News By: Don Jewell

From September 7 to September 11, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) will conduct what I like to call a "Tim the Tool Man Taylor" more-power exercise, which they have chosen to more appropriately call a Flex-Power Space and Control Segment Integration Checkout. No one really expects any problems to...More>>

News By: Alan Cameron

The U.S. Department of Defense has totally revamped the USAF portion of National Security Space. A communiqué on this subject has appeared, signed by the Under Secretary for the Air Force, although the changes it puts in place are of an order of importance that certainly indicates decisions taken...More>>

News By: Richard B. Langley

GPS satellite SVN62 (PRN25) was set healthy today (27 August) at 04:10 UTC. The satellite, the first of 12 Block IIFs, was launched on 28 May 2010 and went through a three-month evaluation and commissioning period. More>>

Article By: Alan Cameron

Name the hottest test-bed for interoperability of multiple GNSS in user applications. North America, cradle of global satellite positioning, navigation, and timing? Close, but as the saying goes, no cigar. Europe, the up and coming? You’re getting colder. Russia, rocketeer of the once and future...More>>

Article By: Don Jewell

As he retires from the Air Force, Col. Dave Madden gives a status update on GPS modernization and outlines four steps the GPS Wing is taking to ensure worldwide PNT services are not interrupted during modernization, exploring a more robust means of ensuring compatibility, and becoming more involved...More>>

Article By: Alan Cameron

The European Commission rang up the other day, concerned that a recent column contained misperceptions about the Galileo Open Service Signal-in-Space Interface Control Document (ICD). I replied that if misperception exists, it is shared by at least some in industry.Though the EC has abandoned a...More>>

The NoiseWave NW-ATE series noise generator, covering from 10 MHz up to 40 GHz in bands, is designed for test applications including noise, interference, and jamming for GPS receivers and component testing. The rugged instrument is fully programmable from the front panel and remotely via GPIB and...More>>