News By :Don Jewell

The United States Air Force awarded the long-awaited and often delayed next phase of the GPS OCX contract this afternoon. There were two competitors, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. The contract was awarded to Raytheon Space System of Aurora, Colorado. The almost $850 million contract is for the...More>>

A story in the Financial Times of the UK reports that critical infrastructure, including air traffic communications, electricity transmission, telecoms networks and emergency services are all under threat from the increasing availability of GPS jammers.More>>

The first IIF satellite destined for orbit arrived safely at the Navstar Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and is now undergoing preparations for its launch this summer on a Delta IV rocket. More>>

On January 11, 2010, when the GPW Wing and the 2SOPS loaded the updated AEP 5.5C software to the "B" side of the ground control segment, it immediately caused a problem with a specific subset of GPS SAASM receivers. A second, unrelated problem manifested in different receivers two weeks later. Both...More>>

Handheld introduced the new Algiz 7 rugged tablet computer. The Algiz 7 is an ultra rugged mobile 7-inch widescreen tablet that runs Microsoft Windows 7 Professional operating system and features an Intel Atom 1.6 GHz processor with 64 GB Solid State hard drive and 2 GB of DDR2 RAM.More>>

The GPS Wing and 2SOPS (2nd Space Operations Squadron) initiated a software update of the ground command and control (C2) system for GPS on January 11, 2010. The update has not gone as smoothly as planned, and the second of two NANUs has now appeared.More>>

The abstract submission deadline for the JSDE/ION Joint Navigation Conference (JNC) has been extended to February 19. The JSDE/ION Joint Navigation Conference is a positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) conference for the U.S. joint services, Department of Defense, and the Department of...More>>

The Global Positioning Systems Wing will be hosting on February 12 an Interface Control Working Group (ICWG) teleconference meeting for the document IS-GPS-200E (NAVSTAR GPS Space Segment/Navigation User Interfaces). The meeting will address comments received on L2 Phase Relationships after the...More>>

Anthony J. Russo has been named director of the National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing. He began serving in that post on January 19. More>>

BAE Systems of Nashua, New Hampshire, has received a $41.9 million U.S. Army contract for all-weather, lightweight, handheld laser target locator systems that allow soldiers to accurately identify target locations while on foot, in daylight or at night, and in fog and smoke. More>>