ION 2025 FELLOW MEMBERSHIP ANNOUNCED

The Institute of Navigation Announces its 2025 Elected Fellows at ITM/PTTI 2025

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Contact: ION National Office, 1-703-366-2723

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2:00 p.m., January 30, 2025

Long Beach, California, January 30, 2025 - The Institute of Navigation (ION) has announced its 2025 Fellows inducted during the co-located International Technical Meeting (ITM) and Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Systems and Applications Meeting in Long Beach, California, January 27-30, 2025.

Election to Fellow membership recognizes sustained professional accomplishments that have significantly contributed to the advancement of the arts and sciences of positioning, navigation, and/or timing (PNT) in the areas of technology, management, practice or teaching, and a demonstrated and sustained impact on the PNT community. Fellows have maintained an observable presence in the ION community over the long-term, including contributions to ION programs and publications. 

Dr. Jeffrey Hebert has been elected for his contributions to the advancement of navigation warfare and defense related positioning, navigation, and timing technologies.

Dr. Michael Meurer has been elected for his sustained and visionary leadership and technical contributions advancing secure, high-integrity, and resilient PNT.

Dr. Thomas Powell has been elected for his outstanding contributions to the GPS Enterprise, its military and civilian users, and promotion of GNSS and international cooperation.

The Fellow grade of ION membership was established in 1998 to honor notable members of the Institute who made outstanding sustained contributions to the art and science of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT). More information regarding this year’s elected fellow members and those elected in past years can be found at https://www.ion.org/awards/ion-fellows.cfm.