The Global Positioning System: Management and Operation of a Dual Use System - A Summary of the Report of the Joint DOD/DOT Task Force on GPS

Jules G. McNeff and Michael E. Shaw

Abstract:	This paper summarizes a rcfzent U.S. Government report(‘) on a joint Department of Defense/Department of Transportation study addressing the management, operation and financing of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). This system, funded and operated on behalf of the U.S. Government by the Department of Defense, provides worldwide navigation capabilities and is expected to support military missions throughout the world as well as a broad spectrum of civilian needs. The management ~cture and technical considerations outlined in the report, when implemented, will provide for full representation of civilian interests in the policy management of GPS and, thus, will ensure that policy decisions affecting* GPS are made with full consideration of civil interests. The report recommends a mechanism which can be used to efficiently resolve differences between civil and military interests, if any occur. Thtse recommendations also provide for an integrated national approach for GPS services. The study team recognized the growing importance of space-based navigation technology to a host of military 8nd civilian applications 8nd believed that these recommendations. when implemtntcd, will enable this system to play a major role in worldwide navigation optrations.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1994) June 6 - 8, 1994 Antlers Doubletree Hotel Colorado Springs, CO
Pages:	21 - 24
Cite this article:	McNeff, Jules G., Shaw, Michael E., "The Global Positioning System: Management and Operation of a Dual Use System - A Summary of the Report of the Joint DOD/DOT Task Force on GPS," Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1994), Colorado Springs, CO, June 1994, pp. 21-24.
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