FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASES&T Public Affairs, 202-254-2385 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today an opportunity for critical infrastructure owners & operators and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment manufacturers to test their equipment against GPS spoofing. The 2020 GPS Testing for Critical Infrastructure (GET-CI) event will be held later this year and is the third in this series of test opportunities. “Accurate and precise position, navigation, and timing […]

The Institute of Navigation’s (ION) 2020 Joint Navigation Conference (JNC) has been rescheduled for Sept. 8-11 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. The U.S.-only For Official Use Only sessions will be hosted at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Kentucky, and the U.S.-only secret sessions will be hosted at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio. According to ION, the rescheduled conference will host the original program, which was scheduled to take […]

April 9, 2020 In the middle of March, Friday the 13th to be exact, Americans awoke to the news that a national state of emergency had been declared. By Sunday the CDC issued an advisory against gatherings of 50 or more people. According to activity tracking data from the millions of registered Garmin users, this fateful weekend in mid-March was a turning point, marking a major shift in human activity. With state and local governments […]

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has decided to reschedule the launch of GPS III SV03 (GPS III-3) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to minimize the potential of COVID-19 exposure to the launch crew and early-orbit operators. The current GPS constellation is healthy, allowing for a strategic pause to ensure the health and safety of our force without operational impact. Originally scheduled […]

Representatives from 11 nations met in Moscow and agreed to a “Radio Navigation Development Plan for Participating Commonwealth of Independent States for 2019 to 2024.” The plan is more than 100 pages. The Russian version is here; a version in English produced by Google Translate can be found here. The plan documents existing systems, recent accomplishments and user needs, as well as the upgrades and changes required to meet those needs. The plan highlights Russia’s […]

April 10, 2020 Being away from your boat isn’t ideal. Like you, we are boaters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts, and we are driven to dream up, develop, market and support products that we all love to use. Particularly during this time, we remain committed to ensuring that our essential services continue uninterrupted to help all who use our waterways. Many of the data providers that Garmin and Navionics charts are built from have assured their […]

Chief of Space Operations, Gen. John Raymond, on Tuesday said critical space missions are continuing even though the nation’s newest military service is taking “active measures” to protect personnel from the COVID-19. “In the face of COVID-19 we are continuing to provide the capabilities that are critical our American way of life,” Raymond said during an hour-long virtual appearance with Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “I’m very comfortable that we will continue to provide those […]

Photo: AntonioGuillem/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Commentary by Jeremy Meisinger The scale and speed of the COVID-19 crisis has left policymakers searching for new tools to address an unprecedented challenge. Everything from faster testing to new treatments to more supplies for frontline providers is needed, and smart deployment of these resources requires an ability to track infections that is not yet available for a problem of the scale of COVID-19. The recent economic stimulus […]

April 3, 2020 Cleaning your Garmin avionics is a great way to not only maintain a clean cockpit environment, but also help prevent the spread of disease. Because our products are built with sophisticated electronic components and touchscreen materials, it’s important to take special care in choosing which cleaning method is best for your specific Garmin products. Below are general guidelines for cleaning the touchscreens, buttons, knobs and bezels on Garmin avionics.  NOTE: The following […]

Woolpert has received the 2019 Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year award for location-based services. Woolpert was recognized for the company’s achievements in the Google Cloud ecosystem, helping joint customers deploy and optimize their location-based services, developing an online customer assistance system and cloud information portal, more than doubling its staff to support customer needs and supporting all location-based data efforts with its extended geospatial team. The firm, which has been a Google Cloud […]