| U.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Third and Fourth GPS III Satellites
January 12, 2012
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $238 million contract for production of the third and fourth satellites in the next-generation GPS III constellation. The acquisition of the next two GPS III satellites at one time will allow the Lockheed Martin-led team to maximize efficiencies in...More>> |
| Raytheon to Develop GPS-degraded Munitions Guidance
January 9, 2012
Munitions guidance experts at the Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment in El Segundo, Calif., will design and demonstrate navigation and guidance technologies that can keep new generations of deep-penetrating bombs and missiles on target in conditions where signals from GPS satellite...More>> |
| Did Spoofing Down Drone?
December 16, 2011
Press stories speculate that GPS spoofing was used to get the U.S. Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel Drone to land in Iran. By spoofing GPS, Iranian engineers were able to get the drone to "land on its own where we wanted it to, without having to crack the remote-control signals and communications."More>> |
| Altus Introduces Multi-Sensor GPS Evidence Mapping Package for Law Enforcement
December 15, 2011
Altus Positioning Systems today announced the introduction of a new GPS-based evidence mapping system for law enforcement. The new Altus evidence mapping package includes an ikeGPS multi-sensor data acquisition system integrated with MapScenes’ Evidence Recorder custom software for evidence...More>> |
 | ITT Exelis, Chronos Team on Offerings for Interference, Detection and Mitigation
December 15, 2011
ITT Exelis and Chronos Technology Ltd. have agreed to jointly pursue and develop product offerings for the GNSS interference, detection and mitigation (IDM) market. Satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems are vulnerable to many factors, such as signals jamming, resulting in...More>> |
 | DoT Gives Blank Stare on LightSquared
November 15, 2011
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) has responded to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by GPS World magazine for its recommendations to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding LightSquared interference with the GPS signal. The DoT wrote,...More>> |
 | Congressional Budget Office Issues Report on GPS for Defense
November 3, 2011
The Congressional Budget Office has issued a report titled "The Global Positioning System for Military Users: Current Modernization Plans and Alternatives." The report discusses options that would provide anti-jamming improvements primarily for handheld receivers used by the Army an Marines, and...More>> |
| L-3 IEC Launches Military M-Code Receiver
October 17, 2011
L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation (IEC) has launched its next-generation military GPS receiver, featuring what it reports as "significant performance, form factor, and cost improvements."More>> |
| Altus Positioning Systems Debuts Versatile GNSS Receiver
October 11, 2011
Altus Positioning Systems debuted its new APS-U GNSS receiver at this year’s Intergeo conference and trade fair, held September 27-29 in Nuremberg, Germany.More>> |
| UPDATE, DOCUMENTS UNCOVERED: NTIA Cannot Find LightSquared Documents, Tells Magazine to Go Fish
October 4, 2011
News By: Alan Cameron UPDATE: Congress Digs Up Docs!! The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has responded to a request under the Freedom of Information Act, filed on September 6 by GPS World magazine, saying it cannot or will not release documents prepared by other government agencies,...More>> |
