Chairmans Report

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Chairmans Report

• 45th CGSIC Meeting
• Long Beach, CA
• September 12, 2005
• 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
• Session Wrap-ups
• Panel
• Emerging Techniques for Broadcasting Future GNSS
  PNT Services
• Organizational changes
• Major activities since Sep 04 CGSIC
• Foundation for briefings the next 2 days

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Organizational Changes

• DOT Senior Leadership
• The Hon. Maria Cino, Deputy Secretary
• Co-chair National Space-Based PNT Executive
  Committee
• The Hon. Jeffrey Shane, Under Secretary for
  Policy
• Mr. Tyler Duvall, Acting Assistant Secretary for
  Transportation Policy
• DoD Senior Leadership
• The Hon. Gordon England, Acting Deputy Secretary
• Co-chair National Space-Based PNT Executive
  Committee
• Mr. John Grimes, ASD (NII) (Nominated)
• The Hon. Ronald Sega, Air Force Under Secretary

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Major Activities

• U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and
  Timing (PNT) Policy
• Signed on 8 Dec 04 publicly released on 15 Dec
  04
• Updated U.S. policy while retaining prior GPS
  principles
• Established a stronger National Space-Based PNT
  Executive Committee IGEB disestablished
• Chaired by Deputy Secretaries of Defense and
  Transportation
• Membership includes State, Commerce, Homeland
  Security, JCS, and NASA
• Supported by a new National Coordination Office

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Major Activities (contd)

• Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP)
• To be signed by the Secretaries of Defense,
  Transportation, and Homeland Security
• Completed coordination in all 3 Departments
• Packages have been forwarded for signature
• 2005 Plan expected to be signed in October
• Loran
• Continuing assessments for long term
• Technical Capability Study completed
• Timing/maritime efficiency studies ongoing
• Decision projected for 2006

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Major Activities (contd)

• GPS Program
• First IIR-M launch scheduled NET Sep 21, 2005
• First IIF launch in 2007
• GPS III study contracts ongoing since Jan 04
• Ops Control Segment study contracts in Jul 05
• 2 NGA Monitor Stations on line brought on line in
  Master Control Station in Aug 05 4 more to
  follow
• GPS Augmentations
• NDGPS single coverage of CONUS at 92
• 84 sites currently operational
• 89 by Feb 2006 (nationwide single coverage)
• WAAS coverage of U.S. at 95 complete in 2008
• WAAS Maritime Applications study ongoing

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Major Activities (contd)

• Spectrum Management
• Presidential Spectrum Policy Initiative
• Spectrum management challenges
• Spectrum management reform
• Protection of RNSS Spectrum
• GNSS spectrum compatibility issues
• In particular, GPS and Galileo

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Major Activities (contd)

• GPS International Activities
• GPS-Galileo Working Groups established
• Japan-U.S Plenary Meeting - Nov 2004
• Intl Symposium on GPS/GNSS and Asia CGSIC Dec
  04
• GPS-GLONASS Joint statement Dec 2004
• European CGSIC Intl Subcommittee Meeting March
  2005
• India-U.S. Next Steps Strategic Partnership
• Cooperation on space-based PNT systems (GPS, WAAS
  and GAGAN) - June 2005
• CGSIC Intl Subcommittee/Asia-Pacific Meeting
  GNSS 2005
• Hong Kong Dec 8-10, 2005

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The Way Ahead

• Implementing U.S. Natl Space-based PNT Policy
• Activating Coordination Office/forming Advisory
  Board
• Publish Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP)
• First new civil / military GPS signals later this
  year
• Further enhancements continuing through GPS III
• Fielding of GPS augmentations continuing
• Implementing/expanding other GNSS systems
• US-EC GPS-Galileo Working Groups
• Presidential Spectrum Management Reform

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• BACKUPS

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The Start of a New Era in GNSS

• U.S. nearing launch of the new modernized GPS
  Block IIR satellites
• Europe embarking on the Galileo system
• European EGNOS becoming operational
• Russia increasing GLONASS constellation
• Japanese moving forward on MTSAT and QZSS
• India moving ahead with GAGAN
• Recognition of need for interoperability

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Contact Information

• Michael E. Shaw, Director, Navigation Spectrum
  Policy
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the
  Secretary
• Nassif Bldg., Rm. 10223D
• 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
• Washington, D.C. 20590
• Wk [phone]
• Fx [phone]
• E-mail michael.shaw_at_dot.gov
• www.dot.gov