United States Space-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing Policy

United States Space-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing Policy Joint Navigation Conference 2007 April 2 - 4, 2007 Charles Daniels, Major, USAF Senior Policy Advisor National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT

Overview • U.S. Space-Based PNT Policy • Policy Implementation • Policy Activities • Summary

U.S. Policy History • 1983: President Reagan offers free civilian access to GPS • 1996: First U.S. GPS Policy. Declared GPS a dual-use system under joint civil/military management • 1997: Congress passes law requiring civil GPS to be provided free of direct user fees • 2000: President Clinton set Selective Availability to “Zero” • 2004: President Bush issues new U.S. policy on space-based PNT

U.S. Space-Based PNT Policy - 2004 • U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Policy • Signed on 8 Dec 2004; publicly released on 15 Dec • Updated U.S. policy while retaining principles in previous policy • Recognizes changing national and international scene since 1996 • Established 6 U.S. Government Goals

National PNT Policy

Policy Implementation • Established a stronger “National Space-Based PNT Executive Committee”; IGEB disestablished • Chaired by Deputy Secretaries of Defense and Transportation • Membership: Defense, Transportation, State, Commerce, Homeland Security, JCS, and NASA • Executive Secretariat: National Coordination Office • National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT established 1 Nov 2005 • Director, Deputy Director, and 6 staff

ADVISORYBOARD Sponsor: NASA COORDINATIONOFFICE Host: Commerce National Space-based PNT Organizational Structure WHITE HOUSE Executive Office of the President OMB, NSC, HSC, OSTP, HEC, DNI Defense Deputy Secretary Transportation Deputy Secretary State Deputy Secretary NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE for SPACE-BASED PNT EXECUTIVE STEERING GROUP Co-Chairs: Defense, Transportation Commerce Deputy Secretary Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman NASA Deputy Administrator Invitees as required DOI, DOE, FCC, AFSPC/CC, USecAF, NSSO/CC, GPS WG/CC

National Coordination Office National Executive Committee Co-Chairs Director Mr. Shaw (SES) Deputy Col Jordan Admin Support Mrs. Voyles Mrs. Hankerson Senior Advisors State Mrs. Walker NASA Mr. Mirelson DoD Maj Daniels DOT Mr. Alexander DHS Mr. Crane Commerce Mr. Kim Interagency Coordination and Collaboration

National Coordination Office • Executive Secretariat for National Executive Committee • Facilitates information sharing, coordination, and issue resolution regarding space-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) across all the Departments of the U.S. Govt • Evaluates plans to modernize the U.S. space-based PNT infrastructure, i.e. GPS and its augmentations • Conducts or oversees space-based PNT studies, analyses, and projects that have broad U.S. Government participation • Represents the National Executive Committee on space-based PNT matters with Federal, State, local and foreign governments

Key Executive Committee Actions • Five-Year National Space-Based PNT Plan • Plan is in draft to include a FY08 program assessment • Interference Detection and Mitigation Plan • Department of Homeland Security coordinating U.S. capabilities to detect and mitigate sources of interference to GPS and its augmentations • National PNT Architecture • Provide national PNT framework/investment strategy to help guide future PNT system-of-systems investment

Key Executive Committee Actions (cont’d) • National Space-Based PNT Advisory Board • Conduct assessments and make recommendations to accomplish national policy goals and objectives • As tasked by the Executive Committee • NASA is hosting Advisory Board • Board includes 24 members • Includes international members • First meeting was held on March 29-30, 2007 • Outreach – both domestic and international

International Outreach • International Cooperation and Coordination • Multilateral • Promote GPS as a Principle component of international GNSS • International Committee on GNSS (ICG) • ICAO, IMO, NATO • Bilateral • Galileo • Glonass • GAGAN • MSAS

Informational Websites GPS.gov PNT.gov

Summary • Implementing U.S. National Space-Based PNT Policy • National Executive Committee meeting regularly • U.S. policy encourages and promotes global use of GPS and its augmentations • International coordination and cooperation is a U.S. priority • U.S. goal is to maintain GPS as the recognized global “Gold Standard” • U.S. Military PNT pre-eminence is a continuing priority

Charles Daniels, Major, USAF National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT Herbert C. Hoover Bldg., Rm. 6822 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20230 Ph: (202) 482-5809 Fax: (202) 482-4429 CHARLES.DANIELS@PNT.GOV Contact Information

United States Space-Based Positioning, Navigation & Timing Policy