GPS has been the gold standard for global space-based PNT services since its inception, thanks to the stable, transparent, and consistent policies maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Air Force (now Space Force). These efforts have included continuous performance improvements for all users. However, the future of GPS is threatened by foreign competition, hostile threats, budgetary constraints, management restructuring, fragmentation, dilution of corporate memory, and inconsistent leadership support. The continued excellence of GPS in the global PNT enterprise now depends entirely on federal leadership.
By — Jules McNeff, Overlook Systems Technologies