Military amp;amp; government, pnt, early october 2008

Delaying the launch of the Delta II rockets until an indefinite 2009 date is a problem that needs to be resolved sooner rather than later. The IIR-M satellites designated IIR-20(M) and IIR-21(M) are critical to the sustainability of the GPS constellation.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GpsMilitaryGovernment/~4/420866917" height="1" width="1"/

Nasa seeks navigation and timing—on the moon

NASA has issued a request for information, or RFI, to determine interest and solicit ideas from private companies on providing communications and navigation services that would support the development of exploration, scientific, and commercial capabilities on the moon for the next 25 years.

Gps community loses pioneer and driving force

Sherman (Sherm) Gowdy Francisco, who helped pioneer the GPS system, died on January 7, 2009. Francisco was the chief engineer and driving force for the GPS Control Segment.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/GpsMilitaryGovernment/~4/2wqcrid3WvI" height="1" width="1"/

Nasa seeks navigation and timingamp;mdash;on the moon

NASA has issued a request for information, or RFI, to determine interest and solicit ideas from private companies on providing communications and navigation services that would support the development of exploration, scientific, and commercial capabilities on the moon for the next 25 years.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GpsMilitaryGovernment/~4/429327601" height="1" width="1"/

Atair demos gps 'chute for ultra lightweight jpads

Atair Aerospace today said that it successfully tested its Onyx Ultra Light (Onyx UL) GPS-guided parachute system by dropping a Honda 400 ATV from a cargo aircraft at 10,000 feet in the Arizona desert.

Gps insights — march 2008

The recently released Defense Department Directive 4650.05 on Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) serves as an update to an earlier version. It amounts to an evolution in formal guidance, nothing more, and the changes it incorporates should not come as a surprise to anyone. Especially anyone who has been keeping track of how GPS decisions have been made over the last few years ? least of all the United States Air Force (USAF), current stewards of space and of GPS, the largest government-funded, -maintained, and -supported constellation in space today.

Gps insights amp;mdash; late august

I have always said that communications is a key component of the PHGPST, but lately the stories I have heard from our warfighters have led me to believe or to understand that to the warfighter communications really is a critical piece of the overall situational awareness or SA picture; much more so than even I realized.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GpsMilitaryGovernment/~4/374981974" height="1" width="1"/

U.s. army tests module, gps-guided cargo parachute

Airborne Systems has completed a test drop deploying an 18,000-pound payload from 17,500 feet under a modified GPS-guided modular ram-air parachute.

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Jules verne using gps to get around – in space

GPS can be used for more than terrestrial navigation, as the European Space Agency's (ESA) unmanned automatic transfer vehicle, Jules Verne, is proving

Assessing the spoofing threat

A portable spoofer implemented on a digital signal processor mounts a spoofing attack, characterizes spoofing effects, and suggests possible defense tactics. GNSS users and receiver manufacturers should explore and implement authentication methods against sophisticated spoofing attacks.

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Military and government pnt, early june 2008

For war fighters, if you were to link the GPS and Wi-Fi systems seamlessly in a device, then they would have a position within a second or two of turning on that device, no matter where they were located, indoor or out, as long as a Wi-Fi signal was available. And Wi-Fi hotspots are plentiful in Bagdad, for instance.

Lockheed martin gps iii team completes design review phase

The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next-generation GPS spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase, a major program milestone that allows the team to begin the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage.

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Gps source provides boeing with gps retransmission

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems recently awarded GPS Source Inc. a multimillion-dollar contract for the development of GPS retransmission equipment for the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

Gps insights — early august 2008

Apple's iPhone and iTouch application development capability overall allows you and me as well as the military and government user to write programs for the devices. If there is a capability out there that the warfighter needs and does not have, they now have the capability to write the program personally or contract with a software geek, or someone who can write code.

Gps modernization: l5 signal first light

Great excitement surrounds the activation of a new transmitter from a satellite, an occasion dubbed first light. Research groups around the globe joined the government's GPS Wing in monitoring and analyzing the first L5 signals from space. In our June Innovation column, one group describes the equipment and procedures used to capture and analyze SVN49's signals and gives an assessment...

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Air force extends rockwell collins mue contract

The U.S. Air Force has exercised a $50.7 million contract option with Rockwell Collins to complete the next phase of the Modernized User Equipment (MUE) program, the company said Tuesday.

U.s. military testing numerex satellite tracking tech

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications provider Numerex Corp. says it will test its military-grade Orbit One SX1 tracking module against a range of operational environmental conditions similar to those found in combat theaters such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

Boeing upgrades gps ocs in anticipation of iif

Boeing says it will add improved capabilities to its technology for the U.S. Air Force's Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite ground-control system for the GPS.

The system: u.s. radionav plan waffles on back-up

The U.S. National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) posted on its website the 2008 edition of the Federal Radionavigation Plan, official source of radionavigation policy and planning for the federal government, prepared jointly by the departments of Defense (DoD), Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation (DOT).br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/GpsSystemIntegrationDesignTest/~4/TFpXqNr6I0Q" height="1" width="1"/

Gps wing's work continues after successful launch

While many were celebrating the successful launch of the Delta II as it streaked across the Atlantic Ocean, others who were gathered in the 45th Launch Support Squadron headquarters held off until successful separation of the spacecraft from the vehicle and the all-important acquisition of signals to and from the satellite, reports the public affairs office of the GPS Wing.br/br/[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/GpsSystemIntegrationDesignTest/~4/iYRfpjEkKec" height="1" width="1"/