How the GAO Report on GPS Helps/Hurts the Program
The GAO report [APB coverage] “helps because it puts a lot of emphasis on the budget for future satellites and things like that,” said Col. Robert Hessin, acting director of the National Coordination Office for Space-based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government agency that tracks GPS legislation and the health of the constellation.
Where it hurts, he said, is on the international front, where China, Russia and Europe are developing their own satellite navigation systems. “We’re competing with the rest of the world on precision navigation,” Hessin said.
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/15 at 06:00 AM |
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