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March 2007

Perspectives

BY ALAN CAMERON     eic@questex.com

What’s wrong? I’ll bet the list includes:

  1. The job was underbid and under-scheduled in order to get approvals.
  2. The technical challenges were far more complicated than anyone would admit, at least up to now.
  3. And most importantly, there is no way for the commercial side of the partnership to ever recover their investment if they are forced to pay 30–50 percent of the system cost.

 

We Grow at the Rate of Pain

I wrote extensively — and rather more subjectively than is my wont — on the
travails of Galileo for the upcoming April issue of GPS World. You can read
the news story in print or in the Digital Edition when they appear in a week or
so, or get it here now. >>


Although a flurry or two have occurred since the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit in early March, site of all the sturm und drang, brouhaha, and what have you, nothing substantial has changed for the struggling European system. Nor, more importantly, moved forward. In the absence of something concrete to chew on (well, that’s a badly mixed metaphor), I’ve continued to ponder the difficulties that seem to perennially beset this much-vaunted — and much-desired by all GNSS users — scheme. read more>>

News

 

NATIONAL PNT ADVISORY BOARD NAMED

The National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) and NASA announced the members of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory Board. read more>>

 

NovAtel to Sell Galileo Receivers
The European Space Agency (ESA) granted NovAtel Inc temporary authorization
to sell Galileo/Giove-A receivers to a limited number of specified companies.
read more>>

Lockheed Martin Delivers Final IIR
Lockheed Martin announced today the delivery of the eighth and final satellite in the modernized GPS IIR-M production program to the Air Force. read more>>

Raytheon Claims Polymorphic Computing, GPS Counter Jamming
Raytheon Co. announced what it says are the world's first computers whose architecture can adopt different forms, depending on their application. A Raytheon engineer suggested that the devices might be able to handle anti-jamming of GPS signals in hand-held military applications. read more>>

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