GPS World, December 2014

LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2014 ERIC GAKSTATTER SERVICES talking about high precision GNSS making it to the millions and maybe tens of millions of users I tend to agree with that WM101 which five years earlier was selling for 50000 for a four channel receiver So we get to today I was listening to a panel this morning about lowcost high precision receivers and a gentleman from China was talking about his prediction that at the year 2020 an RTK GNSS chipset would be about 20 and an RTK GNSS module about 100 I tend to agree with him I think its going in that direction Ive written a lot about not necessarily the commoditization of high precision or RTK GNSS but certainly a much wider audience for it And if you watched that panel you noticed that of all the people on that panel hes the one who talked about a broad audience this high precision GNSS making it not maybe to the mass market but certainly in the millions and maybe tens of millions of folks As far as predictions go I think its just a matter of time before this happens I appreciate what Todd Humphreys said a couple of years ago at this dinner where he predicted RTK in your mobile phone by the year 2020 Im onboard with that and Ill promote it as much as I can and I hope that someone brings this to fruition If its 2022 or 2021 or 2019 I think its just a matter of time before that happens Last Id just like to thank all of you for creating some great content and making it easy for me to write Thank you Matthew Gilligan Raytheon Program Manager for the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System introduced the Services Leadership Award It is great to be here with men and women who understand the history and power of GPS and its an honor for me to be here to help celebrate the GPS World Leadership Award winners For the past 30 years GPS has ensured weapons have found their targets and ships at sea have returned to port GPS has enabled the deployment of UAVs and has made sure that military missions of all kinds have been a success GPS is a life saving technology ensuring soldiers come home safely Today GPS continues to grow in importance Embedded sensors mobile devices and the interconnected technologies that are defining a new era of technology and our economy through the Internet of things all enabled by GPSs positioning navigation and so importantly timing To everyone in this room today I want to say thank you for ensuring the mission evolves and continues I have been asked to speak because I am leading Raytheons partnership with the Air Force in modernizing the ground segment what we like to call the brains of GPS My program OCX is at the core of the Air Forces GPS modernization initiative OCX will bring unprecedented new capabilities to GPS users worldwide enabling operational availability of all new civil and military signals protecting GPS against current and emerging cyber threats setting the bar for information assurance at an unprecedented level improving system accuracy and integrity securely sharing information with net connected users and providing flexibility and evolvability to meet future mission needs OCX represents new approaches to emerging and even unimaginable changes and threats And we are glad to recognize so many of you who are making it possible We are excited to be here tonight with our partners our customers and even our competimates as we plan for and look forward to the future www gpsworld com December 2014 GPS World 39