520: GPS Military Systems, Technology and Plans

This course addresses GPS development and operational issues that will affect military and civil users over the next 30 years. It summarizes evolutionary changes in the system architecture and GPS signal waveforms driven by NAVWAR and future civil needs. GPS military needs as well as GPS III plans and requirements will be discussed.

Mr. Chad Pillsbury
Raytheon

GPS Modernization Requirements and Issues
• Military requirements and mission needs
• Civil requirements and implications
• Institutional, funding and political issues

Space and Control Segment Evolution
• Current system overview
• Modernization plans and status
• GPS III overview and status

User Equipment Evolution and User Benefits
• Signal waveform evolution and implications
• Performance improvements
• Military GPS Receiver evolution
• Antijam technology alternatives
• Advanced system integration architectures
• Transition issues

Level: Knowledge found in Courses 110A&B is assumed - this course will not provide a review of basic GPS concepts.