Chairman and co-chairs listening at head of table 23rd Meeting
June 6-7, 2019

The Westin Alexandria Old Town, Edison D Room
400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22314

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Thursday, June 6, 2019

8:30 - 8:40
BOARD CONVENES
Call to Order, Logistics, & Announcements
Mr. James J. Miller, Executive Director, PNT Advisory Board, NASA Headquarters
8:40 - 9:00
Welcome & Kick-Off of 23rd PNTAB Meeting:
Intro of New Chair & Members for 2019-2021
ADM Allen, Chair, Dr. Bradford Parkinson, 1st Vice-Chair, Gov Jim Geringer, 2nd Vice-Chair
9:00 - 9:25
23rd PNTAB Focus and Priorities:
Update on Protect, Toughen, Augment (PTA) Initiatives
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ADM Allen, Chair, Dr. Bradford Parkinson, 1st Vice-Chair, Gov Jim Geringer, 2nd Vice-Chair
9:25 - 9:40
Opening Remarks: National Space Council (NSpC) Perspective - PNT Policy Update Plans
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Col Curtis 'Scraps' Hernandez, Director, National Security Space Policy, NSpC
9:40 - 10:05
GPS Program Status & Modernization Milestones: IIIF, OCX, & Emerging Capabilities for Users
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Maj Dave Sampayan, GPS Directorate (GPS-D), Space & Missile Systems Center (SMC)
10:05 - 10:25
Initial Approach on the GPS Space Service Volume (SSV)
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Mr. Robert Wright, Principal Engineer, Lockheed Martin
10:25 - 10:50
Global Navigation Satellite Systems - What's Up?
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Dr. Oliver Montenbruck, Head, GNSS Tech & Nav Group, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
10:50 - 11:00
BREAK
11:00 - 11:15
Update on Dept. of Transportation (DOT) Equities: Ensuring Safety for all Modes of Transportation & Civil PNT
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Ms. Karen Van Dyke, Director, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) & Spectrum, DOT
11:15 - 11:40
Economic Studies of GPS and the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Gravity Program: Spectrum Regulatory Stability Needed
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Dr. Irving Leveson, Founder, Leveson Consulting
11:40 - 12:05
General Motors use of Precise GNSS and V2X for Automated Vehicles
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Mr. Curtis Hay, Technical Fellow, GNSS, V2X and Maps, General Motors
12:05 - 12:30
Use of GPS in Positive Train Control (PTC) Implementation: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Perspective
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Ms. Carolyn Hayward-Williams, Director of Technical Oversight, Office of Safety, FRA
12:30 - 1:45
LUNCH - (working - Annual Ethics Briefing)
Mr. Adam F. Greenstone, NASA Ethics Counsel
1:45 - 2:00
Concise Update on Dept. of Homeland (DHS) Security Priorities: PNT Resilience — Identify & Mitigate Vulnerabilities
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Mr. James (Jim) Platt, Director, PNT Office, DHS
2:00 - 2:25
Proposed PNT Threat Environment Model for Military and Civilian Use
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Mr. Mark Johnson, Assured PNT Campaign Lead, Collins Aerospace
2:25 - 2:50
GNSS Radio Frequency Interference Detection from LEO
Results & Lessons Learned for Future Deployments
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Dr. Todd Humphreys, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Univ. of Texas at Austin
2:50 - 3:15
The Role of Civil Signal Authentication in Trustable Systems
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Mr. Logan Scott, Logan Scott Consulting
3:15 - 3:40
Proposed Guidelines for Resilient PNT Receivers
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Mr. William Woodward, Chairman, SAE PNT Technical Committee
3:40 - 3:55
BREAK
3:55 - 4:20
DARPA Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Technology and their Impacts on GPS users
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Dr. John Burke, Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office, DARPA
4:20 - 4:55
Non-Inertial Navigation in the 21st Century and Beyond
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Dr. Val Parker, President, Non-Inertial Navigation Technology, LLC
4:55 - 5:20
Research on GPS Resiliency and Spoofing Mitigation Techniques across Applications
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Mr. Yoav Zangvil, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Regulus Cyber
5:20 - 5:30
Brief Update on Newly Launched Congressional GPS Caucus and Other Educational Efforts
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Mr. J. David Grossman, Executive Director, GPS Innovation Alliance
5:30
ADJOURNMENT

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Friday, June 7, 2019

9:00 - 9:05
BOARD CONVENES
Call to Order
Mr. James J. Miller, Executive Director,
PNT Advisory Board, NASA Headquarters
9:05 - 9:45
Concise Observations from New Members:
 
  • Dr. Pat Diamond
  • Dr. Frank van Diggelen
  • Dr. Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska
  • Dr. Terry Moore
  • Hon. Jeffrey N. Shane
  • Mr. Gary W. Thompson
  • Dr. Todd Walter
ADM Allen, Chair, Dr. Bradford Parkinson, 1st Vice-Chair, Gov Jim Geringer, 2nd Vice-Chair
9:45 - 10:00
Concise Update on Dept. of State (DOS) International Engagements: Bilats & International Committee on GNSS (ICG)
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Mr. David Turner, Deputy Director, Office of Space & Advanced Technology (SAT), DOS
10:00 - 10:15
Radio Equipment Directive (RED) Implementation Update
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Ms. Ann Ciganer, GPS Innovation Alliance
10:15 - 11:05
Additional Representatives / International Perspectives:
 
ADM Allen, Chair, Dr. Bradford Parkinson, 1st Vice-Chair, Gov Jim Geringer, 2nd Vice-Chair
11:05 - 12:00
Roundtable Discussion -- Recommendation Formulation
 
  • Working Group Organization -- 2019-2021 Work Plan Schedule
  • Next Meeting Nov 20-21, Cocoa Beach, FL, with site visit to Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
All members, led by Chairs
12:00 - 1:00
LUNCH — Working as needed
1:00
ADJOURNMENT

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