GPS World: 20 Years Young, 1990-2010
August 1, 2010
A look at how things have changed since GPS World began, with participation by CAST Navigation, Hemisphere GPS, ITT, Rakon, and Spirent Federal.
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A look at how things have changed since GPS World began, with participation by CAST Navigation, Hemisphere GPS, ITT, Rakon, and Spirent Federal.
As he retires from the Air Force, Col. Dave Madden gives a status update on GPS modernization and outlines four steps the GPS Wing is taking to ensure worldwide PNT services are not interrupted during modernization, exploring a more robust means of ensuring compatibility, and becoming more involved in the development, integration, and testing of new military and possibly civil user equipment. He also announces the set-up of a GPS Directorate within the Department of Defense in October.
Our readers respond to the cover features in the May and June issues: the two-part special the “Origins of GPS” and Richard Langley’s look at “GPS by the Numbers.”
GPS Phase I program approval meant that the real work could begin. The conclusion of a two-part history, told by the people who made it.
The original system study, the key innovations, and the forgotten heroes of the world’s first — and still greatest — global navigation satellite system. True history, told by the people who made it. Part One of a Two-Part Special Feature.
Photos from the GPS World Leadership Dinner 2009, September 24 ION GNSS 2009 Conference, Savannah, Georgia
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