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March 15, 2016

[SIGNALS exclusive] As the contractor for the new GPS ground system works its way through a make-or-break 90-day evaluation period, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is weighing whether it should look at leapfrogging past that program and shifting control of the newest GPS satellites to a new common ground system for Air Force space assets.
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For the first time, a GLONASS-K next-generation GNSS satellite has begun providing on-orbit services. (more)  
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Addressing a long-unfulfilled presidential mandate, the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Executive Committee (ExCom) has taken on reponsibility for initiating a process to identify and develop requirements for a complementary national PNT, in effect, a backup system to GPS in case of outages from natural or man-made events. (more)
DoT Seeks Receivers for Long-Awaited ABC Interference Tests
Federal testing is about to begin to determine how much interference GPS receivers can tolerate from their spectrum neighbors. (more)
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Representatives of the world's GNSS providers outlined the current plans and progress of their systems at the 2016 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit in Germany earlier this month. (more)
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced the successful March 10 launch of the sixth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). (more)
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