On December 5, in Houston, Texas, at a gala event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of GPS hosted by the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation, Matteo Luccio, Editor-in-Chief of GPS World, interviewed Brad Parkinson.
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.”
As part of our celebration of the 50th anniversary of GPS, three long-time players in the industry share their “GPS origin story,” recent breakthroughs, and their view on the next 50 years of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT).
Shaun Elhard, director of core navigation technology, BAE Systems, discusses the company’s GPS origin story, recent innovations and how the company is preparing for the next 50 years of PNT, GPS and beyond.
Northrop Grumman shares its GPS origin story, recent breakthroughs and how the company is preparing for the next 50 years of PNT with GPS and beyond.
Roger Hart, senior director of engineering, Spirent Federal Systems, shares the company’s GPS origin story, recent breakthroughs and how the company is preparing for the next 50 years of PNT with GPS.
Trimble Navigation, which had started out making Loran receivers, was looking for its next marine project when HP decided to cancel its GPS project. However, encouraging words from Brad Parkinson were enough for Trimble Navigation to buy the canceled project.
David Zilkoski discusses how NGS started performing GPS surveys in 1983, years before GPS was considered operational in 1993, changing the way NGS and others performed their surveying operations.
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