by Editor | Jul 6, 2017 | Blog
Last year two Department of Defense officials gave seemingly conflicting testimony at the same hearing. In response to a question about the importance of GPS, one said that it was “needed for everything.” Moments later the other said that the Department of...
by Editor | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog
Mr. Steve Kitay has been selected for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy position vacated when Mr. Doug Loverro retired. Mr. Kitay has an extensive background in national security space issues and until recently was a member of staff for the...
by Editor | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog
The recently released House version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) calls upon the Secretary of Defense to figure out how to incorporate the EU’s Galileo global navigation satellite system, and Japan’s QZSS regional navigation...
by Editor | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog
A recent Air Force press release describing GPS performance as “near-perfect” raised eyebrows at the National PNT Advisory Board meeting in Baltimore this week. During Q & A after a GPS system update by Col. Gerry Gleckel, the deputy at the Air...
by Editor | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog
In a letter to the FCC Tuesday, twenty-two companies and organizations opposed Ligado’s spectrum use proposals. Diverse as Thales and AccuWeather, the letter effectively refutes Ligado’s media claims that all opposition to its proposals has vanished. The...
by Editor | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog
Dr. Brad Parkinson, widely known as the “Father of GPS,” opened a presentation Tuesday night with a call for immediate implementation of an eLoran system in the United States as one of several measures needed to protect GPS and the positioning, navigation,...
