Defense Contracting giant Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Monday that they were ready to unroll a prototype for a next generation GPS spacecraft. Lockheed Martin developed the technology for the US Air Force.
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A bipartisan group of former law enforcement and government officials have appealed the White House to impose checks on law enforcement agencies and their ability to utilize GPS technology.
The Federal Communications Committee has come under fire recently for allowing wireless spectrum operator LightSquared to go ahead with development of their commercial wireless satellite venture despite reports that it would interfere with crucial Government GPS signals.
Since its disastrous test results in January 2011, the mobile broadband network proposed by LightSquared has been under fire. Multiple interference with GPS services, civilian and otherwise, have placed the multi-billion dollar company under the scrutiny of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
In numerous cities nationwide, GPS tracking systems have aided federal agencies in protecting and keeping the peace for their respective districts. However, a recent scandal within the Chicago Fire Prevention Bureau has proven that GPS leaves no exceptions.
Darth Vader was dubbed chief navigator for turn by turn instructions within each vehicle that contains a Garmin Network GPS tracking device.
Mayor of Albany, Georgia, Dr. Willie Adams recently made a public statement suggesting that all city vehicles be equipped with GPS tracking systems.
The Supreme court is about to rule on whether police officers should have to obtain warrants before tracking suspected criminals.
GPS has made it possible to view the explosion of Puyehue-Cordon Caulle, one of 2,085 volcanoes to erupt in under 450 years along the Pacific Ocean’s Ring of Fire.
In a recent case, United States vs. Cuevas-Perez, the legality of using a real-time GPS device to track a suspected object and/or person was once again taken into question.
