GPS, GNSS, and Complementary PNT in the News 
 

 

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Policy News​​​​​

• U.S. Department of Defense officials are exploring Resilient GPS (R-GPS) systems to strengthen the United States’ GPS constellation amid congressional debate over GPS funding. Read more here.   

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Additional GPS, GNSS, and Complementary PNT -Related Policy News

• Ensured SATCOM, GPS alternatives tops among Space Force budget wishes, Breaking Defense, September 5, 2024

• Viasat secures $153 million U.S. Army contract to modernize ‘Blue Force Tracker’ network, SpaceNews, September 5, 2024

• BeiDou navigation service platform begins trial operations, GPS World, September 5, 2024

• The artificial divide between the space and geospatial sectors, SpaceNews, September 4, 2024

• GPS Faces Growing Competition from China’s BeiDou, Payload, September 4, 2024 

• Telespazio to Establish Italian GNSS Center, Via Satellite, September 4, 2024

• Galileo prepares for upcoming OSNMA operational declaration, GPS World, September 3, 2024

• Machine Learning Powers EGNOS Performance Prediction, Inside GNSS, September 3, 2024

• NGA to launch $700 million program to help AI make sense of satellite images, SpaceNews, September 3, 2024

• Space Force and intelligence agencies seek to streamline satellite imagery delivery, Space News, September 3, 2024

• (Op-Ed) The government isn’t ready for cyber chaos in the food and agriculture sector, The Record, September 3, 2024

• (Op-Ed) US Global Positioning System Technology is Getting Old—Here’s Why We Need to Act Fast, SOFREP, August 31, 2024

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GPSIA Member News 

• John Deere leads $10M investment in St. Louis-linked startup, St. Louis Business Journal, September 5, 2024

• John Deere introduce retrofittable GPS systems for classic models, Farmers Guardian, September 3, 2024

• QZSS & Beidou support on Garmin’s latest watches: what it means for users, Gadgets & Wearables, September 2, 2024

• Garmin Launches New GPS Navigators Aimed at Users Forgotten by Google Maps, Autoevolution, August 31, 2024

• John Deere Details Early Access Program for Starlink Solution, Via Satellite, August 30, 2024

• What Is Dual-Frequency GPS and Why Is Apple Using It, Guiding Tech, September 3, 2024

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Jamming and Spoofing

• GPS Spoofing: Final Report published by WorkGroup, OPS Group, September 6, 2024

• Hackers attacked smartphones of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers through Signal – trying to determine GPS coordinates of devices, ITC, September 5, 2024

• From Waze to paper: How GPS failures are reviving printed maps in Israel, CTech, September 4, 2024

• Crew Guidance published by GPS Spoofing Workgroup, OPS Group, September 3, 2024

• Russia Disrupts Global Hawk UAV Mission Over Baltic Sea, Kyiv Post, September 1, 2024

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Other Technology News​​

• GPS technology is being used to study greylag geese and their impacts on local agriculture in the United Kingdom. Learn more here.

• If GPS goes dark, Mesa Quantum has a backup plan, CNBC, September 5, 2024

• Module maker u-blox teams-up with Wireless Logic, intros ultra low-power GNSS tracker, RCR Wireless News, September 5, 2024

• World’s first nuclear clock created to ‘revolutionize how we measure time’ with big changes to GPS, internet and banking, The U.S. Sun, September 4, 2024

• GPS tracking is everywhere in pro sports but many AFLW players are uncomfortable with it, The Conversation, September 4, 2024

• Province eyes GPS tracking of garbage trucks in wake of slayings, Winnipeg Free Press, September 4, 2024

• (Op-Ed) The need for trained geodesists is an international issue, GPS World, September 4, 2024

• Munich and Eindhoven mathematicians debunk GPS assumptions, Innovation Origins, September 1, 2024

• Helmand introduces GPS-Equipped taxis: A new era in passenger transport, Business Upturn, August 31, 2024

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