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Areas highlighted include the Global Positioning System, GPS Modernization, Galileo, GLONASS, SBAS, WAAS, eLORAN, Augmentation & Assistance, Receiver Design, and System Integration with Other Technologies. 2008-05-17T20:22:53Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Lockheed-Gets-the-Nod-for-GPS-III/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/517495?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force finally made it official and confirmed the rumor mill: Lockheed Martin has beat out rival satellite contractor Boeing for the contract to build the first eight GPS III satellites. 2008-05-16T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202008/517495null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/GPS-III-All-That-Remains-is-the-Official-Word/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/516714?ref=25 With rumors swirling about which company got the contract, the Wall Street Journal identifying the supposed contractor, and a Department of Defense under secretary having signed off, all that remains is for the U.S. Air Force to tell which company will build the first GPS III satellites. 2008-05-13T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202008/516714null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/GIOVE-B-to-Ground-Control-Do-You-Read/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515705?ref=25 Yes we do, says the European Space Agency (ESA). Following its April 27 launch, GIOVE- B, the second Galileo satellite, began transmitting navigation data on May 7, the ESA reported. 2008-05-08T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/192008/515705null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Live-Coverage-of-IEEEION-PLANS-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515005?ref=25 Live Coverage of IEEE/ION PLANS 2008-05-06T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/192008/515005null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Insight+%26+Commentary/Out-in-Front-mdash-Re-Up-for-Leaders/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513125?ref=25 me of little faith. I had thought, after concluding this month?s 50+ Leaders to Watch article, to quietly wrap it up and put it away on the shelf. Not to be continued next year. We?ve had a three-year run, and it?s been a good one. But how many leaders can there be, worthy of watching? You get to 150+, you feel a bit long in the tooth. But the GNSS community carries much more breadth, depth, enthusiasm, and creativity than I had grokked, even after eight years of covering nearly every aspect of it. 2008-05-01T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182008/513125null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Letters-to-the-Editor-mdash-May-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513504?ref=25 Joint Control of GPS; SiRF Suits 2008-05-01T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182008/513504null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/The+System/The-System-mdash-GPS-III-Contract-Award-a-Reality/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513996?ref=25 GPS III Contract Award Now a Reality ? ?; Raytheon Scores MUE Contract; Galileo Serves Second Course 2008-05-01T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182008/513996null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Algorithms+%26+Methods/Innovation-Making-a-Difference-with-GPS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/516320?ref=25 One of the difficulties with RTK-style positioning is resolving carrier-phase ambiguities. If you time-difference sequential carrier-phase measurements, the ambiguity actually disappears, and you can determine accurate relative positions using time-differenced carrier-phase measurements. But there are some caveats. 2008-05-01T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202008/516320/innovation_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/202008/516320null XML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/US-DOT-Plans-to-Continue-Inland-NDGPS-Ops-mdash-Fo/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513447?ref=25 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved a decision to continue the inland component of the Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS), based on the results of a user assessment conducted by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). 2008-04-30T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182008/513447null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+%26+Test+Newsletter+Archive/System-Design-amp-Test-Newsletter-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513046?ref=25 GPS World's intrepid editor in chief filed this month's newsletter from Toulouse, France, home of CNES, the French Space Agency, and site of this week's European Navigation Conference. 2008-04-29T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182008/513046null REMOTE http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Galileos-GIOVE-B-Successfully-Attains-Orbit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512707?ref=25 The second Galileo demonstration satellite, GIOVE-B, successfully lifted off in the early morning hours of April 27 and subsequently reached its target orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) says. 2008-04-28T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/182008/512707null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/SD%26T+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/Perspectives-mdash-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512002?ref=25 GPS World's intrepid editor in chief filed this month's newsletter from Toulouse, France, home of CNES, the French Space Agency, and site of this week's European Navigation Conference. 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/172008/512002/Alan_Cameron_SMALL_thumbnail_thumbnail_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/172008/512002null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/GIOVE-B-on-the-Launch-Pad-Ready-for-its-Close-up/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/512165?ref=25 Russian space technicians have moved the Soyuz launcher that will carry GIOVE-B satellite into orbit from a final-assembly building to a launch pad in preparation for liftoff on Sunday morning, April 27, the European Space Agency (ESA) said today. And the launch will be coming to a computer monitor near you. 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/172008/512165null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/European-Parliament-Gives-Galileo-a-Green-Light/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511914?ref=25 On the eve of the launch of Galileo's GIOVE-B satellite, the European Parliament has backed plans developed by other branches of the European Union for the beleaguered European GNSS. 2008-04-23T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/172008/511914null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Live-Coverage-of-ENC-GNSS-08/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511057?ref=25 Don Blogs from the National Space Symposium 2008-04-22T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162008/511057null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Alan-Blogs-from-ENC-GNSS-08/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/511056?ref=25 Alan Cameron Blogs from the European Navigation Conference, April 22-25 in Toulouse, France. 2008-04-18T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162008/511056null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/ESA-Creates-Galileo-Directorate/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/510719?ref=25 The European Space Agency's (ESA) governing council has appointed several directorate positions within the agency, including a director of the Galileo program and navigation-related activities. 2008-04-17T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162008/510719null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Ifen-to-Develop-Next-Gen-EGNOS-Breadboard-Receiver/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/510462?ref=25 The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Germany's Ifen GmbH to develop the next-generation ranging and integrity monitoring stations (RIMS) receiver breadboard for use with the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/162008/510462null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/National-Space-Symposium-Day-3-OCX-and-GPS-III/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509427?ref=25 The GPS OCX program is in a head-to-head competition between Raytheon and Northrup Grumman. That competition still has 12 months to go before a final down-select. The SECAF feels the competition is progressing as planned and looks for an award about this time next year. 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152008/509427null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/GPS-III-Contract-Award-Coming-This-Month/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509163?ref=25 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Senior spokesmen from both Lockheed Martin and Boeing agreed this morning that the long anticipated award of the GPS III space segment contract for space vehicles and GPS payloads will be anticipated just a little longer. 2008-04-09T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152008/509163null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Galileo-Authority-Seeks-Comment-on-Latest-Interfac/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509164?ref=25 The European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) has released a new version of the Galileo Open Service Signal-In-Space Interface Control Document (OS SIS ICD), and is seeking public comment. 2008-04-09T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152008/509164null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/EU-Transport-Ministers-Approve-Galileo-Implementat/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508537?ref=25 European Union transport ministers have voted to support a proposal for the implementation of Galileo, seen as a key step following the bloc's guaranteeing funds for the project in its budget last year 2008-04-08T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152008/508537null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/EADS-Astrium-to-Buy-Surrey-Satellite-Technology/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508536?ref=25 European aerospace player EADS Astrium has entered into an agreement to acquire U.K-based University of Surrey spinoff company Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), maker of Galileo's first satellite, GIOVE-A. 2008-04-08T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152008/508536null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Spirent-Adds-GLONASS-L2-to-Simulator/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/508166?ref=25 Spirent Communications PLC has added GLONASS L2 test capability to its new GSS8000 simulation system, which already supports GLONASS L1 simulation, the company announced today. 2008-04-07T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/152008/508166null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Last-IIR-M-Satellites-Heads-to-the-Cape/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507794?ref=25 GPS satellite maker Lockheed Martin has finished work on the last modernized Block IIR satellite, and is preparing to ship it to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, where it will be blasted into orbit in June. 2008-04-04T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142008/507794null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/GNSS-Signal-2008-Fast-Approaching/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507552?ref=25 The annual GNSS Signals and Signal Processing conference scheduled for April 21 and April 22 in Toulouse, France will focus on Galileo and other GNSS signals. 2008-04-03T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142008/507552null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/GIOVE-A-Not-Done-Yet-Says-SSTL-and-ESA/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507305?ref=25 GIOVE-A, the first satellite in the European Galileo satellite navigation system, has been in orbit 27 months, marking the completion of its nominal mission lifetime, but its operation will continue, says its maker SSTL. 2008-04-02T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142008/507305null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/The+System/The-System-mdash-A-Healthy-Constellation/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/506615?ref=25 GPS Constellation by the Numbers: All 31 active GPS satellites and all 16 active GLONASS satellites are set healthy, for a total combined constellation of 47 satellites; Galileo, Compass on Collision Course; GLONASS Faces Doubters 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142008/506615null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Expert+Advice+%26+Leadership+Talks/Expert-Advice-mdash-Prepare-for-GIOVE-B-Liftoff/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/506684?ref=25 A at the end of this month, on the 27th of April, Europe will add a new cornerstone to the Galileo programme and to global satellite navigation as a whole. GIOVE-B, the second Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE) satellite, will rise into a medium-Earth orbit aboard a Soyuz launcher from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142008/506684/Hahn_Alpe_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142008/506684null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/SD%26T+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/Leadership-Talks-mdash-Anomaly-Response/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/494498?ref=25 Don Jewell, contributing editor for GPS World's military and government section, interviewed Col. Mark Crews (pictured above), chief engineer at the GPS Wing, U.S. Space Missile Command, regarding GPS anomalies that occurred in October 2007 that resulted in a great deal of concern in the international user and monitoring community. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/494498/ColCrews-th_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/494498null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Russia-Pushes-Back-Deadline-for-GLONASS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/506311?ref=25 Russia's GLONASS probably won't be able to offer full coverage of Russian territory until the end of the year, according to Russian news outlet Kommersant. 2008-03-28T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132008/506311null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/SD%26T+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/Perspectives-mdash-March-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/505981?ref=25 Europe's Galileo project certainly seems to be back on track, and despite recent optimism in Russia over GLONASS, it may indeed become the second fully functional GNSS, following GPS. But a few uncertainties for Galileo remain for Europe to address, among them China's Compass. 2008-03-27T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132008/505981/Alan_Cameron_SMALL_thumbnail_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132008/505981null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Out-in-Front-mdash-Hit-the-Road-Jack/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/505642?ref=25 We may have neglected those other great mechanical metaphors of our times, the automobile and the delivery truck. We may hardly ever think about the defining institution of our age, the highway — and just how GPS-enabled all those rolling boxes and sprawling concrete ribbons could be. 2008-03-26T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132008/505642null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+%26+Test+Newsletter+Archive/System-Design-amp-Test-Newsletter-March-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507097?ref=25 Europe's Galileo project certainly seems to be back on track, and despite recent optimism in Russia over GLONASS, it may indeed become the second fully functional GNSS, following GPS. But a few uncertainties for Galileo remain for Europe to address, among them China's Compass. 2008-03-26T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/142008/507097null REMOTE http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Letters-to-the-Editor-mdash-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/505652?ref=25 What Were They Thinking?; More on 32; Anomaly Straight Talk; WAAS and ADS-B 2008-03-26T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132008/505652null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/SVN48-Set-to-Usable-in-Record-Time/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/505181?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force set the latest GPS satellite, SVN48 (PRN07), to usable on Monday, March 24, less than 10 days after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on March 17. 2008-03-25T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132008/505181null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/SVN32s-Status-Unrelated-to-SVN23/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504931?ref=25 The setting of SVN32 (PRN01) to unusable March 17 is unrelated to SVN23 (PRN32) being set to healthy, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Wing said today. 2008-03-24T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/132008/504931null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/IIR-19MSVN48-Successfully-Reaches-Orbit/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503513?ref=25 The United Launch Alliance successfully launched a Delta II rocket early Saturday morning, March 15, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying the latest GPS satellite — the sixth modernized Block IIR-M satellite in the constellation. 2008-03-17T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/122008/503513/gpslaunch_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/122008/503513null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Why-is-SVN32-Being-Set-to-Unhealthy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503199?ref=25 GPS satellite SVN32 will be set to unhealthy March 17 or later, and some observers suspect it may have to do with the GPS control segment and another satellite recently set to healthy and broadcasting on PRN32. 2008-03-14T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/112008/503199null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Russian-GLONASS-Program-Looks-to-Double-Budget/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/502895?ref=25 Russia's Federal Space Agency is asking the government to double the financing for GLONASS in the federal budget for 2009-2011, Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported today. 2008-03-13T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/112008/502895null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Sixth-Block-IIR-M-Bird-Slated-for-Launch/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/502572?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force plans to launch the sixth GPS IIR-M satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket March 15 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., it said today. 2008-03-12T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/112008/502572null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Older-Marine-GPSAIS-Systems-Troubled-by-PRN32/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/502133?ref=25 Some older GPS receivers are indeed having problems with PRN32, particularly marine navigation systems that use automatic identification systems (AIS). 2008-03-11T04:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/112008/502133null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/GIOVE-B-Ready-for-Launch-Says-ESA/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501367?ref=25 As the dust settles on Europe's decision to keep Galileo afloat — literally and figuratively — and the European parliament assumes a lead role in the program, the second Galileo satellite is nearing its launch date. 2008-03-07T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/102008/501367null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Deadline-Approaching-for-GNSS-Signal-2008-Workshop/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501011?ref=25 Authors planning to submit a paper for the Third CNES ? ESA Workshop on GNSS Signals and Signal Processing at GNSS Signal 2008 should finish crossing t's and dotting i's; the deadline is Monday, March 10. 2008-03-06T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/102008/501011null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Honeywell-Performance-Tech-Growing-GRAS-in-Austral/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/499930?ref=25 Performance Technologies is working with Honeywell Precision Landing Systems in support of the Ground-based Regional Augmentation System (GRAS) in Australia, the company said today. 2008-03-03T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/102008/499930null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Innovation/Innovation-Improving-Long-Range-RTK/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/502615?ref=25 How accurate modeling of atmospheric effects coupled with an ionosphere-free ambiguity resolution process results in successful long-range RTK. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/112008/502615/Innov-thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/112008/502615null XML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Letters-to-the-Editor-mdash-March-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/494642?ref=25 Machine Control; eLORAN; Military Review; Multi-Source PNT 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/494642null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Out-in-Front-mdash-Leap-of-Faith/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/494637?ref=25 The high priesthood of the Galileo program lashed on the believers attending the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit with the amen verse of "Galileo is back on track," admonishing them to keep the faith and to put that faith into good works. These good works amount to building the applications and the user equipment well in advance. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/494637/Alan_Cameron_SMALL_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/494637null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Comments-on-the-PNT-Directive/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/499128?ref=25 As I read the new Defense Department Directive 4650.05 that applies to PNT or Position, Navigation and Timing, not Positioning as the Directive erroneously states ? and semantics matter ? it occurs to me that as far-reaching as this document is, it should not come as a surprise to anyone who has been keeping track of how GPS decisions are being made these days. Least of all the United States Air Force (USAF), which serves as the current national steward of space and its largest constellation. 2008-02-29T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/499128null DOC http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/PNT-Directive/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/499126?ref=25 PNT Directive 2008-02-29T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/499126null PDF http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/New-Directive-Reasserts-Joint-Military-Civilian-Co/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/499123?ref=25 A new U.S. Department of Defense Directive appears to reaffirm a gradual shift in government policy, giving the civilian sector, represented principally by the Department of Transportation as well as other branches of the military besides the U.S. Air Force, an increasing voice in GPS. 2008-02-29T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/499123null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+%26+Test+Newsletter+Archive/System-Design-amp-Test-Newsletter-February-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501779?ref=25 Please welcome a guest columnist this month, Alan Cameron's colleague and a contributing editor for GPS World's military and government section, Don Jewell. Don interviewed Col. Mark Crews, chief engineer at the GPS Wing, U.S. Space Missile Command, regarding GPS anomalies that occurred in October 2007 that resulted in a great deal of concern in the international user and monitoring community. 2008-02-28T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/112008/501779null REMOTE http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/The+System/The-System-mdash-March-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/498929?ref=25 eLORAN, NDGPS Live Another Day; Software Caused October Anomalies; GLONASS Sweet 16 2008-02-28T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/498929/System-thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/498929null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Expert+Advice+%26+Leadership+Talks/Expert-Advice-mdash-GLONASS-Business-Prospects/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/498843?ref=25 Similar in many aspects to GPS, GLONASS has performed much less successfully on a commercial scale, failing — so far — to create significant business worldwide. Today, however, the commercialization of GLONASS has taken a new and more promising direction, receiving strong encouragement from the Russian government. We look forward to GLONASS being completely restored to its full operational capabilities within the next few years, and we are certain that this time GLONASS will create successful business opportunities worldwide. 2008-02-28T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/498843/EA-thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/498843null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/GLONASS-May-Broadcast-CDMA-Signals-from-Future-Sat/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/494612?ref=25 MUNICH, Germany — Final Russian government approval of code division multiple access (CDMA) signals for broadcast from later-generation GLONASS satellites is expected this week, according to Sergey Revnivykh, deputy head of the GLONASS Mission Control Center. 2008-02-26T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/494612null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Today-is-the-Day-for-PRN32/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/494615?ref=25 Satellite to be set healthy. 2008-02-26T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/494615null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Europes-General-Lighthouse-Authorities-Praise-LORA/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/494283?ref=25 The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland (GLA) has lauded the U.S. decision to maintain enhanced LORAN (eLORAN) in the U.S. as a complement to GPS, and is developing a similar system for Europe. 2008-02-25T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/092008/494283null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Galileo-Masters-Competition-Enters-Fifth-Year/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/493763?ref=25 The European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC), formerly known as the Galileo Masters, is entering its fifth straight year, encouraging creativity by awarding prize money and opportunities to the best ideas for satellite navigation applications. 2008-02-22T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/082008/493763null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/China-Discusses-Beidou-with-the-GNSS-Community/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/493496?ref=25 MUNICH, Germany — A scientist involved with China’s Compass GNSS gave a briefing on the nascent program to the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit here Wednesday, marking the first time Chinese representatives have appeared outside China with spokespersons from other satellite navigation systems 2008-02-21T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/082008/493496null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/PRN32----Not-Quite-Yet/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492980?ref=25 MUNICH, Germany — It seems a healthy, 32-satellite GPS constellation isn't going to be orbiting the earth just yet. 2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/082008/492980null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/European-Parliament-Grasps-Galileo-Reins/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492981?ref=25 MUNICH, Germany — A new player has actively entered the Galileo administration arena. The European Parliament (EP), having rounded up a 3.4 billion-euro allocation for Galileo to achieve full operational capability (FOC) by 2013, intends to remain on the scene to ensure that that amount of money, and no more, is spent en route. “The European Parliament and the European Council have made it very clear,” the European Commission’s (EC’s) Director of GNSS Unit Paul Verhoef told the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit plenary session. “This budget is it.”  2008-02-20T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/082008/492981null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/New-Book-Goes-from-Inertial-Processing-to-3D-Histo/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492141?ref=25 A new NavtechGPS book by James L. Farrell provides several flight-validated formulations and algorithms not currently in use because of their originality. By exploiting modern capabilities and insights, inertial processing is made dramatically simpler than conventional approaches. 2008-02-15T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/072008/492141null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/ION-Elects-2008-Council-Executive-Committee/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/491276?ref=25 The Institute of Navigation (ION) has elected the ION Executive Committee and Council members for 2008, the organization announced late last week. 2008-02-12T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/072008/491276null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Latest-GLONASS-Birds-Set-Healthy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/490833?ref=25 All three of the GLONASS satellites launched December 25 last year have been set to healthy. 2008-02-11T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/072008/490833null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/SVN23PRN32-to-be-Set-to-Healthy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/490027?ref=25 The U.S. military announced earlier this week that GPS satellite SVN23, transmitting L-band code as PRN32, will be set to usable status on Feb. 19. 2008-02-07T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/062008/490027null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Air-Force-Software-Uploads-behind-October-07-IIR-A/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/489699?ref=25 GPS World received from the U.S. Air Force GPS Wing this account of GPS IIR satellite anomalies: six instances in early October 2007 during which Block IIR satellites broadcast anomalous L1 Coarse/Acquisition (C/A)-code signals. We hope to publish soon in the print magazine an interview with Air Force systems engineers further exploring these events and current operations of the new ground control system, the Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP). 2008-02-06T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/062008/489699null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/LORAN-Rescued/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/489037?ref=25 According to the just-released President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Language: 2008-02-04T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/062008/489037null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/European-Navigation-Conference-Combines-Three-Even/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/489043?ref=25 In April Toulouse, France, is hosting two major conferences: the European Navigation Conference — Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ENC-GNSS) and the European Forum for Time and Frequency (EFTF), along with three other events. 2008-02-04T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/062008/489043null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/The+System/The-System-mdash-Galileo-GIOVE-B-Test-Set/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/487973?ref=25 Galileo's Second Coming Soon; GLONASS Ups Its Ante; Record Set by GPS; NOAA Point on Global Monitoring 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/487973null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Feature/Galileo-Validation/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/491654?ref=25 The GIOVE-A satellite broadcast Galileo's first signals on January 12, 2006. GIOVE-B is scheduled for launch on April 14, 2008. The authors describe generation of the first Galileo navigation messages, operational and performance aspects, and signal improvements. Some improvements have been already identified, and their implementation is ongoing. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/072008/491654/galileo_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/072008/491654null XML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Out-in-Front-mdash-New-Hand-at-the-Helm/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/486465?ref=25 You might think it's easy standing up here all the time, spouting off out in front and editing and such. It's not. It's not easy. What makes it considerably less difficult is the broadbased and unstinting support that the editorial staff receives from the business office. Headed by, it can now be said, publisher Kristina Panter. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/042008/486465/Alan_Cameron_SMALL_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/042008/486465null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Innovation/Innovation-Tsunami-Detection-by-GPS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/491676?ref=25 Recent investigations have demonstrated that GPS might be an effective tool for improving the tsumani early-warning system through rapid determination of earthquake magnitude using data from GPS networks. A less obvious approach is to use the GPS data to look for the tsunami signature in the ionosphere. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/072008/491676/tsunami_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/072008/491676null XML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Expert+Advice+%26+Leadership+Talks/Expert-Advice-mdash-Accuracy-in-More-than-Position/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/486473?ref=25 Terry McGurn's closing observations in his November 2007 column on accuracy evoke a grateful reaction from me. Glib summaries of performance are incomplete. Pinpointing moving objects within ever-smaller fractions of size is not always most important; frequently, it's knowing where they'll be a little later. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/042008/486473/James_Farrell_sm_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/042008/486473null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Expert+Advice+%26+Leadership+Talks/Leadership-Talks-mdash-European-Industry-Group/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/487941?ref=25 We spoke with John Wilde (JW), director at the independent technical consultancy DW International Limited about the future of Galileo. 2008-02-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/487941/John_Wilde_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/487941null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/L5-Demo-Satellite-Scheduled-for-Launch-in-June/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/488026?ref=25 The U.S. Air Force has scheduled the launch of the modernized GPS Block IIR satellite that will host an L5 demonstration payload for June 30 of this year. 2008-01-30T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/488026null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+%26+Test+Newsletter+Archive/System-Design-amp-Test-Newsletter-January-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501778?ref=25 In December, the European Parliament gave final approval to the 2008 European Union (EU) budget, which includes full public funding for the system. But with money supply obstacles purportedly cleared, new hurdles loom in an increasingly murky contract-award scenario. 2008-01-30T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/112008/501778null REMOTE http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/NovAtel-to-Build-Canadian-Galileo-Monitoring-Sites/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/488027?ref=25 Canada's NovAtel Inc. recently won a shared contribution contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to establish sites in Canada to monitor the Galileo GIOVE test satellites. 2008-01-30T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/488027null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/SD%26T+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/Perspectives-mdash-January-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/487444?ref=25 The European Space Agency (ESA) stands ready to raise the curtain on Galileo's second act, with the GIOVE-B experimental and validation satellite tentatively set for an April 28 launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. ESA plans to simultaneously stage special events at several of its European centers to mark the event. 2008-01-29T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/487444null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Record-Set-by-GPS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/487430?ref=25 GPS IIR-18 (M), launched from Cape Canaveral on December 20, has logged a record-setting go-time 2008-01-28T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/487430null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/NOAA-Point-on-Global-Monitoring/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/487435?ref=25 The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will lead an international effort to pinpoint the locations of more than 40 global positioning satellites 2008-01-28T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/487435null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/UPS-First-to-Use-ADS-B/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/487438?ref=25 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved United Parcel Service's (UPS) use of ADS-B technology for its flight operations at Louisville International Airport (SDF), the first such use of satellite-guided merging and spacing during airport approaches in the United States. 2008-01-28T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/487438null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Groves-Authors-Principles-of-GNSS-Book/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/485278?ref=25 Publisher Artech House today announced the publication of Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems by Paul D. Groves of QinetiQ, Ltd. 2008-01-17T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/032008/485278null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Antenova-Eval-Kit-Incorporates-RF-Antennas-SiRFsta/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/485274?ref=25 Antenna supplier Antenova Ltd. recently announced the availability of its GPS Radionova M10214-K1 Evaluation Kit, which includes what it says is the world's smallest RF antenna module incorporating a SiRFstarIII GPS chipset. 2008-01-17T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/032008/485274null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Latest-GPS-Satellite-Deployed-in-Record-Time/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/484982?ref=25 The latest GPS satellite was launched on December 20 of last year and set to healthy on January 2, and that short time frame marks a record for a GPS satellite on-orbit deployment, its maker Lockheed Martin said today. 2008-01-16T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/032008/484982null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Russia-Decommissions-Five-Unhealthy-GLONASS-Satell/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/484639?ref=25 GNSS signal observers have noted that Russia decommissioned five GLONASS satellites last week, while three satellites launched December 25 have yet to be fully commissioned. 2008-01-15T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/032008/484639null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Ifen-Begins-Shipping-GalileoGPS-RF-Simulator/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/483863?ref=25 Germany's Ifen GmbH recently began shipping its multi-constellation and multi-frequency GNSS RF navigation simulator, NavX-NCS, to customers, the company announced this week. 2008-01-11T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/022008/483863null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Symmetricom-Chief-Scientist-Garners-PTTI-Award/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/483865?ref=25 Symmetricom Inc.'s Michael Garvey, the company's chief scientist, received the 2007 Distinguished PTTI Service Award, the company announced earlier this week. 2008-01-11T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/022008/483865null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Latest-GPS-Satellite-Set-to-Healthy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/483301?ref=25 The U.S Coast Guard's Navigation Center (Navcen) confirmed that the GPS IIR-18 (M) launched from Cape Canaveral December 20 was set to healthy on January 2. 2008-01-09T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/022008/483301null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Feature/Apples-to-Apples/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/488303?ref=25 Many products have similar performance specifications, but specified performance and measured performance can vary widely. Here, the authors describe how a standard methodology precisely defines acquisition, tracking, and reacquisition, using specific input signals to test each quantity. 2008-01-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/488303/apples_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/052008/488303null XML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/The+System/The-System-mdash-GPS-and-Galileo-Budgets/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481245?ref=25 Budgets for both GPS and Europe's Galileo program appeared at the end of last year, in varying stages of maturity. Matters will have progressed by the time you read this, but here's what we knew at press date, December 20. 2008-01-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/522007/481245null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/From+the+Editor/Out-in-Front-mdash-Opportunity-Abounds/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481099?ref=25 When I wrote in November that "Di Qui?s article on geoencryption with Loran represents to my knowledge the first article ever published in this magazine that is not about GPS or some other GNSS," I completely neglected the wealth of material that Richard Langley has provided in the Innovation column over the years. 2008-01-01T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/522007/481099/Alan_Cameron_SMALL_thumbnail.jpg http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/522007/481099null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Russia-Launches-Three-More-Glonass-Satellites/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481071?ref=25 Russia gave the GNSS industry three gifts this Christmas, particularly in its home country. 2007-12-26T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/522007/481071null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Latest-GPS-Satellite-Successfully-Boosted-into-Orb/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/480727?ref=25 A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket successfully launched the latest GPS satellite into orbit Thursday, the fifth in a series of eight Block IIR-M satellites built by Lockheed Martin. 2007-12-21T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/512007/480727null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/GPS-IIR-M-Satellite-Set-to-Launch-Today/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/480474?ref=25 The fifth GPS Block IIR-M satellite is on the launch pad atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, poised for launch later today. 2007-12-20T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/512007/480474null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/ITT-Delivers-IIR-M-Payload-Featuring-Third-Civil-S/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/480475?ref=25 GPS satellite navigation payload provider ITT Corp. has delivered a new demonstration payload for a modernized GPS Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite to satellite builder Lockheed Martin for integration on the spacecraft and final system-level testing, the companies announced today. 2007-12-20T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/512007/480475null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/SD%26T+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/Perspectives-mdash-December-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/480423?ref=25 In the closing moments of the year, the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services committees in conference have submitted a proposed Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2008: the FY08 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Congress wants to get it approved before recess. The full House and Senate will vote on the Act this week — and may have done so by the time you read this newsletter. 2007-12-19T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/512007/480423null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+%26+Test+Newsletter+Archive/System-Design-amp-Test-Newsletter-December-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481249?ref=25 Budget in the Balance In the closing moments of the year, the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services committees in conference have submitted a proposed Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2008: the FY08 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Congress wants to get it approved before recess. The full House and Senate will vote on the Act this week — and may have done so by the time you read this newsletter. 2007-12-19T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/522007/481249null REMOTE http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Europe-Dots-Is-Crosses-Ts-on-2008-Budget-Including/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/480067?ref=25 After having been approved by the European Parliament late last week, the European Union's budget for 2008, which includes funding for the Galileo program through 2013, is scheduled to be signed by the parliament president into law today. 2007-12-18T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/512007/480067null HTML http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/PRESS-RELEASE/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/480421?ref=25 Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced that the Senate and House Conferees reached agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. The bill authorizes funding for the Department of Defense and the national security programs of the Department of Energy. 2007-12-06T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/512007/480421null PDF http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/Latest+News/Beidou-Will-Be-Available-for-2008-Beijing-Olympics/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/477742?ref=25 China will use its indigenous satellite navigation system to guide traffic and monitor venues during the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, China's official state news agency, Xinhua, reported today. 2007-12-06T05:00:00Z http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/data/articlestandard/gpssidt/492007/477742null HTML