Image: Brad Parkinson
What’s new: In preparation for this week’s DSI Assured PNT Summit, Dr. Brad Parkinson, the first chief architect of the Global Positioning System, sent us a one pager outlining some of his thoughts.
Why it’s important: Brad has been involved with GPS longer than anyone. His insights as a system engineer are always on point and valuable.
What else to know:
- Brad makes a number of great points as always. Particularly note the red text. He points out that most systems proposed to augment/complement/backup GPS are still in the demonstration phase. For serious consideration a complete system definition is required.
- Dr. Parkinson will be attending the DSI Assured PNT Summit. If you are going, it is a great opportunity to meet a huge figure in American history and say ‘hi’.
- Government employees attend the summit for free.
- RNTF President Dana A. Goward is moderating the summit again this year.
- RNTF and ION will be sharing a table in the exhibit area. Stop by!
