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1) GPS III Pick Made But
Not Said
The U.S. Department of Defense, Air
Force, and GPS Wing have decided who
will manufacture the GPS IIIA satellites
— but they’re not telling just yet.
Col. Anthony Russo, Deputy director of
the U.S. National Coordination Office
for Space-based PNT, told the plenary
session audience at the European
Navigation Conference that the GPS Block
IIIA “source selection is complete. It’s
just a matter now of public
announcement. I had hoped to announce it
at this conference, but the process is
not complete yet.”
Boeing and Lockheed Martin lead the two
teams competing for the award of the GPS
III space segment contract for space
vehicles and GPS payloads.
Last Friday, April 18, the Space and
Missile Systems Center (SMC) said it is
“finalizing actions necessary to
complete preparations for Key Decision
Point-B and the contract award decision
. . . for GPS Block IIIA.” SMC added
that the award will not be announced
until sometime in May.
The GPS Block III is the next, next
planned major upgrade of the Global
Positioning System. First, the IIF
series of GPS satellites built by Boeing
are slotted for launch in the
January/February 2009 time frame.
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2)
UPCOMING GPS/GNSS COURSES
June 2-6, 2008
Doubletree Annapolis Hotel ~ Annapolis,
Maryland, USA
Course 356:
GPS Operation for Engineers and
Technical Professionals
Instructors: Mr. Keith McDonald and Dr.
Chris Hegarty (June 2-6, 2008)
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About this
course:
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To give
a comprehensive introduction to GPS
and DGPS technology, system
concepts, design, operation,
implementation and applications.
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To
provide detailed information on the
GPS signal, its processing by the
receiver, and the techniques by
which GPS obtains position, velocity
and time.
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To
present current information on the
status, plans, schedule and
capabilities for GPS, as well as for
other satellite-based systems with
position determination applications.
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To fill
in technical information gaps for
those working in GPS.
Who
should attend:
Excellent for engineering staff who need
to be rapidly brought up to speed on
GPS, and for those already working in
GPS who need exposure to the system as a
whole, in order to work more
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Course 111:
GPS Fundamentals,
taught by Mr. Keith McDonald (Monday
June 2)
(Day 1 of Course 356)
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Course 122:
GPS Fundamentals and
Enhancements,
taught by Mr. McDonald (Monday-Tuesday,
June 2-3)
( Days 1-2 of Course 356)
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Course 217:
Introduction to Differential
GPS,
taught by Dr. Chris Hegarty (Wednesday
June 4)
( Day 3 of Course 356)
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Course 356B: GPS
Operations: DGPS, GPS Signals &
Processing,
taught by Dr. Chris Hegarty
(Wednesday-Friday, June 4-6)
(Days 3,4 &5 of Course 356)
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COURSE 447: Applied Kalman Filtering
(4.5 days)
Instructors: Dr. Patrick Hwang and Mir.
Michael Vaujin (June 2-6, 2008)
About this
course:
This course
is a highly intensive short course on
Kalman filtering and Kalman filtering
applications. Emphasis in the course is
on practical applications, but
sufficient supporting theory is provided
to give attendees the necessary tools
for meaningful research and development
work in the field. Considerable time is
devoted to modeling, the most difficult
aspect of Kalman filtering, in an
application setting.
There will be a high
level of instructor/attendee
interaction, designed to provide
hands-on problem solving and solution
discussions. The learning experience
will also be supplemented by homework
assignments to assist attendees in
improving their understanding of course
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COURSE 448: Advanced Receiver Processing
of GNSS Signals
Instructor: Dr. John Betz (June 2-5,
2008)
About this course:
This 4-day course is intended for
scientists and engineers seeking to
develop expertise in the
characteristics, features and processing
of current and planned signals from GPS
and other GNSS systems. The course will
substantially benefit both those who
need to understand the details and
rationale of advanced signal receiver
processing and those who need to produce
quantitative assessments of receivers
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July 14-18, 2008
ESA/ESTEC~ Noordwijk, Netherlands
Course 359:
Galileo, GPS and Other GNSS Signals with
Receiver Processing & Technology
Instructors: Dr. Thomas Burger,
Dr. Martin Hollreiser and Mr. Keith
McDonald (July 14-18, 2008)
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About this
course:
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To
present current information on the
status, plans, schedule and
capabilities for GPS and Galileo, as
well as for other satellite-based
systems with position determination
applications.
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To
provide a structured view of current
and future GNSS signals and to
evaluate the signal processing
performance of receivers.
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To
describe techniques for the receiver
processing of current and future
GNSS signals, showing features,
capabilities, trade-offs and
limitations.systems with position
determination applications.
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To
assist the attendee in developing
skills for assessing receiver
processing methods and performance
for both current and future GNSS
signals and systems.
Who
should attend:
This course is intended for scientists
and engineers seeking to develop
expertise in the characteristics,
features and processing of current and
planned signals from GPS and other GNSS
systems. The course will substantially
benefit both those who need to
understand the details and rationale of
advanced signal receiver processing and
those who need to produce quantitative
assessments of receivers and their
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Course 359A:
Galileo Design, Development &
Signal Processing,
taught by Dr. Thomas Burger and Dr.
Martin Hollereiser (Monday July 14)
(Day 1 of Course 359)
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Course 359B:
Advanced Receiver Processing of
GNSS Signals,
taught by Dr. John Betz (Tuesday-Friday,
July 15-18)
( Days 4-5 of Course 359)
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3)
22nd ANNUAL TUTORIALS prior to ION GNSS 2008
September 15-16, 2008
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Savannah, Georgia
Annual GNSS Tutorials by NavtechGPS prior to ION
GNSS 2008 Conference.
NOTE: Detailed tutorial schedule will be
available within next week on our website. This
schedule will be similar to our 2007 schedule
with 7 NEW topics!
Please check back with us soon!
Click here to view our 2007 tutorial schedule. |
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4)
MEETINGS CALENDAR
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April 23-25, 2008
ENC-GNSS 2008
Centre de Congres Pierre Baudis
Toulouse, France
http://www.toulousespaceshow.eu/toulouse_space_show.htm
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May 6-8, 2008 (ABSTRACTS DUE: November 1, 2007)
PLANS 2008
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Monterey, California
www.plansconference.org
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June 2-6, 2008
NavtechGPS Courses
Doubletree Annapolis Hotel
Annapolis, Maryland
https://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/sem2008schedule.asp
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September 16-19, 2008 (NavtechGPS Tutorials:
September 15-16)
ION GNSS 2008
TBD
Savannah, Georgia
www.ion.org
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October 14-16, 2008
NavtechGPS Courses
Dublin City University
Dublin, Ireland
*Full details will be available in June 2008.
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November 11-14, 2008
IS-GPS/GNSS 2008
Tokyo University of Marine Science and
Technology
Tokyo, Japan
http://gnss2008.jp
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December 1-4, 2008
PTTI 2008
Hyatt Regency Reston Town Center
Reston, Virginia
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti.html |
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5)
NEWSLETTER LINKS and USEFUL WEBSITES
(This is an archival list. Please notify us if
your own link changes.)
*
Mr. Glen Gibbons, founding editor of "GPS
World", launched a new international trade
journal, "Inside GNSS" in January 2006.
Subscription is FREE and details can be found at
http://www.insidegnss.com
* Collection of
articles from "The American Surveyor" Magazine
about GNSS for precise positioning and Real Time
Networks:
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/3812/153/
* A reliable source
for Galileo information is:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/doc/com_galileo_en_final_16may2007.pdf
* The European
Space Agency publishes an EGNOS newsletter that
is called EGNOS NEWS, focusing both on EGNOS and
on satellite navigation issues:
http://ravel.esrin.esa.int/docs/egnos/estb/newsletter.htm
* To view details
on "GPS World" magazine, the GPS standard since
1990, go to
http://www.gpsworld.com/
* International
Loran Association news archive:
http://www.loran.org/news.html
For high-level
eLoran system description which was put on the
web by the ILA, please visit:
http://www.loran.org/news/eLoran%20Definition%20Document%200%201%20Released.pdf
* For the archive
of the Locus Inc. newsletter, which is no longer
an active newsletter, on LORAN positioning and
timing, go to:
http://www.locusinc.com/loran_newsletter.html
* For the
newsletter published by "Professional Surveyor"
Magazine, go to
http://www.profsurv.com/newpsm/news.php
* Continuously
updated newsletter by the US Coast Guard's
Navigation Center "NAVCEN" is at
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
* Military and
Aerospace magazine's newsletter is found at:
http://mae.pennnet.com/Search/index.cfm?Section=Archives
* Kalman filter
site maintained by Gregory F. Welch, UNC, Chapel
Hill, NC is at
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/
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