NextGen Equipage Fund Takes Off While FAA Works to Cut Program Delays, Cost Overruns
[SIGNALS Exclusive] A public-private partnership created to reduce the financial burden involved in implementing the nation's GPS-based, next-generation (NextGen) air transportation system has raised its first rounds of financing and is now negotiating contracts with its charter customers. (more)
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GPS Civil Funding - The Check is in the Mail
Not only have the GPS civil program funds been held up for months, but when the promised amount finally arrives, it will -again- be far short of what was budgeted. (more)
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China Launches Two More Compass/BeiDou-2 Spacecraft
China successfully launched another two Compass/BeiDou satellites into space at 3:10 a.m. Beijing time on Wednesday (September 19, 2012), according to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua. (more)
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Genene Fisher: Bringing Space Science Down to Earth
If we were to think of the GNSS enterprise as a ship sailing the high seas of space, then space weather expert Genene Fisher would be up in the crow's nest, on the lookout for asteroids instead of icebergs. (more)
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Fractured GNSS Fairy Tales: What's not to like about GPS?
It's free, it's worked great - without failure, really - for nearly 20 years, and it has delivered to the world's citizens an affordable, accurate, and widely available capability for precise location and timing unprecedented in human history. (more)
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