Gladys West. (Photo: Trimble)

Trimble scholarship honors ‘hidden figure’ Gladys West

November 10, 2021

Trimble has established a scholarship program to honor Gladys West, a pioneer in mathematics, minority advancement and the […]

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History of the GNSS industry and milestones ahead

September 25, 2020

The history of GPS is fascinating. In 1957, a study by JHU’s Advanced Physics Laboratory (APL) utilized the […]

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This article is tagged with Ellen Hall, Gladys West, GPS, GPS precision, Naval Research Lab, Navy Transit program, The Aerospace Corporation, U.S. Air Force and posted in From the Magazine

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How Gladys West uncovered the ‘Hidden Figures’ of GPS

March 19, 2018

For Black History month in February, the Free-Lance Star of Fredericksburg, Virginia, profiled a woman few of us […]

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This article is tagged with Dahlgren, Dinwiddie County, Gladys West, GPS history, Hidden Figures, mathematician, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Virginia and posted in GNSS, Opinions

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