Brad Parkinson

December 12, 2023

Celebrating 50 years of GPS: An evening with the father of GPS

By Matteo Luccio

Longstone Lighthouse is situated on the Outer Farne Islands on the Northumberland Coast in Northern England. (Photo: ad_foto/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images)

December 11, 2023

Lighthouses on land and in the sky

By Matteo Luccio

1976: The first military GPS five-channel receiver built in one of several programs that studied the feasibility of GPS. The receiver weighed more than 270 pounds and had seats for two operators. (Image: Rockwell Collins/Smithsonian)

December 4, 2023

The early days of GPS: How it was adopted by the US military and surveyors

By Matteo Luccio

Artist's depiction of a GPS IIA satellite in orbit. (Image: USAF)

December 1, 2023

Celebrating GPS: An evening with the father of GPS

By Maddie Saines

Certified aviation receivers need approval for deep integration of inertial systems and multi-element CRPAs. (Photo: JasonDoiy/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images)

March 31, 2022

Toughen GPS to resist jamming and spoofing

By Bradford Parkinson

At the ION GNSS+ 2021 conference in St. Louis, Missouri, the annual meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, Brad Parkinson bestowed Lakshay Narula with the division’s Bradford W. Parkinson Award for his Ph.D. thesis “Towards Secure & Robust PNT for Automated Systems” at the University of Texas at Austin. The award honors Parkinson, known as the “father of GPS,” for his leadership in establishing both GPS and the Satellite Division of the ION. Narula is now an applied scientist at Amazon Lab126 in Sunnyvale, California, where he researches robust navigation and state estimation methods for robots, from self-driving cars to aerospace applications. (Photo: ION)

February 28, 2022

The true value of inertial navigation: An interview with Brad Parkinson

By Dana Goward

February 1, 2021

Brad Parkinson offers 5 ways to protect, improve PNT

By Tracy Cozzens

January 26, 2021

James Litton, GPS and precision ag pioneer, dies

By Dana Goward

December 14, 2020

Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Autonomous vehicles & GNSS

By Tracy Cozzens

DOT briefing to FCC: “Concerns Over Ligado Order & Authorization,” June 2020. (Slide: DOT)

July 6, 2020

Capt. Sullenberger, PNT board against Ligado decision

By Dana Goward

Celebrating 50 years of GPS: An evening with the father of GPS

Lighthouses on land and in the sky

The early days of GPS: How it was adopted by the US military and surveyors

Celebrating GPS: An evening with the father of GPS

Toughen GPS to resist jamming and spoofing

The true value of inertial navigation: An interview with Brad Parkinson

Brad Parkinson offers 5 ways to protect, improve PNT

James Litton, GPS and precision ag pioneer, dies

Editorial Advisory Board PNT Q&A: Autonomous vehicles & GNSS

Capt. Sullenberger, PNT board against Ligado decision

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