Inside GNSS SIGNALS enews, January 17, 2017: FCC Seeks Comments on Allowing Galileo Use in U.S., and more

January 17, 2017

FCC Seeks Comments on Allowing Galileo Use in U.S.

After a yearslong wait the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for comments on whether it should allow signals from Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system to be used for non-federal applications in the United States. The call for public feedback is part of a process to grant a waiver so that Galileo-capable receivers don't have to be licensed in the United States. ( more)

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SEC Sets Tighter Timing Standards for Financial Industry

Securities regulators recently approved a plan to improve the tracking of financial trades by creating a single, comprehensive database that, among other things, incorporates tightened clock synchronization standards.( more)

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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Releases Staff Report on BeiDou

China's development and promotion of its BeiDou satellite navigation system not only has tremendous implications for that country's government and finances, but this alternative to GPS also presents a variety of implications for the United States, according to a staff research report released by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. ( more)

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Aireon's First Launch for Space-Based ADS-B Network a Success

A January 14 launch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites will help implement a space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) developed by Aireon, in partnership with leading Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) from around the world, and designed to provide real-time GNSS tracking of aircraft over oceanic regions. ( more)

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OCX Gains Ground With Help From Private Sector Computer Wizards

Ligado Networks has announced a cooperation agreement with Topcon Though the schedule is still uncertain, progress is being made on completing the new GPS ground system, said Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, who credited a crack group of private-sector computer wizards with helping get the program back on course. Calling the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX), a "terribly, terribly important program," James said, however, she still did not consider the software-focused effort to be "out of the woods." ( more)

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