GPS World, January 2012

Signal Processing SECURITY WIRELESS Grant Continued from page 17 military sectors We take pride in providing extremely accurate PNT services to billions of users worldwide And we are spending considerable resources to modernize the GPS constellation to provide even better service in the future The continued fielding of new GPS IIF satellites and GPS control segment software updates are key to current modernization efforts GPS III satellites and the Next Generation Control System OCX will further enhance GPS capabilities Fully compliant user equipment is essential as modernization efforts continue Well continue to improve our constellation with the launches of new satellites the next GPS IIF is scheduled to launch in September of 2012 and the first GPS III should be available for launch in FY 2014 And OCX remains on track for a Ready To Operate RTO date in 2015 DJ Finally if you were Queen for a Day what would you like to see changed JG For operators there is always an interest in and a desire for greater capability faster processing and for us it is in pushing the envelope for even greater accuracy with precision timing position and navigation There is also an interest in expanding application of our NAVWAR Navigation Warfare knowledge application and operations having an even greater number of people trained and embedded with warfighters as NAVWAR experts This is where I think we will see some real growth in the future Note from Don Jewell I have visited the 2SOPS more than 20 times in the past five years and I have known and visited every 2SOPS commander since that organization began to include then Lt Col and now General William Shelton the four star AFSPC CC I have never seen a more motivated GPS crew force than the one I saw during my last visit with Lt Col Grant Squadrons tend to reflect the work ethic mores and integrity of their commander and my hat is off to Lt Col Jennifer Grant because her crews are obviously very motivated to support the warfighter and they seem very happy in their jobs The atmosphere in 2SOPS these days is positive upbeat and very customer thats you and me oriented Plus many of the crewmembers are just back from tours in Afghanistan and Iraq so they know the needs of the warfighter and they are working hard to fulfill them HP References Further Information http radionavlab ae utexas edu http radionavlab ae utexas edu nma http radionavlab ae utexas edu detstrat KYLE WESSON is pursuing his M S and Ph D degrees in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin He is a member of the Radionavigation Laboratory He received his B S from Cornell University DANIEL SHEPARD is pursuing his M S and Ph D degrees in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin where he also received his B S He is a member of the Radionavigation Laboratory TODD HUMPHREYS is an assistant professor in the department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin and director of the Radionavigation Laboratory He received a Ph D in aerospace engineering from Cornell University 7HFKQLFDO HDGHUVKLS H DUH 7RN R HQSD 7 WKH WHFKQRORJ OHDGHU IRU FU VWDOV DQG 7 2 V IRU 36 DSSOLFDWLRQV 2XU RVFLOODWRUV DUH WKH XOWLPDWH FRPELQDWLRQ RI VPDOO VL H ORZ SKDVH QRLVH ORZ K VWHUHVLV DQG JUHDW VWDELOLW RYHU WHPSHUDWXUH 2XU SURGXFWV FDQ EH IRXQG LQ WKH OHDGLQJ VPDUW SKRQHV DURXQG WKH JOREH 6KRXOGQ W RX NQRZ DERXW XV 7 PHULFD DQNHU 5RDG 6DQ RVH ZZZ WHZDPHULFD FRP www gpsworld com January 2012 GPS World 63