64th Meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

At the Institute of Navigation GNSS+ 2024 Conference
Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
September 16-17, 2024

Registration

All CGSIC meetings are free and open at no charge to the public, but attendees pay their own travel, hotel, and meal expenses.

Agenda
(Updated July 23, 2024)

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC−4:00)

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International
Timing
Surveying, Mapping & Geosciences
Plenary AM
Plenary PM

Monday, September 16, 2024

Morning Session:

· Timing Subcommittee ·
Chair: Dr. Bijunath Patla, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Deputy Chair: Dr. Patricia Larkoski, Lead Sensor Engineer, The MITRE Corporation

9:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks / Introduction
Dr. Bijunath Patla, Chair; Dr. Patricia Larkoski, Deputy Chair

9:10

USNO Lab update (virtual presentation)
Mr. Jay Hansen or Mr. Arnold Colina, Precise Time Department, U.S. Naval Observatory

9:30

Leap Second Update
Dr. Judith Olson, Atomic Clocks Group Leader, Senior Physicist, Infleqtion

9:50

Resilient PNT Implementation for Critical Infrastructure Applications
Ms. Elizabeth Dreifus, The MITRE Corporation

10:10

How to quickly retrofit at-risk legacy civilian GPS/GNSS equipment with a resilient PNT solution at a fraction of the cost
Mr. Nino De Falcis, VIAVI Solutions

10:30

Break

10:50

Clocks on the moon and in Cislunar space: Lessons from GPS
Dr. Bijunath Patla, National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST)

11:10

TBD
Mr. Charles Swain, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

11:30

GNSS Receiver Test Vector Distribution Methodology
Dr. Brady O'Hanlon, The MITRE Corporation

11:50

TBD

12:10 p.m.

Questions and Discussion
Presenters

12:30

Adjourn

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Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:

· International Information Subcommittee ·
Chair: Mr. John Wilde, CEO, SPACEKEYS
European Co-Chair: Dr. Vaclav Navratil

2:00 p.m.

Welcome Remarks / Introduction
Mr. John Wilde, Chair

2:10

GENESIS
Professor Dr. -Ing. Werner Engerle, European Space Agency

2:30

Counter UAV
Dr. Fox, United Kingdom

2:50

KASS Update
Republic of Korea

3:10

R-Mode for Maritime Navigation
ArcEdge Space, Japan

3:30

Break

3:40

International Committee on GNSS (ICG)
Ms. Sharafat Gadimova, ICG Executive Secretariat, United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs

4:00

Complementary GNSS for Performance Based Navigation
Dr. Okuary Osechas, German aerospace Center (DLR)

4:20

TBD

4:40

TBD

5:00

Questions and Discussion
Presenters

5:30

Adjourn

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· Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Subcommittee ·
Chair: Mr. John Galetzka, CORS Branch Chief, NOAA National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
Deputy Chair: Mr. Neil Winn, GIS Specialist, National Park Service (NPS)

2:00 p.m.

Welcome Remarks / Introduction
Mr. John Galetzka, Chair; Mr. Neil Winn, Deputy Chair

2:10

TBD
Gary W. Thompson, PLS, Deputy Hazard Mitigation Chief, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Chief, North Carolina Geodetic Survey

2:30

TBD
Jim Lynch, National Park Service

2:50

TBD
Scott P. Martin, PLS, President, American Association for Geodetic Surveying; California Geodetic Coordinator

3:10

TBD

3:30

Break

3:40

TBD
Dr. Bob Weigel; Associate Professor and Director of Space Weather Lab, George Mason University

4:00

TBD

4:20

TBD

4:40

TBD
Dan Martin, Charlie Geohegan and Jeff Jalbzakowski; Regional Geodetic Advisors, National Geodetic Survey

5:00

Questions and Discussion
Presenters

5:30

Adjourn

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Tuesday, September 17, 2023

8:00 a.m.

Registration

Morning Plenary Session

· Civil GPS Service Interface Committee ·
Chair: Ms. Karen Van Dyke, Director, PNT and Spectrum Management, U.S. Department of Transportation
Deputy Chair: Captain Margaret Kennedy, Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN)

9:00 a.m.

Welcome/Opening
Ms. Karen Van Dyke, Chair

9:05

Meeting Overview
Captain Margaret Kennedy, Deputy Chair

9:10

Keynote Address
TBD

9:30

GPS Program Update
Space Systems Command (SSC), U.S. Space Force

9:50

GPS Architecture Resiliency
Second Space Operations Squadron, U.S. Space Force

10:10

U.S. National Space-Based PNT Update
National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing

10:30

Break

10:50

GPS Civil Liaison Updates
Dr. Andrew Hansen and Mr. Shawn Skalski, U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

11:10

GPS International Activities
U.S. Department of State

11:30

NASA PNT Priorities to the Moon and Beyond
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

11:50

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dr. Elizabeth Donley, Chief, Timing and Frequency Division, NIST

12:10 p.m.

Q&A Panel
Presenters

12:30

Lunch

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Afternoon Plenary Session

· Civil GPS Service Interface Committee ·

Subcommittee Reports:

1:30 p.m.

Timing Subcommittee
Dr. Patricia Larkoski, Deputy Chair

International Information Subcommittee
Mr. John Wilde, Chair

Surveying, Mapping, and Geosciences Subcommittee
Mr. John Galetzka, Chair

2:10

U.S. Department of Transportation Update
Ms. Karen Van Dyke, Director, PNT and Spectrum Management, U.S. Department of Transportation

2:30

FAA Navigation Programs Update
Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

2:50

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Update
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:10

U.S. Department of Energy Update
U.S. Department of Energy

3:30

Break

3:50

Q&A Panel
Presenters

User Perspectives:

4:10

User Perspectives

4:30

User Perspectives

User Support Forum:

4:50

Public Interface Control working Group (PICWG)
C3 Engineering & Operations Dept (CEOD), The Aerospace Corporation

5:10

NAVCEN
U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center

5:30

Adjourn

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