Chairmans Report

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Chairmans Report

• 43rd CGSIC Meeting
• Washington, DC
• March 10, 2004
• s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
• Michael E. Shaw
• U.S. Department of Transportation

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Overview

• Welcome
• Meeting Agenda/Organization
• Issue Oriented Panel Benefits of L2C
• Additional suggestions
• Organizational changes
• Major activities since Sep 03 CGSIC
• Foundation for briefings the next 2 days

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Organizational Changes

• DOT Senior Leadership
• Mr. Tyler Duvall Deputy Assistant Secretary for
  Transportation Policy
• DOT Office of Navigation and Spectrum Policy
• Mr. Greg Wheeler Spectrum Policy
• DoD Assistant Secretary of Defense, Networks and
  Information Integration
• Hon. Francis Harvey replaces Hon. John Stenbit
• Mr. Ron Jost replaces Mr. Owen Wormser

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Major Activities

• Systems Status/Update
• Current GPS System Performance
• Civil Monitoring Operational Control Segment
  MMSRE Contract
• GPS Modernization
• First IIR-M launch in 2005
• First IIF launch in 2006
• GPS III study contracts awarded in January 04
• GPS Augmentations
• WAAS commissioned
• NDGPS coverage increasing
• NDGPS Executive Steering Council revitalized
• Chaired by DOT Asst Sec for Transportation Policy

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Major Activities (contd)

• Radionavigation Capabilities Assessment Task
  Force
• Report signed/released by DOT Under Secretary for
  Policy on January 5, 2004
• Key input to 2003 Federal Radionavigation Plan
• Loran awaiting report end of this month
• Decision on future later this year
• Copies available at
• http//www.navcen.uscg.gov

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Major Activities (contd)

• 2003 Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP)
• In final DOT and DoD POS/NAV coordination
• GPS National Policy Review
• Ongoing all agencies involved
• Goal Complete by end of 2004
• Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB)
• SSG meetings in Dec 03 and Jan 04
• Allocation of 2004 GPS Stewardship Funds

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Major Activities (contd)

• Spectrum Management
• Spectrum management challenges
• Presidential Spectrum Policy Initiative
• Spectrum Management Reform
• GPS International Activities
• US-EU Technical Working Group (TWG) Jan 04
• GPS/Galileo compatibility and interoperability
• US-EU GPS-Galileo Plenary Consultations
• Jan 29-30 and Feb 24-25, 04
• Nearing completion of US/European agreement on
  GPS and Galileo cooperation
• European CGSIC Mar 23-26, 04 in Munich, Germany

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The Way Ahead

• New civil and military GPS signals available
  starting
• next year
• Further enhancements continuing through GPS III
• Fielding of GPS augmentations continuing
• Publish 2003 Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP)
• Complete US-EC GPS-Galileo Agreement
• Complete update of GPS National Policy
• Presidential Spectrum Management Initiative
• Completion of Loran-C study/decision on future
• Initiate NDGPS Executive Steering Council

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Contact List

• Office of Navigation and Spectrum Policy
• Department of Transportation
• Room 10223, Nassif Building
• 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
• Washington D.C. 20590-0001
• Michael Shaw [phone]
• Jim Miller [phone]
• John Augustine [phone]
• Greg Wheeler [phone]
• CDR Pete Keane [phone]
• Steve Bayless [phone]
• Hank Skalski [phone]
• Tom Nagle [phone]

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Chairmans Report

• 43rd CGSIC Meeting
• Washington, DC
• March 10, 2004
• s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
• Michael E. Shaw
• U.S. Department of Transportation