First Fix: Three recent articles that prove GNSS is constantly in the news
April 11, 2024
In one way or another, GNSS is constantly in the news, even though it rarely makes the headlines. Three recent articles prove this point.
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In one way or another, GNSS is constantly in the news, even though it rarely makes the headlines. Three recent articles prove this point.
On Jan.11, speaking at a press briefing in Paris, Javier Benedicto, director of navigation for the ESA, announced the agency had completed the procurement process for the low-Earth Orbit Positioning Navigation and Timing (LEO PNT) program.
Every day, the FAA monitors and assists more than 45,000 flights — up to 5,000 at any one time — across the more than 29 million square miles that make up the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS).
At a reception hosted by the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation to celebrate GPS’ 50th anniversary, I had the honor of publicly interviewing Dr. Bradford Parkinson, the original architect of GPS.
Only about half of lighthouses serve as active aids to navigation and the U.S. Coast Guard has automated all of them. “The rest,” Wickenden wrote, “have been made obsolete by GPS.”
GPS World EIC, Matteo Luccio, discusses his recent trip Cleveland, Ohio, where North Coast Media, this magazine’s publisher, is based. Luccio talks the flight and developments in satellite technology.
GAO’s report recommends that the DOD assess the number of GPS satellites necessary to meet operational needs, and either develop a sound business case for the M-code-capable Increment 2 handheld.
GPS World Editor-in-Chief, Matteo Luccio, invites the GPS World readers to contribute to GPS World as sources, advisers and writers.
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