Military & Government PNT Newsletter, June 2009
Jun 9, 2009
By:Don Jewell
My assessment of the GAO report has changed markedly since I read the full report. To say that the Executive Summary does not do the report justice is a gross understatement. Most of my objections concerning the Executive Summary were answered in the full-length report. Therefore, I highly recommend that you read it. However, as to the recommendations: It took the GAO 19 months to conduct a study that recommended no more than the status quo. That's right, both of the GAO's major recommendations have been in place for several years.
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 | May 13, 2009
By:Don Jewell
I am sure that many of you remember Colonel Mark Crews when he served with distinction as the chief engineer for the GPS Wing at SMC. Mark made some legendary and landmark contributions to the future of the GPS constellation as we know it, nationally and internationally. His efforts will long be appreciated by those of us who know about them in some detail. Mark is always the gentleman and is reluctant to boast about his feats, so we may have to do that for him. After you read what Dr. Crews has to say about the L5 payload, I will launch into an issue concerning user equipment that has been on mind for sometime — with a trip to the shrink's couch.
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Apr 7, 2009
By:Don Jewell
The last few weeks have been a busy time in the space world, especially for GPS. Numerous space symposia were held around the globe, and the USAF finally launched the IIR(M)-20 GPS payload with the L5 signal transmitter onboard.
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 | Military & Government Newsletter, April 2009
Apr 7, 2009
By:Don Jewell
The MR-1 is truly an amazing device. Our warfighters obviously think so as well because they are buying it.
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 | Military & Government Newsletter, March 2009
Mar 5, 2009
By:Don Jewell
Great shades of Dick Tracy and every other comic book and superhero who ever used a wrist mounted communications device. That's what I thought of when I was first introduced to the WR-1100 Zypad from Parvus.
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 | Military & Government newsletter, February 2009
Feb 9, 2009
By:Don Jewell
Hardly a day goes by without someone in theater being killed or injured by an IED, much less a suicide bomber. Bombs, while effective, are very much a cowardly way of taking a life and, while that is certainly a personal and subjective opinion, the fact remains that cowardly act or not our warfighters are being killed almost daily by IEDs and something must be done.
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 | It really seems a shame to call the Ricoh Caplio 500SE-M GPS Tactical Digital Camera simply a camera. It is so much more, as you will see, and I have come to think of it as an indispensable tool for anyone who needs to accurately document and communicate the details of their surroundings — in real time, if necessary — to others.
Jan 15, 2009
It really seems a shame to call the Ricoh Caplio 500SE-M GPS Tactical Digital Camera simply a camera. It is so much more, as you will see, and I have come to think of it as an indispensable tool for anyone who needs to accurately document and communicate the details of their surroundings — in real time, if necessary — to others.
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 | Dec 15, 2008
By:Don Jewell
It is that time of year when we reflect or reminisce about the year that has passed, ponder our reactions to the year?s past events, and look forward to what the New Year will bring.
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 | There are those who, while intelligent in their own areas of expertise, just don't get the GPS and all it can be. They fail to see the big picture, and unfortunately for the warfighter, many in the military fall into this category.
Nov 11, 2008
By:Don Jewell
There are those who, while intelligent in their own areas of expertise, just don't get the GPS and all it can be. They fail to see the big picture, and unfortunately for the warfighter, many in the military fall into this category.
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