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> High-Integrity Global Positioning at Issue as Congress Works Through 2011 GPS
Funding
> BY: GLEN GIBBONS
> Inside GNSS
> 19 August, 2010
> GPS-related procurement and development items in President Obama's proposed
budget for
> Inside GNSS
> 19 August, 2010
> GPS-related procurement and development items in President Obama's proposed
> fiscal year 2011 are moving through Capitol Hill, but not without contention.
At issue
> is Obama's request for $40.9 million for the High-Integrity Global Position
System
> (HIGPS, also known as iGPS). Neither the House nor Senate versions of the
National
> Defense Authorization Act support the program, which is intended to
demonstrate the
> capability to use Iridium satellites to enhance current GPS navigation.
> Most other pieces of the president's requests have made their way through the
House and
> Most other pieces of the president's requests have made their way through the
> their respective Senate committees and are waiting their turn in front of the
full
> Senate.
> Obama's proposed budget would allocate $1.057 billion for Department of
Defense (DoD)
> Obama's proposed budget would allocate $1.057 billion for Department of
> GPS-related procurement and development activities, and nearly $180 million to
the
> Department of Transportation (DoT) for civil GPS programs.
> DoD programs include: $35.471 million for GPS IIF and Operational Control
Segment (OCS)
> DoD programs include: $35.471 million for GPS IIF and Operational Control
> development; $828.171 million for GPS IIIA and Next-Generation Operational
Control Segment;
> $122.490 million for advanced procurement of GPS IIIA satellites; $64.609
million for
> procurement of GPS IIF satellites and launch support; $7.736 million for ground
> segment equipment procurement and $40.9 million for HIGPS.
> As of mid-August, the status of the DoT procurement requests was as follows:
> o $58.5 million for the addition of new, civil-unique capabilities to the GPS
program —
> segment equipment procurement and $40.9 million for HIGPS.
> As of mid-August, the status of the DoT procurement requests was as follows:
> o $58.5 million for the addition of new, civil-unique capabilities to the GPS
> passed at full funding by the full House and Senate committee
> o $95 million for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) - passed at $92
million
> o $95 million for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) - passed at $92
> by the full House and at $95 million by Senate committee
> o $14.5 million for the Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) - passed by the
full
> o $14.5 million for the Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) - passed by the
> House at $24.6 million
> o $7.6 million for the inland component of the Nationwide Differential GPS
System
> o $7.6 million for the inland component of the Nationwide Differential GPS
> (NDGPS) - passed full House at $9.4 million and Senate Appropriations
Committee at
> $7.4 million.
> Procurement requests of $15.4 million for the maritime component of NDGPS are
awaiting
> Procurement requests of $15.4 million for the maritime component of NDGPS are
> House Appropriations Committee markup after passing House and Senate
subcommittees.
> Some $3.5 million for the U.S. network of Continuously Operating Reference
> Stations (CORS) passed its House subcommittee and Senate Committee.
> Stations (CORS) passed its House subcommittee and Senate Committee.
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