Official U.S. government information about the
Global Positioning System (GPS) and related topics
National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
Advisory Board
Eleventh Meeting
May 7-8, 2013
The Melrose Hotel
Metro Blue/Orange Line to Foggy Bottom Metro
2430 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20037
View Meeting Minutes (627 KB)
Agenda
| Tuesday, May 7, 2013 | ||
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| 9:00 - 9:05 | BOARD CONVENES Call to Order |
Mr. James J. Miller, PNT Advisory Board Executive Director, NASA Headquarters |
| 9:05 - 9:30 | Introductions, Announcements, & Agenda Items of Interest: GPS Economic Assessment: Quantifying Societal Benefits View PDF (904 KB) |
Dr. James Schlesinger, Chair Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Update from National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT Space-Based PNT EXCOM Recent and Emerging Issues View PDF (121 KB) |
Dr. Jan Brecht-Clark, Director, National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT |
| 9:45 - 10:10 | GPS Modernization Activities: Progress & Challenges Ensuring Cyber Security and CNAV Capability View PDF (135 KB) |
Major General Martin Whelan, Director of Requirements, Air Force Space Command |
| 10:10 - 10:20 | GPS III Satellite Reflectors For Performance &
Interoperability Air Force/NASA Senior Advisory Group Update View PDF (98 KB) |
Dr. John Labrecque, Earth Surface & Interior Focus Area, Science Mission Directorate, NASA |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | GPS III Out To 2030: Building For Future User Applications Operating in a Multi-National, Multi-GNSS Environment View PDF (531 KB) |
Mr. Steve Moran, Director, GPS Mission Solutions, Raytheon Company |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Future Trends In GPS User Equipment: Maximizing Productivity View PDF (2 MB) |
Mr. Don Jewell, Defense Editor for GPS World |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | BREAK | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | United States Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) Infrastructure Update: Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) View PDF (566 KB) |
Ms. Karen Van Dyke, Director for PNT, DOT Research & Innovative Technology Administration |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | Global Differential GPS (GDGPS) Evolution A Decade of Civil Signal Monitoring With the GDGPS, but Who Needs It? View PDF (1 MB) |
Dr. Yoaz Bar-Sever, Manager, Global Differential GPS System, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | International GNSS Service (IGS) Real-Time Service & Multi-GNSS Experiment, Enabling Intersystem Monitoring View PDF (1001 KB) |
Mr. Mark Caissy, IGS Governing Board Member, Natural Resources, Canada Ms. Ruth Neilan, Director of the IGS Central Bureau, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
| 12:10 - 1:00 | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 - 1:25 | United States International Activities & Engagement Collaboration for the Long Term View PDF (2 MB) |
Mr. Dave Turner, Deputy Director, Office of Space & Advanced Technology, State Department |
| 1:25 - 1:45 | Implementing Galileo/GNSS to GPS Time Offset Moving Further Towards Interoperability Through "Time" View PDF (1001 KB) |
Mr. Edward Powers, Division Chief, United States Naval Observatory (USNO) |
| 1:45 - 2:10 | Ensuring GNSS Service Benefits are Not Disrupted: Adjacent-Band Interference to Consumer Radio Receivers View PDF (518 KB) |
Dr. Thomas Powell, Principal Director, User Systems, The Aerospace Corporation |
| 2:10 - 2:30 | Tech America Interests in Supporting GPS Economic Productivity A Day Without Space: If our GPS Enterprise was Compromised, What Impact Would it Have on our Nation's Economy? View PDF (1 MB) |
Mr. David Logsdon, Executive Director, Space Enterprise Council |
| 2:30 - 3:15 | Recognizing GPS Contributions Benefit Measurement, Spectrum Policy and Analysis, and Needs for Assessing and Communicating Benefits View PDF (516 KB) |
Dr. Irv Leveson, Founder, Leveson Consulting |
| 3:15 - 3:30 | BREAK | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Nibbles: Three Essential Attributes for any GNSS - Availability, Affordability, Accuracy View PDF (2 MB) |
Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair |
| 4:00 - 4:45 | Proposed Structure and Deliverables of GPS Economic Assessment Quantifying Societal Benefits from GPS Applications – Key Sectors & Critical Infrastructure Applications to be Examined View PDF (315 KB) |
Dr. Nam D. Pham, Managing Partner, NDP Consulting Group |
| 4:45 - 5:00 | Afternoon "Wrap-Up" Discussion Preliminary Feedback & Discussion for Establishing Economic Assessment Work Plan on May 8 |
All PNT Advisory Board Members |
| 5:00 | ADJOURNMENT | |
| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 | ||
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| 9:00 - 9:05 | BOARD CONVENES Call to Order |
Mr. James J. Miller, PNT Advisory Board Executive Director, NASA |
| 9:05 - 9:15 | Announcements & Agenda Some Thoughts and Guidance from May 7 Discussions |
Dr. James Schlesinger, Chair Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Vice-Chair |
| 9:15 - 10:00 | International Member Regional Updates & Perspectives
(at member's discretion)
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| 10:00 - 10:15 | BREAK | |
| 10:15 - 12:00 | PNT Advisory Board Member "Round Table" Discussion Establishing Expectations, Working Structure, Scope, Timeline, Assignments, and Deliverables for National GPS Economic Assessment -- What top level questions need to be answered? (1) Quantify Scope of Gov & Industry Investments (2) Prioritize User Base Critical Sectors & Applications (3) Review Past Economic Analyses & Identify Gaps (4) Derive Values from Productivity Gains (5) Determine Ops & Cost Impacts of GPS Service Disruptions |
Intro by Governor Jim Geringer, PNT Board, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Feedback by All PNT Advisory Board Members in coordination with Dr. Nam D. Pham Develop any additional Recommendations and Findings for presentation to PNT EXCOM |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | WORKING LUNCH | |
| 1:00 | ADJOURNMENT | |
Dates and times shown above are as originally scheduled and do not reflect actual presentation times.
