March 14 th PNT Hill Day Report David Logsdon Co-Chair PNT Advisory Board Strategic Engagement Panel

Observations Two panels –USG –Private Industry Capacity Crowd Hill staffers from Committees of Jurisdiction in attendance

Areas of PNT Applications CONSTRUCTION

Trimble Overview Engineering & Construction Survey Machine Control Construction Instruments Field Solutions Agriculture Mapping & GIS Mobile Solutions Fleet Tracking Mobile Worker Productivity Advanced Devices Embedded GPS Products Timing Inertial Systems

GPS efficiency for Construction: rework “We’re completing projects sooner, and we’ve literally cut our rework by 70% by using the GPS system.” -Joey Keiffer, General superintendent, Malphrus Construction Company Bechtel operation at Oak Creek power plant

Areas of PNT Applications AGRICULTURE

USDA supports GPS Modernization and the implementation of additional civil signals. USDA supports the advancement of GPS augmentations, especially protecting and enhancing the Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS).

Department of Agriculture Applications Safety-of-Life operations –Fire, Snow Survey Administration of the Farm Bill Conservation Planning and Application Natural and Cultural Resource Data Collection, Inventorying and Monitoring Landscape Characterization & Engineering Applications Soil Mapping 10,000+ USDA personnel on the landscape every day, using GPS to provide program assistance, service, and technical support to USDA customers and partners

Deere’s use of GPS Deere needed a way to accurately position agricultural equipment on a global basis First introduce in mid 1990’s for yield monitoring StarFire  is an absolute positioning system that does not require base stations 50,000 dual frequency receivers shipped

GPS Guidance benefits Allows controlled traffic Reduces compaction, boost yields Greater machine utilization Less experienced operators achieve excellent results Significantly less operator stress and fatigue Night time operation

Applications Precision Farming Water Management Automatic Steering Control Traffic

GreenStar™ AutoTrac hands-free steering Parallel tracking Straight track – in early days Now hands-free guidance on contours, curved tracks Available on a wide range of self-propelled equipment

Areas of PNT Applications AUTOMOTIVE

Telematics Availability – 6 Million Vehicles OnStar – 5+ million General Motors –Standard in 2008 nearly all vehicles Lexus –Lexus Link ATX – nearly 1 million Mercedes - Teleaid BMW - Assist

Making a Distinctive Difference Monthly, telematics forward to PSAPs approximately: 3,000 automatic airbag/crash notifications; and 17,000 emergency and Good Samaritan calls. As well as 33,000 requests for roadside assistance; 66,000 door unlocks; 700 stolen vehicle location requests; Over 600,000 requests for routing; And among non-GPS based services 30,000 remote diagnostics.

Interference Detection and Mitigation

Date: 22 January 2007 Location: San Diego harbor south to Mexican border and up to 10 miles inland. Duration: PST Cause: Unintentional Interference Interference Case Study

UNCLASSIFIED Interference Case Study

DGPS Site Inoperative 2 Hours AIS Display Console Anomaly Cell Provider Network 150 sites detected error 2 sites inoperative Medical Services Paging Provider Network Inoperative 1.5 Hours – 20 sites General Aviation Pilot Report GPS Malfunction Potential for First Responder Impacts Interference Case Study

IDM Plan Goals Coordinate domestic capabilities to identify, analyze, locate, attribute, and mitigate sources of interference to the GPS and its augmentations Collect, analyze, store, and disseminate interference reports from all sources to enable appropriate investigation, notification and enforcement action Develop and maintain capabilities, procedures and techniques, and routinely exercise civil contingency responses to ensure continuity of operations in the event that access to the GPS is disrupted or denied.

IDM Implementation Actions August 2007 – The President approved the National PNT IDM Plan January 2008 – DHS signed IDM Plan Implementation Strategy into force DHS expected to issue publicly releasable fact sheet and summary of IDM Plan

Implementation Actions February 7, 2008 – DHS announced adoption of eLoran as a national backup to the GPS to mitigate any safety, security, or economic effects of a GPS outage or disruption President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request:  Migrate administration of LORAN-C from USCG to DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), includes transfer of budget authority for funding and personnel ―Prepare for conversion of Loran-C operations to eLoran  NPPD to oversee development of eLoran to provide national backup capabilities for positioning, navigation, and timing.  Coast Guard will continue operation of the system in 2009 on a reimbursable basis

Our Aging Constellation

Years Satellite GPS Constellation Status Satellite Age as of March BLOCK IIA BLOCK IIR BLOCK IIR-M

Observations and Recommendations For over a decade, both civil and commercial users have benefitted immensely from GPS For USG users, much greater efficiency has been one of the outcomes For the commercial industry, innovation has driven ROI for several industry sectors

Observations and Recommendations For USG users, modernization is key For commercial users, a robust signal provided with no user fees is key –No user fees= ability to spend money on innovation –Robust, consistent signal (and ICD)=ability to spend money on innovation

Observations and Recommendations Many champions that will speak out on behalf of GPS Recommend having panelists at key industry sector conferences and forums Recommend having forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce focusing on PNT applications as they pertain to Energy and Climate