October 16, 2017
Shift to the Cloud at the Core of Restaged OCX Program
Key details are emerging about how Air Force managers are working to pull into line the substantially delayed and over budget program to build a new GPS ground system. ( more)
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Advisory Board Invites Ligado to the Podium 
The nation's leading satellite navigation experts have invited Ligado Networks, a firm whose plans are widely viewed by many as a threat to satnav, to present at their November 15 meeting. If the company accepts, it could illuminate the structure of the terrestrial service it has in mind and either ease, or add fuel to, the ongoing dispute between Ligado and the GPS community. ( more)
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Air Force Declares First Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite Available for Launch 
Ushering in a new era of advanced Global Positioning System technology, the U.S. Air Force this week declared the first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite available for launch.  ( more )
Spoofing Incident Report: An Illustration of Cascading Security Failure
Logan Scott, a GPS signal expert and a consultant specializing in radio frequency signal processing and waveform design for communications, navigation, and other systems, wrote this report following an incident at the ION GNSS+ 2017 conference in which spoofing by a GNSS signal generator affected numerous smartphones. (more)
ION Presents Professor Terry Moore with Prestigious Johannes Kepler Award 
The Institute of Navigation's (ION) Satellite Division presented Professor Terry Moore with its Johannes Kepler Award September 29, 2017 at the ION GNSS+ Conference (Portland, Oregon) for his outstanding contributions to the development of satellite navigation through a sustained and distinguished professional career devoted to research and teaching.  ( more )