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March 13, 2014

AFSC Commander: Suspected Chinese ASAT Weapon could threaten GPS

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Douglas Loverro

The head of Air Force Space Command (AFSC) told lawmakers today (March 12, 2014) that the GPS system could be put at risk by what appears to be a new anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon being developed by China.

“The November 2013 U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission (report) raises concerns about China’s efforts to militarize space and develop an anti-satellite weapon capability,” Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, ranking member on Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, told hearing attendees.

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March 11, 2014

HxGN Live 2014

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

It will take place at MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from June 2 through June 5, 2014.

Registration is now open. Early bird rates end April 25, 2014.

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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 President’s Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) budget on Wednesday (March 5, 2014).

Air Force Undersecretary Eric Fanning said the Air Force would continue to “honor our investments and obligations” regarding the Global Positioning System but would “reprofile” the GPS III program so that it meets constellation sustainment demands.

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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 5, 2014), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) invited public comments on U.S. Air Force plans to implement preoperational L2C and L5 civil navigation (CNAV) messages on GPS Block IIR-M and IIF satellites next month.

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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 and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are among the programs being affected.

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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 signals.

“We are currently standing up a smart grid cybersecurity test lab, and one of our future research cases for later in this year or early next year, depending on when we finish building this lab, is GPS security,” said Victoria Pillitteri, an advisor for information system security at NIST, which is under the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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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 particularly timely development as technical and financial difficulties have raised doubts about keeping the system’s next-generation Block III satellites on schedule for launch readiness.

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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 Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.

Registration is now open.

The symposium’s theme is “Operationalizing Intelligence for Global Missions.”

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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 20) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

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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.

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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 that has gained wide support as a backup in case GPS signals are jammed, blocked, spoofed, or otherwise rendered unusable.

In “markups” or adjustments to language in the FY 2015 Coast Guard authorization bill, a House transportation subcommittee proposes to halt the tearing down of stations in the Coast Guard’s old Loran-C navigation system, which was turned off in 2010.

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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 government’s top transportation watchdog told lawmakers this week.

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February 3, 2014

DoT Moves Ahead with V2V Plans for Smart Cars

Anthony Foxx, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DoT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today (February 3, 2014) that it will begin taking steps to enable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology for light vehicles.

This technology would improve safety by allowing vehicles to "talk" to each other and ultimately avoid many crashes altogether by exchanging basic safety data, such as speed and position, 10 times per second.

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AFSC Commander: Suspected Chinese ASAT Weapon could threaten GPS

HxGN Live 2014

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

DoT Agrees to GPS CNAV Test Plan, Seeks Public Comment

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

NIST Plans GPS Cybersecurity Research

Change in GPS IIR/IIR-M Satellite Battery Charging Will Extend Mission Life

GEOINT 2013*: United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Symposium

GPS IIF-5 Heads for Orbit

Proposed FCC E911 Rule Would Strengthen Indoor Location Accuracy Requirement

House Committee Moves to Block Loran-C Teardowns

NextGen Costs Could Triple as Project Completion Slips Years

DoT Moves Ahead with V2V Plans for Smart Cars