Last year I helped coordinate a three-week workshop for 50 scientists from 15 African countries, introducing the basics of GPS for applications with socioeconomic benefits and scientific exploration. Held in Trieste, Italy, the workshop was quite successful, producing new initiatives on the...More>>

Call it Madden withdrawal. It’s bad enough that I just endured Super Bowl “XLIV” without the smooth and engaging color commentary of the iconic John Madden, the legendary Hall of Fame, Super Bowl (XI) winning coach and virtual football entrepreneur. This year I patently missed John’s pithy...More>>

The U.S. and Japan convened a plenary meeting at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 13 to review and discuss cooperation in the civil use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and GPS augmentations, including Japan's Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) Satellite-based...More>>

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) has posted an announcement for the recruitment for the director of the National Space-Based PNT Coordination Office. 

The director of the PNT Coordination Office is responsible for oversight of...More>>

NASA and Japan have released a new digital topographic map produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft; the map covers more of the globe and in more detail than any previous global digital elevation map, according to NASA.More>>

NASA is looking to gather more information from commercial vendors about who can provide radiation hardened GPS receivers for an in-flight fast satellite signal acquisition experiment aboard a future space shuttle flight, according to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.More>>

Navigon has launched its latest flagship product dubbing it an uber-premium portable navigation device (PND), the 8100T, with a 4.8-inch display and NASA terrain data.More>>

The U.S. Space Exploration Policy, unveiled in 2004, seeks to extend human exploration with missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond. Implementing this ambitious Project Constellation (including a lunar outpost and trips to Mars) requires establishing a cost-effective, synergistic communications and...More>>

NASA has issued a request for information, or RFI, to determine interest and solicit ideas from private companies on providing communications and navigation services that would support the development of exploration, scientific, and commercial capabilities on the moon for the next 25 years.More>>

A December 2004 Presidential directive reflects a renewed U.S. government commitment to maintaining GPS as a global leader in satellite navigation.More>>