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Lawmaker: No Prospect of Federal Funding for FAA UAS Test Ranges

Lawmaker: No Prospect of Federal Funding for FAA UAS Test Ranges

Rep. Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey

No federal funding is available nor will there be for the six test ranges chosen to help integrate unmanned aircraft into the national airspace, a key lawmaker told attendees at a prominent conference on unmanned systems.

“I don’t see Congress doing that [providing money for the ranges],” said Frank LoBiondo, R–New Jersey, the chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee in response to a question during an Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI 2014) conference in Orlando, Florida, last week.

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By Inside GNSS
Sixth GPS IIF Spacecraft Launches
May 17, 2014

Sixth GPS IIF Spacecraft Launches

On Friday (May 16, 2014) the U. S. Air Force successfully launched the sixth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite on board a United Launch Alliance Delta IV launch vehicle. The launch took place at 8:03 EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

The GPS IIF generation of satellites, built by The Boeing Corporation, provides greater navigational accuracy through improvements in atomic clock technology, a more resilient signal for commercial aviation and safety-of-life applications and a longer design life of 12 years.

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By Inside GNSS
MELAHA 2014: Arab Institute of Navigation (AIN) Conference
May 15, 2014

MELAHA 2014: Arab Institute of Navigation (AIN) Conference

"Resilience Navigation" is the theme of the 2014 Arab Institute of Navigation Conference and Exhibition, MELAHA. It will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Alexandria, Egypt on September 1-3, 2014.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 30, 2014. Papers should be submitted electronically as a pdf file to the email address listed below.

The conference topics are:

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By Inside GNSS
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ESA International Summer School on GNSS 2014

ESA International Summer School on GNSS 2014

The European Space Agency (ESA) International Summer School on GNSS 2014 take place July 21–31 on the campus of the Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Held in conjunction with the European Commission Joint Research Center’s Summer School on GNSS, the program is open to graduate students (with a first university degree), Ph.D. candidates, early-stage researchers, and young professional seeking to broaden their knowledge.

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By Inside GNSS
MEDUSA final event on GNSS for Aviation

MEDUSA final event on GNSS for Aviation

The Euromed GNSS II/MEDUSA project will hold its final event on GNSS for aviation on June 4, 2014 in Tunis at GEMCO premises in Elgazala Technopark.

The event aims at presenting the MEDUSA’s experience in the airport of Monastir, and sharing the lessons learnt with the aviation communities from the Euromed countries.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to take stock of the present situation in relation to the use of GNSS/EGNOS for approaches in the Euromed countries, and to discuss the next steps and actions towards operational implementation.

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By Inside GNSS
ESA GNSS Summer School Offers Technical and Business Courses
May 8, 2014

ESA GNSS Summer School Offers Technical and Business Courses

The European Space Agency (ESA) International Summer School on GNSS 2014 take place July 21–31 on the campus of the Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Held in conjunction with the European Commission Joint Research Center’s Summer School on GNSS, the program is open to graduate students (with a first university degree), Ph.D. candidates, early-stage researchers, and young professional seeking to broaden their knowledge.

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By Inside GNSS
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DoD Condenses Acquisition Strategy to Speed M-Code Units

DoD Condenses Acquisition Strategy to Speed M-Code Units

A shift in the Air Force’s acquisition plan should shave a year off the time needed to finish development of new M-code–equipped receivers and potentially inspire more commercially flavored innovation — and perhaps even the entry of new vendors.

The new approach enables the Pentagon to fulfill a congressional mandate to buy only M-code receivers after fiscal year 2017 and could help convince the user community, jaded by previous delays, to speed adoption of the more resilient devices.

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By Dee Ann Divis
Location Authentication

Location Authentication

Table 1, Figures 2 & 3

Smartphone apps represent the most prominent market for GNSS. No other device or community of users has achieved a larger growth and market penetration in the period 2008–2013.

Apple introduced the first GPS capability on a smartphone in June 2008 with the iPhone3, and one year later Samsung introduced its Samsung Galaxy, incorporating the first GPS receiver for this brand.

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By Inside GNSS
Pentagon Seeks to Partner for Access to Other GNSS Signals
April 30, 2014

Pentagon Seeks to Partner for Access to Other GNSS Signals

The U.S. military is moving toward using the signals of other satellite navigation constellations to help ensure access to positioning and timing information and to potentially thwart spoofing.

The impending shift came to light in remarks made by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III during a talk last week (April 23, 2014) at the National Press Club.

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By Inside GNSS
Key GPS/PNT Official Teri Takai Leaving DoD

Key GPS/PNT Official Teri Takai Leaving DoD

Teresa Takei, DoD CIO. DoD photo

Teri Takai, the Department of Defense’s chief information officer (DoD CIO) announced April 28 that she would be leaving at the end of this week. She is the top advisor to the secretary of defense on navigation and timing plus a host of other subjects including telecommunications, satellite communications, and spectrum issues.

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By Inside GNSS
NANU Alerts GPS Users to Start of L2C/L5 CNAV Messages
April 24, 2014

NANU Alerts GPS Users to Start of L2C/L5 CNAV Messages

GPS Block IIR-M and IIF satellites began transmitting CNAV messages on the L2C and L5 signals, on Monday (April 28, 2014).

In a Notice Advisory to NAVSTAR Users (NANU), Air Force Space Command announced that it would begin implementing the civil navigation Message Types (MTs) 10 and 11 (with satellite ephemerides), 30 (satellite clock data, and corrections for ionospheric and group delay), and 33 (parameters related to correlating coordinated universal time (UTC-USNO) time with GPS system time). MT12 (reduced almanac) will not be broadcast at this time.

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