues Unresolved

GPS – The DoD’s Profit Center

ICCE 2012 Special Session: Satellite Navigation Technologies

FIG /IAG Technical Seminar: Reference Frame in Practice

ESTEL Conference 2012: Europe Space and Satellite Telecommunications

Hexagon 2012

AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2012