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November 5, 2020

GPS Satellite Launch Company Acquired by Large Defense Contractor

Parsons Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Braxton Science & Technology Group (BSTG). Braxton Technologies‘ Launch, Anomaly Resolution, and Disposal Operations (LADO) system has been a key part of GPS satellite launches since 2007. LADO has performed all the mission planning, commanding and telemetry processing necessary to prepare all GPS satellites for operational use.

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November 2, 2020

Fourth GPS III Launch Upcoming Thursday, November 5

The U.S. Space Force’s newest GPS satellite, Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04), has been re-scheduled for launch this Thursday, November 5. A previous launch date of October 2 was scrubbed at T-2 because of a detected anomaly in two of the booster rocket’s nine engines.

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October 30, 2020

SBAS for Aviation Opens over Africa and Indian Ocean

In September, the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) started broadcasting a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) signal over Africa and the Indian Ocean. This marks the first SBAS open service in the region, modeled based on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).

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October 29, 2020

Moving at the Speed of Government: Ligado 5G Plan Inches Forward

Six months ago, the FCC unanimously granted Ligado’s amended license modification applications to deploy a low-power terrestrial nationwide network in the L-Band. Petitions for reconsideration remain pending, interest groups continue to agitate for change, Congress awaits answers to conflict-of-interest questions—and Ligado presses forward as planned.

October 28, 2020

Letter to Senate Says FCC Order Will Negatively Impact Industry and Government

A broad cross-industry coalition sent a strongly worded letter to the Senate Commerce Committee warning that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Ligado Order that impacts GPS, if left in place, “would upend decades of sound spectrum policy, negatively impact a significant cross-section of commercial, federal, and academic users who rely on the many different L-band satellite services, and threaten the safety of most Americans.”

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October 21, 2020

New Tactical-Grade Dual-Antenna GNSS/INS Shows Off at InterGeo and AUSA

VectorNav showcased its new VN-310 at the recent InterGeo expo in Berlin and at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2020 conference in Washington, D.C. The VN-310 is a tactical-grade, high-performance dual antenna GNSS-aided inertial navigation system (Dual GNSS/INS).

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October 19, 2020

ADEPT Keeps Eye Located in the Sky Despite GPS Jamming

Leidos showcased its system for airborne navigation in GPS-denied environments at the recent Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2020 conference in Washington, D.C., October 11–13.The system, called Assured Data Engine for Positioning and Timing (ADEPT), compares the high-resolution camera view below a plane to a detailed satellite map.

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October 15, 2020

Collins Rolls Out MAPS Gen II at AUSA: A-PNT Access with Highest Trust Level

Collins Aerospace unveiled the second iteration of its Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System (MAPS) for warfighters at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2020 conference

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October 9, 2020

Gladiator Technologies’ High-Performance Integrated GNSS-INSs Come Easily to Hand

Low-noise MEMS inertial sensor and systems technology coupled with VELOX high-speed processing are integrated with a 72-channel GNSS receiver from Gladiator Technologies. The devices deliver position accuracy within 2 nautical miles per hour during GPS outages.

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October 8, 2020

Army’s MAPS Alternative PNT for GPS Jamming Awarded to Collins

Collins Aerospace received a program-of-record contract to mature and integrate a positioning, navigation and timing system for the U.S. Army’s for the Army’s increasingly sophisticated manned ground vehicles. The Mounted Assured Position Navigation and Timing System (MAPS) will maintain the integrity of positioning and timing during operations in GPS-contested environments.

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October 2, 2020

Across the Lunar Landscape – Exploration with GNSS Technology

As a significant number of people and robotics venture into space, infrastructures providing critical services such as GNSS must be considered on a large extra-terrestrial scale to support these explorations and settlements.

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September 30, 2020

Under Attack – Receiver Response to Spoofing: Robustness vs. Resilience

Laboratory tests explore how commercially available receivers respond to meaconing and spoofing, with the goal of developing useful test methodologies and metrics to assess receiver robustness and resilience to real-world spoofing threats.

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45th SW supports second successful Falcon Heavy launch

September 29, 2020

Fifth and Sixth GPS III Satellites Will Re-use Previously Flown Booster Rockets

The fifth GPS III satellite rising in 2021 will ride aboard a previously used Falcon 9 first-stage booster, in a first for a National Security Space Launch mission. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) has contracted with the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center Launch Enterprise to reuse the booster rockets.

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GPS Satellite Launch Company Acquired by Large Defense Contractor

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Moving at the Speed of Government: Ligado 5G Plan Inches Forward

Letter to Senate Says FCC Order Will Negatively Impact Industry and Government

New Tactical-Grade Dual-Antenna GNSS/INS Shows Off at InterGeo and AUSA

ADEPT Keeps Eye Located in the Sky Despite GPS Jamming

Collins Rolls Out MAPS Gen II at AUSA: A-PNT Access with Highest Trust Level

Gladiator Technologies’ High-Performance Integrated GNSS-INSs Come Easily to Hand

Army’s MAPS Alternative PNT for GPS Jamming Awarded to Collins

Across the Lunar Landscape – Exploration with GNSS Technology

Under Attack – Receiver Response to Spoofing: Robustness vs. Resilience

Fifth and Sixth GPS III Satellites Will Re-use Previously Flown Booster Rockets