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Inside GNSS
Washington View Washington View appears in each issue of Inside GNSS. It covers U.S. policy and program issues involving the Global Positioning System and other GNSSes. Reporting from Washington, D.C., columnist Dee Ann Divis has written about GNSS and the aerospace industry since the early 1990s in GPS World, Geo Info Systems, Jane’s International Defense Review, the Los Angeles Times, AeroSpace Daily and other publications. Divis is assistant managing editor – news at the Washington (D.C.) Examiner. Columns
March/April 2013
It's ComplicatedIt’s spring and privacy proposals are popping up in abundance, threatening to complicate the lives of law enforcement officers, spoil the landscape for some location-based businesses and choke off the U.S. market for commercial unmanned aerial systems before it gets off the ground.
January/February 2013
More Than Money WorriesNovember/December 2012
Taking Turns at the Fiscal CliffAs Congress nears the “fiscal cliff” of sequestration, delays in developing dual-satellite launch capabilities and funding civil GPS modernization could lead to a decline in the system’s constellation.
September/October 2012
GPS Civil FundingNot only have the GPS civil program funds been held up for months, but
when the promised amount finally arrives, it will —again— be far short
of what was budgeted.
July/August 2012
Congressional ‘Sequestration’ Gambit Looms Over GPS BudgetMay/June 2012
USPTO Nears Approval of Troubling British Patent on New GPS Civil SignalThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is weeks away from approving a controversial British patent that could force American consumers to pay more for navigation devices and affect the operations of the American military.
March/April 2012
LightSquared Fallout May Prompt Push for GPS Receiver StandardsJanuary/February 2012
New Austerity Squeezes GPS as DoD Tightens Its BeltMilitary managers, fidgeting like new-year dieters at a Weight Watchers
meeting, anxiously wait to see what they'll have to live without now
that years of war-fueled budget indulgence are over. How will GPS fare
as Congress reviews the president's budget?
November/December 2011
LightSquared: Who Pays for GPS Receiver Fixes Yet to be Devised?September/October 2011
Looming Budget Hurricane Could Swamp the GPS LandscapeBudget storms have reappeared on the horizon and the fore¬cast for defense expendi¬tures, including for the GPS program, is grim with a high probability of ugly.
July/August 2011
LightSquared Flunks GPS Interference Tests: What Now?Faced with overwhelming evidence that its wireless broadband system would jam GPS receivers, hedge fund-backed LightSquared redirects its efforts towards Congress.
May/June 2011
Homeland Security Steps Up to Protect GPS (But Not from LightSquared)DHS may pick up the pace on its six-year-long stroll for meeting mandates on GPS interference, while the FCC presses on with LightSquared broadband plan in L1 spectrum.
March/April 2011
GPS Community Confronts LightSquared Move into L1 SpectrumThe GPS community is seething over a January 26 decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) giving a conditional go ahead to a new broadband network with the potential to overwhelm GPS receivers across the country. Dee Ann Divis reports from Washington, D.C.
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