http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/ Engadget Comments for Air Force says that GPS situation is 'under control,' urges you to 'chill out' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 22nd 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/
It clearly says the satellites are to be replaced on a rotating basis. Also, as far as I know, USAF has not missed any of its launch windows for any of the GPS satellites it has done. It is one of those things at the top of the to do list since DoD needs them a helluva lot more than you do my friend. ]]>May 21st 2009 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/The GAO report predicated only an 80 percent likelihood the Air Force would be able to maintain the full 24-satellite constellation over a period between 2010 and 2014. Going below 24 satellites could result in lower GPS performance, GAO said.

USAF reply: "We have 30+ satellites on orbit now. We'll launch another in Aug 09, and again early 10. Going below 24 won't happen," the Air Force said, counting on an improvement in its ability to get satellites into space.

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As integrated as these things may be we can survive past them pretty easily. ]]>May 21st 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/
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The Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) that is coming from the GAO is more about politics than technology. There are 31 space vehicles (satellites) in orbit. It takes 24 space vehicles for world-wide coverage. In order to lose coverage, seven of the space vehicles would have to be inoperable. That's doubtful, as there's redundant technology on each space vehicle. Even if there are failures, there's brand new space vehicles ready to be launched to replace the ones that go down.

So why is the GAO creating FUD? Probably because they don't want any schedule slippage with GPS IIIA, which costs them more money...]]>May 21st 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/So yeah it does create a certain fear and doubt by pointing out uncertainties, but not as a vehicle to destroy the competition in this case I think.



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It's not classical FUD, but the end result is the same: spend money on us, not them. The GAO wants the money that's spent on the USAF overruns for their own pork projects...]]>May 21st 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/
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It doesn't matter if other countries launch their own guidance systems; the US would still like its own system for national security reasons. They don't do GPS as some self-sacrificial social service as its primary reason for existence. ]]>May 22nd 2009 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 22nd 2009 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/]]>May 22nd 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/21/air-force-says-that-gps-situation-is-under-control-urges-you/May 21st 2009 7:56PM