June 2019 Meeting of the National Space-Based Positioning,
The Westin Alexandria Old Town, Edison D Room
400 Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22314
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
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
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
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)
Mr. Robert Wright, Principal Engineer, Lockheed Martin
10:25 – 10:50
Global Navigation Satellite Systems – What’s Up?
Dr. Oliver Montenbruck, Head, GNSS Tech & Nav Group, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
11:00 – 11:15
Update on Dept. of Transportation (DOT) Equities: Ensuring Safety for all Modes of Transportation & Civil PNT
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
Dr. Irving Leveson, Founder, Leveson Consulting
11:40 – 12:05
General Motors use of Precise GNSS and V2X for Automated Vehicles
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
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
Mr. James (Jim) Platt, Director, PNT Office, DHS
2:00 – 2:25
Proposed PNT Threat Environment Model for Military and
Civilian Use
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
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
Mr. Logan Scott, Logan Scott Consulting
3:15 – 3:40
Proposed Guidelines for Resilient PNT Receivers
Mr. William Woodward, Chairman, SAE PNT Technical Committee
3:55 – 4:20
DARPA Position, Navigation, and Timing Technology and their Impact on GPS users
Dr. John Burke, Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office, DARPA
4:20 – 4:55
Non-Inertial Navigation in the 21st Century and Beyond
Dr. Val Parker, President, Non-Inertial
Navigation Technology, LLC
4:55 – 5:20
Research on GPS Resiliency and Spoofing Mitigation
Techniques across Applications
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
Mr. J. David Grossman, Executive Director, GPS Innovation Alliance
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)
Mr. David Turner, Deputy Director, Office of Space & Advanced Technology (SAT), DOS
10:00 – 10:15
Radio Equipment Directive (RED) Implementation Update
Ms. Ann Ciganer, GPS Innovation Alliance
10:15 – 11:05
Additional Representatives / International Perspectives:
- Dr. Gerhard Beutler (Switzerland)
- Dr. Sergio Camacho-Lara (Mexico)
- Mr. Matt Higgins (Australia)
- Dr. Refaat M. Rashad (Egypt)
- Mr. Dana Goward (Resilient Navigation and Timing
Foundation)
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