| Sam Wormley 2007-05-21, 3:33 pm |
| May 21, 2007
PNT CLIPS (GPS III RFP mod/GLONASS free/ESA news)
Read below the latest PNT Clips published by the Position, Navigation, and
Timing Committee:
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS/Newsletter/052107.doc
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) BLOCK III RFP RELEASE
21 May 2007
FedBizOpps
NOTICE TYPE: Modification to a Previous Presolicitation Notice
DATE POSTED: 18-MAY-07
AGENCY: Department of the Air Force
OFFICE ADDRESS: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command,
SMC - Space and Missiles System Center, 483 North Aviation Blvd, El
Segundo, CA, 90245-2808, UNITED STATES
SUBJECT: 18 -- Global Positioning System (GPS) Block III RFP Release
CLASSIFICATION CODE: 18 - Space vehicles
SOLICITATION NUMBER: FA880706R0001
CONTACT: Andrew Mitchell, Contract Specialist, Phone 310-653-3882, Fax
null, Email andrew.mitchell@losangeles.af.mil - Andrew Mitchell,
Contract Specialist, Phone 310-653-3882, Fax null, Email
andrew.mitchell@losangeles.af.mil
NOTICE TEXT: Department of the Air Force
Air Force Space Command
SMC - Space and Missiles System Center
The Global Systems Positioning Wing will post the final Request for
Proposal number FA8807-06-R-0001 for the GPS IIIA Space Vehicle to the
GPS Bidders Library ON OR BEFORE 23 May 2007. The Navstar GPS is a
satellite-based radio navigation system that serves military and civil
users worldwide. GPS IIIA will maintain constellation sustainment,
provide existing capabilities, plus introduction of a new L1C civil
signal, increased earth coverage M-code power for authorized military
users, a graceful growth path to achieve full CDD threshold
requirements, and continuing support for the NDS mission, to serve the
evolving needs of GPS military and civil users. GPS IIIA is an
Acquisition Category 1D program. The GPS must comply with 10 United
States Code (USC) 2281 that requires that the Secretary of Defense
ensure the continued sustainment and operation of GPS for military and
civilian purposes and 42 USC 14712 and comply with certain standards
and facilitates international cooperation. This acquisition effort
executes these statutory mandates.
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PUTIN MAKES GLONASS NAVIGATION SYSTEM FREE FOR CUSTOMERS
RIA Novosti, May 18, 2007
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Friday a decree on the
Glonass navigation system to provide the service free for customers,
the Kremlin press service said.
Glonass is a Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System
(GPS), which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows
users to identify their positions in real time. The system can also be
used in geological prospecting. "Access to civilian navigation signals
of global navigation satellite system Glonass is provided to Russian
and foreign consumers free of charge and without limitations," the
presidential decree reads.
In line with the decree, satellite navigation equipment bought for
federal bodies of executive power and organizations subordinate to them
should operate using Glonass signals. Putin charged the Federal Space
Agency with coordinating work to maintain, develop and use the system
for civilian and commercial needs. The head of the space agency said in
April Russia will bring the number of satellites comprising its Glonass
navigation system to 18 by the end of 2007.
Anatoly Perminov said then a full orbital group of 24 satellites will
be ready for global coverage by the end of 2009, but even with 18
satellites in orbit it will be able to start providing services for
military and civilian users, covering Russian territory. A total of
$380 million has been appropriated for Glonass from the federal budget
in 2007, and $181 million in 2006.
The space agency head also said that Glonass will be fully integrated
with the U.S. GPS and European Galileo satellite navigation systems.
"We will ensure the compatibility and complimentary use of the Russian
Glonass system with the American GPS, and later with the European
Galileo systems," he said. The first launch under the Glonass program
took place October 12, 1982, but the system was only formally launched
September 24, 1993. The satellites currently in use are of two
modifications - Glonass and its updated version Glonass-M. The latter
has a longer service life of seven years and is equipped with updated
antenna feeder systems and an additional navigation frequency for
civilian users.
A future modification, Glonass-K, is an entirely new model based on a
non-pressurized platform, standardized to the specifications of the
previous models' platform, Express-1000. Glonass-Ks' estimated service
life has been increased to 10-12 years, and a third, "civilian" L-range
frequency has been added.
RUSSIA VOWS FREE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO GLONASS SYSTEM
ITAR-TASS, May 18, 2007
MOSCOW -- Russia will give domestic and foreign clients a free and
unlimited access to civilian navigation services of the Glonass
navigation satellite system, the Kremlin press service cited President
Vladimir Putin's ordinance on Friday.
The ordinance is entitled "On the Use of the Glonass Global Navigation
Satellite System for the Benefit of the Socio-Economic Development of
the Russian Federation." The Federal Space Agency will coordinate the
maintenance, development and use of the Glonass system for the benefit
of civilian, including commercial, clients and broader international
cooperation of Russia.
The government will define powers of federal executive agencies in the
maintenance, development and use of the Glonass system in the interests
of national defense, security, socio-economic development, science and
international cooperation before December 31, 2007.
The procedures and terms of using information resources necessary for
the creation of detailed digital navigation maps of civilians will be
drafted within three months, while a federal program of the Glonass
maintenance, development and use in 2012-2020 will be approved before
December 31, 2011.
GLONASS TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION
21 May 2007
SKRIN Newswire
President Putin signed a decree On Using the Global Navigation
Satellite System (GLONASS) to Promote Social and Economic Development
in the Russian Federation. To ensure the widespread use of the global
navigation satellite system GLONASS to promote the social and economic
development of Russia and increase international cooperation, the
decree stipulates that access to satellite signals of the GLONASS
navigation system for civilian use will be available to Russian and
foreign customers free of charge and without restrictions.
The decree stipulates that, in order to ensure the security of the
Russian Federation, the satellite navigation equipment used by the
federal executive authorities and their subordinate organisations
should operate using the GLONASS navigation system. The coordinator
works to maintain, develop and use the GLONASS system in the interests
of civilian consumers, including commercial ones, registered with the
Federal Space Agency.
On 31 December 2007 the Russian government cabinet will define the
authorities' powers with respect to maintaining, developing and using
the GLONASS system in the interests of defence and security, social and
economic development in Russia, enhanced international cooperation, and
for research purposes. The cabinet has also been ordered to determine
the terms and conditions for the use of information resources required
to establish detailed digital navigational charts for civilian users
within the next three months, the Kremlin website said.
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EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY AND EUROPEAN UNION TO AGREE SECURITY ACCORD
Reuters, May 18, 2007
The European Space Agency and European Union are to negotiate a
security accord for the exchange of classified information. The
agreement will aid work on the joint Global Monitoring for Environment
and Security (GMES) programme.
GMES will provide a range of Earth observation services using existing
and future satellites. It will be fully operational by 2015 but initial
services, for EU governments only, are planned to start next year. GMES
will support European security and defence policies with data services
such as images of disaster zones or theatres of conflict, hence the
need to exchange classified information.
ESA already handles classified information internally and the EU has
its own information classifications, which are confidential, secret and
top secret. The agreement will be recognition that the two
organisations' information security procedures are compatible. "ESA
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