http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg GPS World?s Military & Government site offers government / contract professionals daily features, opinion pieces, an e-newsletter, and product information for those working for and with the U.S. government. Areas covered include Security/Surveillance, HazMat, Warfighter, Aviation/Space, Precision Guidance, and Navigation. 2008-05-12T23:35:36Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Air-Force-Updating-GPS-Interface-Docs-for-L5-L1C/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515030?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force's Interface Control Working Group (ICWG) has recently released publicly-available draft versions of updated GPS Interface Control Documents. The documents specifically address the use of forthcoming new civilian signals. 2008-05-06T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/192008/515030null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-Late-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513043?ref=25 When there's somthin' weird, in your neighborhood, you call Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray. But when there's a problem with GPS signal reception in your neighborhood, whom you call might not be so obvious, and depends on whether you wear civvies or fatigues. 2008-04-29T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/182008/513043null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Lockheed-Martin-Joins-Northrop-Grumman-OCX-Team/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512723?ref=25 Lockheed Martin has joined Northrop Grumman Corp.'s team competing for the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) GPS Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Phase B contract. 2008-04-28T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/182008/512723null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/Military-and-Government-PNT-Late-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511548?ref=25 When there's somthin' weird, in your neighborhood, you call Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray. But when there's a problem with GPS signal reception in your neighborhood, whom you call might not be so obvious, and depends on whether you wear civvies or fatigues. 2008-04-21T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/172008/511548/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail_thumbnail_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/172008/511548null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Raytheon-Scores-GPS-Modernized-User-Equipment-Cont/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/510721?ref=25 Raytheon Co. has won a $61 million U.S. Air Force contract from the GPS Wing to complete the development and certification of next-generation GPS receivers. 2008-04-17T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/162008/510721null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/510272?ref=25 The writing is on the wall, and we need to carefully and adequately interpret what we see and read. If you like the direction in which we are heading or if you don't like it, speak out. Don't be ambivalent. 2008-04-15T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/162008/510272null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/GeoEye-Earth-Imaging-Satellite-Passes-Tests/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509764?ref=25 General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has completed satellite integration and environmental testing for GeoEye's next-generation earth imaging satellite, GeoEye-1. 2008-04-11T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/152008/509764null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-Early-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508858?ref=25 The writing is on the wall, and we need to carefully and adequately interpret what we see and read. If you like the direction in which we are heading or if you don't like it, speak out. Don't be ambivalent. 2008-04-08T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/152008/508858/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/152008/508858null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Management-Headquarters-Reorganization-mdash-Imple/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508861?ref=25 Management Headquarters Reorganization - Implementation Directive 08-01 2008-04-08T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/152008/508861null PDF http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Don-Blogs-from-the-National-Space-Symposium/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508261?ref=25 Don Blogs from the National Space Symposium 2008-04-07T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/152008/508261null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/Jules-Verne-Using-GPS-to-Get-Around-ndash-in-Space/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507310?ref=25 GPS can be used for more than terrestrial navigation, as the European Space Agency's (ESA) unmanned automatic transfer vehicle, Jules Verne, is proving 2008-04-02T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/142008/507310null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Raytheon-Completes-Review-for-New-GPS-Control-Segm/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/506299?ref=25 Raytheon Co. has completed the system requirements review (SRR) for the U.S. Air Force for the next-generation GPS Control Segment (OCX), the company said today. 2008-03-28T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/132008/506299null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-March-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507095?ref=25 It will require the talents of genuine statesmen and strategists to balance all that GPS means to the world with what it means to the United States military. One cannot be sacrificed at the altar of the other. 2008-03-26T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/142008/507095null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/L-3-GPS-Receiver-Chosen-for-Guided-Munitions/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/505582?ref=25 Alliant TechSystems, Inc. (ATK) has selected L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp.'s TruTrak Evolution (TTE) GPS receiver for its guidance system used in the U.S. Army's Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) program. 2008-03-26T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/132008/505582null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-Late-March-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/505286?ref=25 It will require the talents of genuine statesmen and strategists to balance all that GPS means to the world with what it means to the United States military. One cannot be sacrificed at the altar of the other. 2008-03-25T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/132008/505286/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/132008/505286null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/GPS-Guided-Artillery-Used-in-Afghanistan/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504403?ref=25 KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. soldiers successfully fired the first 155 millimeter GPS-guided Excalibur artillery round here on February 25, according to the U.S. Army. 2008-03-20T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/122008/504403null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-March-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/502682?ref=25 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. 2008-03-13T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/112008/502682/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/112008/502682null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-February-2008-Special-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501348?ref=25 The "nomad" I am writing about is the Trimble Nomad personal handheld computer and GPS device. I have been testing the Nomad, which is actually built by Tripod Data Systems, a Trimble company, for some time. 2008-02-27T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/102008/501348null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-February-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/494500?ref=25 The Nomad Finds a Home in the Military The "nomad" I am writing about is the Trimble Nomad personal handheld computer and GPS device. I have been testing the Nomad, which is actually built by Tripod Data Systems, a Trimble company, for some time. You might even call it a long-term test, just like the cars in the automobile magazines that they drive for a year to see if the wheels fall off. I have had two different Nomads to review, and they have both been absolutely outstanding. My total testing time has been on the order of six months. 2008-02-27T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/092008/494500/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/092008/494500null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/GPS-Hits-the-30-Year-Mark/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/494640?ref=25 February 22 marked the 30th anniversary of the first GPS signal in space with the launch of NAVSTAR 1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. 2008-02-26T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/092008/494640null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-February-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501345?ref=25 Consider with me for a moment what navigators and warfighters of that day were able to ply as the tools of their trade. 2008-02-15T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/102008/501345null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-February-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/491965?ref=25 Consider with me for a moment what navigators and warfighters of that day were able to ply as the tools of their trade. 2008-02-13T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/072008/491965/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/072008/491965null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Marine-Corps-Picks-Rockwell-Collins-for-Sky-Diving/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/491668?ref=25 The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Rockwell Collins to provide more than 3,000 ParaNav units, a helmet-mounted navigation system for parachutists, the company announced this week 2008-02-13T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/072008/491668null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Avionics+%26+Transportation+News/ISM-International-Acquires-GotchaGPS-Surveillance/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/486954?ref=25 ISM International Inc. has completed its licensing agreement of GotchaGPS Surveillance Systems, the company said Thursday. 2008-01-25T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/042008/486954null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-January-2008-Special-i/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501340?ref=25 When was the last time you sat down in your favorite chair, in a nice quiet room with a warming fire in the fireplace and the snow falling gently outside, to read your favorite government report? I mean, when no one was holding a gun to your head? 2008-01-23T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/102008/501340null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-January-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/486315?ref=25 A Review of "Global Positioning System — Systems Engineering Case Study" When was the last time you sat down in your favorite chair, in a nice quiet room with a warming fire in the fireplace and the snow falling gently outside, to read your favorite government report? I mean, when no one was holding a gun to your head? I can hear your responses now (with the expletives deleted). 2008-01-23T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/042008/486315/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/042008/486315null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Comtech-Scores-Additional-US-Army-Movement-Trackin/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/485918?ref=25 Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., recently received orders totaling $6.7 million under its movement-tracking system (MTS) contract with the U.S. Army. 2008-01-21T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/042008/485918null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/Space-Foundation-Sets-Schedule-for-National-Space-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/484666?ref=25 The Space Foundation's annual symposium will take place this April, with speakers including Michael W. Wynne, secretary of the U.S. Air Force (USAF), and Air Force General Victor E. Renuart, commander for NORAD/USNORTHCOM, the foundation announced earlier this week. 2008-01-15T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/032008/484666null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/GPS-Partnership-Council-Event-Returns-This-May/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/483858?ref=25 After several years' absence, the GPS Partnership Council returns this year, May 20-21, at the Gordon Conference Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base in California. 2008-01-11T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/022008/483858null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-January-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/483020?ref=25 As you read this, we are about two weeks into 2008, and I hope you have a great year. Certainly for GPS World this is going to be a phenomenal year, if for no other reason than the myriad new developments surrounding GPS. And that’s part of what we will explore in this, my first column of the New Year. 2008-01-10T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/022008/483020/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/022008/483020null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-January-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501334?ref=25 As you read this, we are about two weeks into 2008, and I hope you have a great year. Certainly for GPS World this is going to be a phenomenal year, if for no other reason than the myriad new developments surrounding GPS. And that?s part of what we will explore in this, my first column of the New Year. 2008-01-10T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/102008/501334null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/What-Can-You-Do-for-Your-Country/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/482485?ref=25 I felt honored to receive an invitation to write this monthly column for Geospatial Solutions. 2008-01-08T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/022008/482485null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/National-Geospatial-Intelligence-Agency-Involved-i/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/480730?ref=25 Old St. Nick is once again utilizing the latest in U.S. Department of Defense technology to navigate his way around the world this holiday season. 2007-12-21T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/512007/480730null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/BI-Inc-Offers-Voice-Capability-for-Law-Enforcement/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/480479?ref=25 Law enforcement monitoring technology provider BI Inc. today unveiled voice capabilities for its GPS-based BI ExacuTrack AT tracking system. 2007-12-20T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/512007/480479null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/L-3-Lands-33M-Air-Force-Contract-Extension/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/479909?ref=25 L-3 Communications has received a $33 million option on an existing contract with the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to develop standard cards for the Air Force's Modernized User Equipment (MUE) Program, the company said today. 2007-12-17T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/512007/479909null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Air-Force-Extends-Rockwell-Collins-MUE-Contract/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/478880?ref=25 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. 2007-12-12T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/502007/478880null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-December-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481238?ref=25 An old running gag line in the military that evidently started somewhere back around WWII, but in fact has probably been true of military life and the philosophy surrounding it since the first soldier swore allegiance, goes like this: "Look, Wilkowski, if the military wanted you to have a wife they would have issued you one." 2007-12-12T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/522007/481238null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-December-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/478394?ref=25 An old running gag line in the military that evidently started somewhere back around WWII, but in fact has probably been true of military life and the philosophy surrounding it since the first soldier swore allegiance, goes like this: “Look, Wilkowski, if the military wanted you to have a wife they would have issued you one.” 2007-12-11T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/502007/478394/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/502007/478394null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-November-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481239?ref=25 The first time I saw it, I had no idea what it was, but it was so ergonomically compelling that I had to touch it. It is not a mouse, a trackball or a pointer ? rather, it is a? well, the term "SpaceNavigator" works, I guess. 2007-11-30T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/522007/481239null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Products%3A+Military+%26+Government/SpaceNavigator/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/476670?ref=25 The bottom line is, now that I've tried it, I can't imagine using my computer for any GNSS (GPS, GIS, mapping, or navigation) functions without it. 2007-11-30T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/482007/476670null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Raytheon-Northrop-Grumman-Score-GPS-Control-Contra/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/474908?ref=25 Raytheon and Northrop Grumman will build the next-generation control systems for GPS, U.S. Air Force officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center's GPS Wing said last week. 2007-11-26T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/482007/474908null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Air-Force-Association-Recognizes-GPS-Wing-Commande/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/474911?ref=25 The Air Force Association last week named Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel, U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) commander, as its 2007 Gen. Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy winner. 2007-11-26T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/482007/474911null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/US-Coast-Guard-Taps-Trimble-for-Maritime-DGPS-Upda/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/473857?ref=25 Trimble announced late last week that it has received a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to provide as many as 400 reference station receivers during the next three years for its Maritime Differential GPS (DGPS) Service modernization program. 2007-11-19T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/472007/473857null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-November-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/473266?ref=25 This was one of those races where the first contestant across the finish line did not win. But the Urban Challenge race was always about much more than simply coming in first. I thought Dr. Tony Tether got it right at the awards ceremony for the race´s winners when he said, "The Urban Challenge is all about saving lives, and the real winners today are American servicemen and women." 2007-11-15T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/462007/473266/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/462007/473266null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Carnegie-Mellon-Drives-Off-with-Urban-Challenge/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/470406?ref=25 Unlike the original Grand Challenge, a number of competitors in the DARPA Urban Challenge this weekend not only completed the course, but performed amazingly well?as reported in GPS World´s live coverage this past weekend. 2007-11-05T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/452007/470406/Tartan-car-sm_110507_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/452007/470406null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Latest-GPS-Satellite-Deemed-Healthy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/470411?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force said Friday that the latest GPS satellite, launched October 17, was set to healthy status for navigation and timing as of October 31. 2007-11-05T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/452007/470411null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/First-GPS-IIF-Satellite-Undergoes-Environmental-Te/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/470408?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force GPS Wing and Boeing Corp. are set to begin environmental testing on the first GPS IIF satellite at the Boeing Spacecraft Development Center in El Segundo, California, the Air Force said today. 2007-11-05T05:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/452007/470408null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/DARPA-Urban-Challenge-mdash-Race-Day-Coverage/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/470656?ref=25 Maybe Race is not exactly the right word, especially if you are thinking Indy speeds, but it is exactly the right word if you are thinking of that famous fairytale, The Tortoise and the Hare. 2007-11-02T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/452007/470656null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Feature/Security-for-Insecure-Times/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/472619?ref=25 Modernized Loran, hard to spoof and hard to jam, shows strong potential for securing sensitive data. 2007-11-01T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/462007/472619/insecure_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/462007/472619null XML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Northrop-Grumman-to-Develop-Maritime-ID-System/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/469823?ref=25 Northrop Grumman Corp. announced this week that it intends to lead a team that will compete to design, integrate, install and test the U.S. Coast Guard´s planned Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS). 2007-11-01T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/442007/469823null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Raytheon-Adds-GPS-to-Networked-Battlefield-Radio/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/468730?ref=25 Raytheon Co. has introduced a battlefield radio that dramatically improves communications and situational awareness, the company said today. 2007-10-29T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/442007/468730null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/EU-Parliamentarians-Vote-to-Increase-Galileo-Fundi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/468357?ref=25 The debate over the future of the Galileo program, namely the use of public funds for the program, may be coming to a head within the European government in the next few months. 2007-10-26T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/432007/468357null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/Product-Review-October----Trimble-Juno-ST/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/467773?ref=25 I was attending the JSEM (Joint Services Environmental Management Training) and DoD GNSS Conference in Columbus, Ohio, when I first saw Trimble´s Juno-ST handheld in the exhibition hall. It had immediate appeal and was just the sort of high-tech equipment that called my name and said, "Pick me up!" 2007-10-24T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/432007/467773/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/432007/467773null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Maporama-Cartosphere-ESRI-France-in-Web-Publicatio/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/466988?ref=25 France´s Maporama recently announced the signing of a co-publication agreement with Cartosphere and ESRI France primarily intended for government players, including government agencies, local governments and businesses. 2007-10-22T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/432007/466988null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Air-Force-Unveils-New-Early-Orbit-Anomaly-Resoluti/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/466986?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force said late last week that the first use of its new Launch, Anomaly resolution and Disposal Operations (LADO) system went off without a hitch. 2007-10-22T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/432007/466986null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/GPS-IIR-17M-Successfully-Launched-into-Orbit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/466086?ref=25 The latest GPS Block IIR satellite, designated GPS IIR-17M, lifted off successfully today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle. 2007-10-17T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/422007/466086/Global_Positioning_System_IIR_th2_101707_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/422007/466086null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/LBS+News/Sky-Detective-Offers-GPSCDMA-Gang-Monitor/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/464975?ref=25 Sky Detective Inc. announced this week the availability of its ankle-worn GPS/CDMA-assisted monitoring device specifically for monitoring gang activity. 2007-10-12T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/412007/464975null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/US-Army-Selects-GPS-Guided-DragonFly-Chute/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/464973?ref=25 Airborne Systems said today that its DragonFly system has been selected as the 10,000-pound Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System (JPADS) platform for the U.S. Army. 2007-10-12T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/412007/464973null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-October-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/464983?ref=25 When I ended my column last month it was with the words "when it comes to GPS, time and size matter." I was referring, of course, to the CSAC or Chip Scale Atomic Clock, but in hindsight I should have added that funding matters as well. 2007-10-10T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/412007/464983null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Comtech-Gets-157M-Follow-On-Order-from-US-Army/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/463232?ref=25 Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced this week that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, has received orders totaling $15.7 million under its Movement Tracking System (MTS) with the U.S. Army. 2007-10-05T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/402007/463232null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/U-of-Floridaacutes-Gator-Combines-GPS-Stereo-Imagi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/462866?ref=25 Technology development company GeoScopix Inc. said today that the University of Florida´s Gator, a stereoscopic, GPS-based digital geographic data manager, could be applied to a wide spectrum of applications, from first responders to public works to video game development. 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/402007/462866null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Expert+Advice+%26+Leadership+Talks/Leadership-Talks-mdash-Back-to-Basics/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/461983?ref=25 Colonel Dave Madden, the new GPS Wing Commander at the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base spoke with GPS World's contributing editor for military and government, Don Jewell, himself a former USAF commander at Schriever Air Force Base, deputy chief scientist at Air Force Space Command. and co-founder of the GPS Independent Review Team (IRT). 2007-10-01T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/402007/461983/Madden-thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/402007/461983null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Spirent-Delivers-First-SDS-M-code-Simulators/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/460526?ref=25 Spirent Federal Systems said today that it has delivered the first SDS M-code simulation systems to Raytheon and Rockwell Collins companies in support of their Modernized User Equipment (MUE) Receiver Card Development contracts with the U.S. Air Force´s GPS Wing. 2007-09-26T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/392007/460526null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Herley-Wins-Minuteman-III-Test-Program-Contract/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/460102?ref=25 Herley Industries Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, Micro Systems Inc. (MSI), has received a contract valued at approximately $3.5 million, including options, from the Department of the Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems Wing at Hill Air Force Base. 2007-09-25T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/392007/460102null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/GPS-Ground-Control-Transition-a-Success-says-USAF/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/458484?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force said Monday that it had completed the physical transition involved in the Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP), its transition of the GPS ground control to a modern, server-based system, as of September 14. 2007-09-19T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/382007/458484null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/White-House-Agrees-to-Remove-Selective-Availabilit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/458483?ref=25 In a statement late Tuesday, the White House said that President Bush has agreed with the U.S. Department of Defense recommendation to permanently do away with Selective Availability, the intentional degradation of the civil GPS signal. 2007-09-19T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/382007/458483null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-October-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/464109?ref=25 In this month´s column, I´ll take on two topics. You can go directly to each topic by clicking on the respective link below, or read the whole column by simply starting with the first one. 2007-09-13T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/412007/464109/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/412007/464109null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-September-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/457210?ref=25 Since I have been writing about the Perfect Handheld GPS Transceiver, I have received numerous letters and emails asking why an atomic clock is necessary in a handheld transceiver, or in any device for that matter. I could write volumes on the subject, literally, but will try to boil it down to a few key concepts for you. 2007-09-13T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/372007/457210/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/372007/457210null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/First-Block-IIF-Bird-Readied-for-Flight-Physical-T/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/457175?ref=25 Following successful initial systems tests last month, Boeing Co. says it has assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first GPS Block IIF satellite. 2007-09-13T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/372007/457175null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-September-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/457929?ref=25 Since I have been writing about the Perfect Handheld GPS Transceiver, I have received numerous letters and emails asking why an atomic clock is necessary in a handheld transceiver, or in any device for that matter. I could write volumes on the subject, literally, but will try to boil it down to a few key concepts for you. 2007-09-13T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/382007/457929null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Northrop-Grumman-Nav-System-in-F-5-Flight-Tests/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/455891?ref=25 The first unit of Northrop Grumman Corp.´s latest fiber optic gyro-inertial navigation systems, the LN-260, has been delivered to the U.S. Navy for flight testing on its F-5 Tiger II Adversary Fleet Support Fighter, the company said today. 2007-09-10T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/372007/455891null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Correction-to-GPS-IIR-Satellite-to-Demonstrate-L5-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/454675?ref=25 GPS World's Navigate! Daily newsletter originally reported: "The next generation of GPS satellites, GPS Block III, will include an operational third civil signal to improve the accuracy and performance capabilities of the system, according to the Air Force." 2007-09-05T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/362007/454675null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Comtech-Scores-Second-Tracking-System-Contract-wit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/454386?ref=25 Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said today that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., has been awarded a new $605.1 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Army for its Movement Tracking System (MTS). 2007-09-04T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/362007/454386null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/GPS-IIR-Satellite-to-Demonstrate-L5-Signal/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/454385?ref=25 A Lockheed Martin-led team is planning to reconfigure a GPS Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite to include a new demonstration payload that will temporarily transmit a third civil signal following a successful review with the U.S. Air Force, the company said today. 2007-09-04T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/362007/454385null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Delay-in-System-Design-Wont-Hold-Up-GPS-III-Contra/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/454382?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force has reportedly delayed a decision to proceed into the preliminary design phase of the GPS III program, but this should not delay the award of the contract to build the GPS Block IIIA satellites, according to informed sources. 2007-09-04T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/362007/454382null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Warfighter/Navigation-in-a-Nugget/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/458589?ref=25 The Navigation Nugget, first GPS receiver in the world to incorporate a chip-scale atomic clock, will transform designs for the future, enabling warfighters and warfighting platforms to navigate in waters and terrains that can be unattainable with current standalone GPS receivers. 2007-09-01T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/382007/458589/nugget_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/382007/458589null XML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Expert+Advice+%26+Leadership+Talks/Leadership-Talks-mdash-PNT-Architecture-from-the-T/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/452348?ref=25 Major General James B. Armor, Jr. (MGA), director of the National Security Space Office and former GPS Joint Program Office (now GPS Wing) director, spoke with GPS World’s contributing editor for military and government, Don Jewell (DJ), himself a former commander at Schriever Air Force Base and deputy chief scientist at Air Force Space Command. 2007-09-01T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/352007/452348/Armor-thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/352007/452348null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/First-GPS-Block-IIF-Satellite-Passes-Initial-Testi/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/453846?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force´s Global Positioning Systems Wing (GPSW) said Thursday that the first GPS Block IIF satellite successfully passed the Initial Integrated System Test earlier this week at the Boeing Spacecraft Development Center in El Segundo, California. 2007-08-31T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/352007/453846null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/ITT-Gets-FAA-Contract-for-New-Air-Traffic-Control-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/453848?ref=25 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday that it has awarded ITT Corp. a $207 million initial contract leading a team to develop and deploy the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. 2007-08-31T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/352007/453848null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Symmetricom-Device-Gains-GPSW-Security-Approval/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/452592?ref=25 Symmetricom Inc. today announced that its XLi SAASM time and frequency receiver, coupled with a Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module (GB-GRAM), has been granted security approval by the Global Positioning Systems Wing (GPSW). 2007-08-28T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/352007/452592null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Air-Force-Anticipates-Invisible-GPS-Ground-Control/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/450006?ref=25 Come September, when the Air Force and its civilian contractors switch GPS ground control from an aging mainframe computer system to a modern server-based architecture with room for the system to grow and upgrade, it should be a seamless transition, Air Force officials said today. 2007-08-15T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/332007/450006null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/BuckEye-Keeps-Watch-Over-Battlefields/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/449616?ref=25 Flight Landata is recognized for its airborne imaging system, which helps identify threats in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2007-08-14T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/332007/449616null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/DARPA-Selects-Semifinalists-for-Urban-Challenge/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/448909?ref=25 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said Thursday that it has named 36 teams as semifinalists for its Urban Challenge to take place later this year. 2007-08-10T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/322007/448909null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-August-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/448150?ref=25 "Made in China"—how often have you seen this ubiquitous phrase in your lifetime? If you´re like most everyone else in the United States (and other developed countries around the world), you´ve seen it hundreds of times, and you´re probably seeing it more and more every day. But when was the last time you saw it on a piece of high-tech equipment that was designed to save your life? Let´s say, for example, a GPS unit. Would you be surprised to see that label on the next GPS unit you purchase? How would it make you feel? 2007-08-08T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/322007/448150/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/322007/448150null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-August-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/448164?ref=25 In this month´s column, I´ll take on two topics. You can go directly to each topic by clicking on the respective link below, or read the whole column by simply starting with the first one. 2007-08-08T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/322007/448164null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Spacecom-DRS-Technologies-Supply-Satellite-Bandwid/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/447796?ref=25 Israel´s Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom), operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, said this week that it will provide DRS Technologies´ Technical Services Business Segment with Ku-band satellite transponder capacity. 2007-08-07T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/322007/447796null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/US-DOT-Considers-Future-of-National-Differential-G/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/446632?ref=25 The U.S. Department of Transportation´s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) is currently preparing an assessment on the inland component of the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS) that will determine its future. 2007-08-02T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/312007/446632null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Feature/Warfighter-Awareness/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/447547?ref=25 A software-only upgrade to the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver handheld creates real-time position, waypoint, and message exchange and display capability using fielded, secure, tactical radios for situational awareness, friend-or-foe identification, and search and rescue. 2007-08-01T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/322007/447547null XML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/GPS-Adds-to-Rockwell-Collins-Revenues-Earnings-Gro/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/444180?ref=25 Rockwell Collins Inc. published its third-quarter (Q3) results today, reporting that its GPS-related efforts helped it achieve net income of $146 million, an increase of $25 million or 21 percent over the prior-year´s quarter. 2007-07-26T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/302007/444180null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Lockheed-Martin-Says-Itacutes-Ready-for-GPS-III/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442964?ref=25 Aerospace military contractor Lockheed Martin recently announced that it also plans to stay in the GPS satellite business, preparing its proposal to design and build GPS Block IIIA satellites, a potential $1.8 billion contract. 2007-07-20T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/292007/442964null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/Boeing-Preparing-Proposal-for-GPS-III-Satellites/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442357?ref=25 The Boeing Company said this week that it will submit a proposal to build the first GPS Block III satellites, hoping to continue its legacy of building the navigation satellites. 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/292007/442357null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/GPS-Wing-Seeks-to-Build-First-GPS-III-Satellites/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/441756?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force´s Global Positioning Systems Wing late last week issued a request for proposal for the development and production of eight GPS Block IIIA satellites. 2007-07-16T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/292007/441756null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+Newsletter+Archive/Military-and-Government-PNT-July-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/441032?ref=25 In this month´s column, I´ll take on three topics. You can go directly to each topic by clicking on the respective link below, or read the whole column by simply starting with the first one. 2007-07-11T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/282007/441032null REMOTE http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-July-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/440724?ref=25 If you have been following all the news about the European Union´s Galileo Positioning, Navigation and Timing System then you are probably scratching your head and wondering what will happen next 2007-07-10T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/282007/440724/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/282007/440724null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Latest+News/GPS-Guided-Bunker-Buster-Warhead-Proves-Successful/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/439277?ref=25 NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co.´s Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, recently announced a successful demonstration of its Precision Attack Missile warhead, which penetrated a fortified bunker target. 2007-07-03T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/272007/439277null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Rockwell-Collins-Scores-US-Army-GPS-Contract/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/438457?ref=25 The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command chose communications and avionics electronics supplier Rockwell Collins to supply it with GPS receivers for its Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module (GB-GRAM) program. 2007-06-29T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/262007/438457null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/Northrop-Grumman-Delivers-GPSStellar-Nav-System-to/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/437910?ref=25 Northrop Grumman Corp. recently announced that it has delivered the first of 31 production LN-120G stellar-inertial navigation systems to the U.S. Air Force for use in RC-135 aircraft. 2007-06-27T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/262007/437910null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/AGIS-Introduces-Landmark-Mobile-Networking/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/435936?ref=25 Startup Advanced Ground Information Systems (AGIS) on Monday introduced a mobile-communication software package that lets mobile phone, PDA, and PC users locate, track, talk, and exchange text and photos simultaneously with one another. 2007-06-19T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/252007/435936null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/Military+%26+Government+News/New-Commander-Takes-Over-GPS-Wing/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/434695?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force said this week that Col. David W. Madden will take over command of the GPS Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base, effective Monday, June 18. 2007-06-14T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/242007/434695null HTML http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/M%26G+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/GPS-Insights-mdash-June-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/433553?ref=25 NANUs are read before the flight or mission. They´re almost never updated in-flight or during the mission, and the information is extremely perishable. 2007-06-13T04:00:00Z http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/242007/433553/Don-NDIA_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://mg.gpsworld.com/gpsmg/data/articlestandard/gpsmg/242007/433553null HTML