Controversial GAO report on DOD nav webinar June 15

On May 10, the General Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on navigation efforts n the Department of Defense (DOD). Among its findings were that the department regularly fails to establish validated navigation and timing requirements for systems and instead…

Top-level current, former PNT leaders to discuss findings A “Who’s Who” of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) leaders will gather virtually at 11 a.m. PDT/2 p.m. EDT on May 5 to discuss findings of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT)…
ION hosts webinar on navigation of Mars Perseverance rover

The Institute of Navigation will host the Navigation of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover from Earth to Jezero Crater webinar on Tuesday, March 23, at 1:30 p.m. EDT. The webinar will be presented by Gerhard Kruizinga, navigation engineer, Mars 2020…
Webinar confronts land warfare’s reliance on GPS

A U.S. soldier preparing his Blue Force Tracker before departing Camp Victory, Iraq in 2005.(PHOTO: Petty Officer 1st Class Brien Aho, U.S. Navy) A free GPS World webinar, sponsored by Orolia and taking place at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday,…