United States Space-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing Policy

Joint Navigation Conference 2007

April 2 - 4, 2007

Charles Daniels, Major, USAF Senior Policy Advisor

National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT

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Overview

• U.S. Space-Based PNT Policy

• Policy Implementation

• Policy Activities

• Summary

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U.S. Policy History

• 1983: President Reagan offers free civilian access to GPS

• 1996: First U.S. GPS Policy. Declared GPS a dual-use system under joint civil/military management

• 1997: Congress passes law requiring civil GPS to be provided free of direct user fees

• 2000: President Clinton set Selective Availability to “Zero”

• 2004: President Bush issues new U.S. policy on space-based PNT

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U.S. Space-Based PNT Policy - 2004

• U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Policy

– Signed on 8 Dec 2004; publicly released on 15 Dec

– Updated U.S. policy while retaining principles in previous policy

– Recognizes changing national and international scene since 1996

– Established 6 U.S. Government Goals

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National PNT Policy

Ensure the U.S. maintains space-based PNT services, augmentation, back-up, and service denial capabilities that:

GOAL 1ASSURED SERVICE

Provide uninterrupted availability of positioning, navigation, and timing services

GOAL 2MEET DEMANDS

Meet growing national, homeland, economic security, and civil requirements, and scientific and commercial demands

GOAL 3MILITARY PRE-EMINENCE

Remain the pre-eminent military space-based positioning, navigation, and timing service

GOAL 4CIVIL COMPETITIVENESS

Continue to provide civil services that exceed or are competitive with foreign civil space-based positioning, navigation, and timing services and augmentation systems

GOAL 5INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE

Remain essential components of internationally accepted positioning, navigation, and timing services

GOAL 6TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP

Promote U.S. technological leadership in applications involving space-based positioning, navigation, and timing services

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Overview

• U.S. Space-Based PNT Policy

• Policy Implementation

• Policy Activities

• Summary

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• Established a stronger “National Space-Based PNT Executive Committee”; IGEB disestablished – Chaired by Deputy Secretaries of Defense and

Transportation

– Membership: Defense, Transportation, State, Commerce, Homeland Security, JCS, and NASA

– Executive Secretariat: National Coordination Office

• National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT established 1 Nov 2005– Director, Deputy Director, and 6 staff

Policy Implementation

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National Space-based PNT Organizational Structure

WHITE HOUSEExecutive Office of the President

OMB, NSC, HSC, OSTP, HEC, DNI

WHITE HOUSEExecutive Office of the President

OMB, NSC, HSC, OSTP, HEC, DNI

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

for SPACE-BASED PNT

EXECUTIVE STEERING GROUP

Co-Chairs: Defense, Transportation

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

for SPACE-BASED PNT

EXECUTIVE STEERING GROUP

Co-Chairs: Defense, Transportation

DefenseDeputy Secretary

DefenseDeputy Secretary

TransportationDeputy Secretary

TransportationDeputy Secretary

StateDeputy Secretary

StateDeputy Secretary

CommerceDeputy SecretaryCommerce

Deputy Secretary

Homeland SecurityDeputy Secretary

Homeland SecurityDeputy Secretary

Joint Chiefs of StaffVice Chairman

Joint Chiefs of StaffVice Chairman

NASADeputy Administrator

NASADeputy Administrator

ADVISORYBOARD

Sponsor: NASA

ADVISORYBOARD

Sponsor: NASA

COORDINATIONOFFICE

Host: Commerce

COORDINATIONOFFICE

Host: CommerceInvitees as requiredDOI, DOE, FCC, AFSPC/CC,

USecAF, NSSO/CC, GPS WG/CC

Invitees as requiredDOI, DOE, FCC, AFSPC/CC,

USecAF, NSSO/CC, GPS WG/CC

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National Coordination Office

Interagency Coordination and Collaboration

DeputyCol Jordan

Admin SupportMrs. Voyles Mrs. Hankerson

DirectorMr. Shaw (SES)

NationalExecutive Committee

Co-Chairs

Senior Advisors

StateMrs. Walker

CommerceMr. Kim

NASAMr. Mirelson

DOTMr. Alexander

DHSMr. Crane

DoDMaj Daniels

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National Coordination Office

• Executive Secretariat for National Executive Committee

• Facilitates information sharing, coordination, and issue

resolution regarding space-based positioning, navigation and

timing (PNT) across all the Departments of the U.S. Govt

• Evaluates plans to modernize the U.S. space-based PNT

infrastructure, i.e. GPS and its augmentations

• Conducts or oversees space-based PNT studies, analyses, and

projects that have broad U.S. Government participation

• Represents the National Executive Committee on space-based

PNT matters with Federal, State, local and foreign governments

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Overview

• U.S. Space-Based PNT Policy

• Policy Implementation

• Policy Activities

• Summary

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Key Executive Committee Actions

• Five-Year National Space-Based PNT Plan

– Plan is in draft to include a FY08 program assessment

• Interference Detection and Mitigation Plan

– Department of Homeland Security coordinating U.S.

capabilities to detect and mitigate sources of

interference to GPS and its augmentations

• National PNT Architecture

– Provide national PNT framework/investment strategy

to help guide future PNT system-of-systems

investment

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• National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board

– Conduct assessments and make recommendations to accomplish national policy goals and objectives

• As tasked by the Executive Committee

• NASA is hosting Advisory Board

– Board includes 24 members

• Includes international members

– First meeting was held on March 29-30, 2007

• Outreach – both domestic and international

Key Executive Committee Actions (cont’d)

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International Outreach

• International Cooperation and Coordination– Multilateral

• Promote GPS as a Principle component of international GNSS

• International Committee on GNSS (ICG)

• ICAO, IMO, NATO

– Bilateral• Galileo• Glonass• GAGAN• MSAS

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Informational Websites

GPS.gov PNT.gov

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Summary

• Implementing U.S. National Space-Based PNT Policy

– National Executive Committee meeting regularly

• U.S. policy encourages and promotes global use of GPS and its augmentations

• International coordination and cooperation is a U.S. priority

• U.S. goal is to maintain GPS as the recognized global “Gold Standard”

– U.S. Military PNT pre-eminence is a continuing priority

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Contact Information

Charles Daniels, Major, USAF

National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT

Herbert C. Hoover Bldg., Rm. 6822

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20230

Ph: (202) 482-5809

Fax: (202) 482-4429

CHARLES.DANIELS@PNT.GOV