Ion gnss 2011 conference issues call for papers

Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the Institute of Navigation’s (ION) GNSS 2011. The conference will take place September 20-23, 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Instructions on submitting an abstract are available online. The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 11.

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Air force completes another software upgrade to gps groud system

As part of a larger on-going effort by the Air Force to improve and maintain the current GPS ground system, Air Force Space Command completed another sustainment software release for the GPS operational control segment ground system. The 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colorado, completed the Architecture Evolution Plan 5.6 software upload on January 5.

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New year's gps update with col. bernie gruber

Don Jewell (DJ), our Defense Editor, caught up with Colonel Bernard Gruber (BG), the newest director of the newly renamed Global Positioning Systems Directorate at SMC in Los Angeles, California. They discussed the current status of the GPS program and the way ahead. Don caught Colonel Gruber just before he departed for the East Coast for an Executive-Level Acquisition Course at the Defense...

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Drs tactical systems offers rugged, compact tablet with gps

DRS Technologies, Inc., A Finmeccanica company, announces that its Tactical Systems Group has unveiled its newest rugged mobile computer, the Armor X7 compact tablet. The small mobile computer with integrated GPS is specifically designed for mission-critical tasks that require connectivity, handheld mobility, ease of use, and the durability to support all-weather operations.

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Gao deja vu and otterbox

Just 16 months ago the GAO reported on the Global Positioning System for 2009. This is how I characterized the report at the time for GPS World and it is unfortunately just as pertinent today because the new GAO report (2010), has basically the same flaws:

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General shelton takes helm of air force space command

Gen. William L. Sheltonbecame the 15th commander of Air Force Space Command in a change-of-command ceremony at Peterson Air Force base January 5. Shelton Shelton replaces Gen. C. Robert Kehler, who will take command of the United States Strategic Command at Offutt AFB, Nebraska.

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Flex power update: more power play successful

How often do you take years to plan a major campaign that could affect a billion users, tell everyone when you are going to execute, and then hope to pull it off without anyone noticing? That’s exactly what happened from September 7to 12 when Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) finally approved implementation of the long-awaited Flex Power demonstration/exercise for GPS.

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Air force to respond to gao report on gps

Global Positioning System experts from Air Force Space Command and the Space and Missile Systems Center will hold a media roundtable teleconference tomorrow, September 24, at 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the recent GAO report titled “Global Positioning System: Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Capabilities Persist.” Colonel David Buckman, AFSPC command lead for...

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Space team improves gps capability for warfighters

Joint force warfighters around the globe will soon be able to assess real-time and future GPS accuracy, both where they are and where they're going, with a new capability developed by the 2nd Space Operations Squadron's Global Positioning System User Operations team at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. The new capability uses the Google Earth software application to display data supplied by...

Raytheon interview: gps ocx program status

Don Jewell, our intrepid Defense editor, finally stopped traveling long enough to catch up with Robert "Bob" Canty, the Raytheon vice president and program manager for the GPS OCX program. They managed to find time for a very interesting and uplifting conversation concerning the history, current status, and way ahead for the next-generation GPS operational ground control segment.