USCG Navigation Center & Nationwide DGPS Project Status

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, NAVCEN Mission Statement The Coast Guard Navigation Center promotes safe, secure, and efficient transportation on United States’ waterways by providing: Operational and technical support for electronic navigation systems Quality positioning, navigation and timing signals Maritime DGPS (USCG), NDGPS (DOT), LORAN Accurate and timely waterways information services.

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, Maritime Information Operations Center 24/7 Operation of the following: Web based Information Services. Navigation Information Service. GPS Civil Interface. DGPS Monitor & Control. LORAN Monitor & Control. Inland River Vessel Movement Center. Nationwide Automatic Information System (NAIS) Long Range Identification Tracking (LRIT)

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, Command Overview Operations Division CDR Randall Navarro NIS Watch, DGPS/NDGPS Watch, LORAN Watch, IRVMC Watch, NAIS Watch, LRIT Watch, DIMEO, INFO Services Systems Management Division Mr. Gene Schlechte System Support for GPS, DGPS, NDGPS, LORAN, IRVMC, NAIS, LRIT, and Waterways Systems Analysis Strategic Planning & Support Division LT Luke Byrd Administrative Assistance, HR, QA, Planning, Financial Management, Inventory Control, Supply and Procurement Executive Officer CDR Mark Sanders Command Master Chief CMC Neil Orthober Administrative Assistant Ms. Denise Bernard-Moore Commanding Officer CAPT Edwin Thiedeman Command Duty Officer NAVCEN Liaison at the GPSOC Schriever, AFB (OSC Billet) MIOC Alexandria, VA NAVDET Petaluma, CA COCO

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 Worldwide DGPS Coverage

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Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, Nationwide DGPS Coverage Planning & Verification

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, DOT NDGPS Project Status Report

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25,  Prepping a Site  Finding candidate property  Conduct a site assessment  Completion of an environmental site assessment Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)  Completion of a real property survey  Completion of the installation design plan

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, Nationwide Single Coverage Goal Bliss, ID(New Build) Tucson, AZ(New Build) Carlsbad, NM (New Build) Sage Junction, ID (New Build) Marshall, TX (New Build) Big Lake, TX (New Build) Patten, ME(New Build) The Initial Operational Capability (IOC) goal is 99% of the continental United States with single coverage. Currently, only 7 sites are needed to achieve IOC. Advance preparation work has been finished or in progress for the remaining 7 sites.

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, NDGPS Construction Status

Presenter’s Name June 17, IOC as of September 2009

Presenter’s Name June 17, IOC Upon Completion

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, Maritime DGPS Recap/Upgrades  FC-20  FC-20: Upgraded Receivers & Antennas: L1/L2 (L2C) Geodetic Grade  EC-03  Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) equipment.  Accuracy is observed to be 1-3 meters  New system architecture is easier and less expensive to upgrade as new technologies become available.  Ethernet based with remote troubleshooting capability. Slide 16

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, GPS Surface Observing System (GSOS) Network. NOAA’s Forecast Systems Lab NOAA also uses data from our DGPS sites to continuously measure the water vapor in the atmosphere. Greatly improves short term weather forecasts.

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CWO Greg Sandness

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, DGPS Usage US Coast Guard- Maritime navigation and ATON Positioning Slide 21 US Army Corps of Engineers funds - ATON, Navigation, Underwater Surveying & Dredging US Dept of Transportation- Precision Agriculture, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Positive Train Control.

Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003 October 25, GAO Report Slide Air Force Response & FAQ