Air Force Weighs Switching to Multiyear GPS Procurements

[SIGNALS Exclusive] The Air Force says it might ask Congress for permission to implement bigger buys of GPS satellites beginning in fiscal year 2016 (FY16) once it sorts out whether to drop Lockheed Martin as the GPS III prime contractor and switch to a different manufacturer for the navigation payload. (more)

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Europe Presses Ahead with Galileo Probe, Program

[SIGNALS Exclusive] An independent inquiry commission chaired by Peter Dubock, began its work Thursday (August 28, 2014), its task: establish the circumstances of the so-called "major anomaly" that resulted in two Galileo satellites being placed into incorrect orbits last week. (more)

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RTCA Standards Committee Grapples with UAS Collision Avoidance Rules

[SIGNALS Exclusive] Techniques to avoid aircraft collisions took center stage as aviation experts met in Washington this week to continue hammering out the standards essential to integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the nation's skies. (more)

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DoT Plan for GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility Study to Get Airing

A Department of Transportation (DoT) plan that would establish limits on the power of transmissions from bands adjacent to GPS and other GNSS services will get its first hearing at a September 18 meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (more)

GNSS Charts Drought-Driven Tectonic 'Uplift' in Western U.S.

Precise GNSS measurements have revealed that the severe drought gripping the western United States in recent years is changing the landscape well beyond localized effects of water restrictions and browning lawns, according to scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego. (more)