July 17, 2017
GPS Official: Expect One Follow-on GPS III Contractor, Tech Insertion Points 
The U.S. Air Force will hold a full and open competition for the next GPS III contract and is focused on choosing a single contractor for all 22 satellites to limit engineering costs, a GPS program official told the United States' leading satellite navigation experts. (more)



GPS Expert Scott Pace Named to National Space Council  
Scott Pace, a grand master of space policy with particular expertise in satellite navigation, has been chosen by the White House to be executive secretary of the newly revived and potentially powerful National Space Council.  ( more )  
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Galileo Helping Europe Harmonize Geospatial Data
The importance of geospatial data being harmonized across Europe via a common coordinate system was stressed at the recent EUREF 2017 Symposium in Wroclaw, Poland, where the European GNSS Agency (GSA) discussed Galileo's role in helping the mapping and surveying sector.  ( more )  

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Expert GPS Panel: New Ligado Plan Still Harms GPS 
The nation's leading GPS experts said in a newly released letter that a controversial broadband network would still interfere significantly with GPS receivers despite revisions to the network plan. The right choice, the group advised key administration officials, is to protect GPS, which underlies aviation and much of the nation's other critical infrastructure. ( more )  
Launch Doubles Size of Iridium NEXT Fleet; Space-Based ADS-B Network Evolving
Iridium Communications' recent successful second launch of its next-generation network, Iridium NEXT, has further implemented a space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) developed by Aireon. This payload of 10 satellites deployed into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) approximately one hour after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday, June 25. ( more)
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