Session A10: Satellite Navigation (SatNav) System Experimentation: NTS-3

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Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Time: 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: Room 1-3

Session Chairs:

Kalyn Jones 746th Test Squadron	Dr. Olukayode K. Okusaga JHU/APL

10:50 a.m.	NTS-3 Signal Quality On-Orbit Measurements: Joanna Hinks, Brittany Wells, AFRL; Stephen Stoyanov, L3Harris; Gary Okerson, The MITRE Corporation; Craig Pollock, Renee Yazdi, Canyon
11:10 a.m.	NTS-3 Advanced Signals Experiments: Results from Early Experimentation and Testing: Jon Anderson, Nate DeVilbiss, Canyon; Joanna Hinks, Air Force Research Lab; Sanjeev Gunawardena, AFIT; Nathan Pax, UDRI; Phil Dafesh, Terry Ferret, The Aerospace Corporation
11:30 a.m.	Navigation Technology Satellite 3 (NTS-3) User Equipment Experimentation Update: Eric Vinande, Brittany Wells, Joanna Hinks, Mark Carroll, Jason Pontious, Jessica Belzer, Air Force Research Lab; Sanjeev Gunawardena, Air Force Institute of Technology; Andrew Hagen, Leo Bremer, MITRE; Jason Drotar, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division; Aaron Kerkhoff, University of Texas, Applied Research Lab
11:50 a.m.	Early Performance Assessment of the Cion Weak Signal GNSS Payload on NTS-3: Yoaz Bar-Sever, Angie Dorsey, Garth Franklin, Kameron Larsen, Mark Miller, Jeff Tien, Larry Young, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, and Waiman Baccay, L3Harris Technologies Inc.
Alternate
1.	Aerospace ASTRA Receiver Development Activities: Philip A. Dafesh, Terry Ferret, and Eugene Grayver, Igor I. Trachov, The Aerospace Corporation

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m., Attendee Lunch Served in Exhibit Hall (First Floor)

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