Tag: Policy
Raytheon Gets $197.7 Million Space Force GPS OCX Contract Extension
OCX, delayed for years and burning through billions of dollars, has drawn the ire of lawmakers…
Despite being years behind schedule, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems...
Report Says GPS Backup Systems Could Save Billions
Report says $663 million could be saved a day by employing NextNav’s terrestrial PNT solution, others are not so sure…
A new Brattle Group report says that...
DoD Requests $1.5 Billion for PNT Resiliency Programs
U.S. government also taking a $17 million bite out of transportation PNT efforts…
Reacting to worldwide jamming incidents and other GPS interference, the U.S. Defense Department is...
FCC Fines Largest Wireless Carriers $200 Million For Illegally Sharing Location...
Carriers deny allegations, say they will fight fines...
Alleging that they illegally shared access to their customers’ location information, the nation’s largest wireless carriers were fined...
Government Moves To Dismiss Ligado’s $40 Billion Lawsuit
GPS signal interference at center of the decade-old controversy…
The United States government late last week filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Federal...
Ligado Sues U.S. Government for $39 Billion
Says DoD is using spectrum that it has exclusive authority over…
Ligado Networks is suing the U.S. government for $39 billion, saying it has blocked its...
Quectel Hires Security Firm to Test IoT Modules
Fighting back against claims its modules pose national security risks, China-based Quectel Wireless Solutions said that testing by a cybersecurity consultancy shows that its products...
FCC Chair Says Quectel, Fibocom Wireless IoT Modules Pose National Security...
Companies may be added to "Covered List" that bans certain components...
Chinese companies Quectel and Fibocom Wireless’ IoT modules pose grave national security risks, said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel this week in letters seen...
Turbulent Approval for Autonomous Vehicles in San Francisco
CPUC passed AV expansion in city, despite traffic jams, blocked emergency vehicles
After much controversy, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) last week granted GM GM -1.47%↓ Cruise and Waymo permission to use roads...
FCC Allows Short-Range Radars in the 60 GHz Band
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules that allow the 60 GHz spectrum band to support such radar technology applications that alert drivers to...