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What’s new: A recording of an all day event at George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute.
Why it’s important:
- Dept. of Transportation Deputy Secretary Bradbury was the opening speaker. That he came in person and expressed his concerns about GPS vulnerability and the nation’s overall state of PNT was significant and encouraging.
- The many impressive speakers provided interesting insights and historical perspective.
What else to know:
- After the deputy secretary spoke, the event was organized into a series of panels.
- In the Beginning: How Yesterday’s Policy Choices Shaped Today’s GPS
- GPS is Used For THAT??? A Survey of Innovative GPS Applications
- The Price of Dependency: Challenges from GNSS Jamming and Spoofing
- The Future of PNT: Global and Commercial Alternatives and Augmentations
- View the agenda here.
- The event was sponsored by the Aerospace Corporation and GWU’s Space Policy Institute.
- A new paper “U.S. Policy Decisions that Shaped Civil and Commercial GPS” by Brian Weeden was premiered.
- During his opening remarks the Deputy Secretary heaped high praise on Karen Van Dyke, former longtime lead for PNT at DOT, and ADM Thad Allen, Chair of the National Space-based PNT Advisory Board.
