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  • ION names 2021 Executive Committee, Council and Standing Committee Chairs

    ION names 2021 Executive Committee, Council and Standing Committee Chairs

    Logo: ION

    The Institute of Navigation (ION) has announced the new members of its Executive Committee, Council and Standing Committee Chairs following its Annual Awards during the ION International Technical Meeting and Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, both held virtually Jan. 25-28.

    The ION Executive Committee, Council and Standing Committee Chairs will serve a two-year term.

    “ION has a distinguished and passionate group of positioning, navigation and timing professionals in key positions to advance the goals of the organization.” said Lisa Beaty, executive director at ION.

    The new members include:

    ION Executive Committee
    • President: Frank van Diggelen, Google
    • Executive Vice President: Sherman Lo, Stanford University
    • Treasurer: Frank van Graas, Ohio University
    • Eastern Region Vice President: Jason Rife, Tufts University
    • Western Region Vice President: Tim Murphy, The Boeing Company
    • Satellite Division Chair: Patricia Doherty, Boston College
    • Military Division Chair: John Langer, The Aerospace Corporation
    • Immediate Past President: Y. Jade Morton, University of Colorado at Boulder

    Council members
    • Eastern Council Member-at-Large: Seebany Datta-Barua, Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Eastern Council Member-at Large, Sanjeev Gunawardena, Air Force Institute of Technology
    • Western Council Member-at-Large: Paul McBurney, OneNav
    • Western Council Member-at-Large: Jihye Park, Oregon State University

    Technical representatives
    • Fabio Dovis, Politecnico Di Torino, Italy
    • Christoph Gunther, German Aerospace Center, Germany
    • Allison Kealy, RMIT University, Australia
    • Nobuaki Kubo, Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology, Japan
    • Alexander Mitelman, AMM Technical Consulting
    • Madeleine Naudeau, Air Force Research Laboratory
    • Laura Norman, NovAtel, Canada

    Standing Committee Chairs
    • Awards Chair: Michael Meurer, German Aerospace Center, Germany
    • Bylaws Committee: Deborah Lawrence, Federal Aviation Administration
    • Ethics Chair: Heidi Kuusniemi, University of Vaasa & Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland
    • Fellow Selection Chair: Terry Moore, United Kingdom
    • Finance Chair: Gary McGraw, Collins Aerospace
    • Meetings Chair: Jeff Martin, Spirent Federal Systems
    • Membership Chair: Okuary Osechas, German Aerospace Center, Germany
    • Nominating Chair: Y. Jade Morton, University of Colorado at Boulder
    • Publications Chair: Richard B. Langley, University of New Brunswick, Canada
    • Technical Committee Chair: Sherman Lo, Stanford University

  • Royal Institute of Navigation Elects New Council

    Royal Institute of Navigation Elects New Council

    HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
    HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

    A new president and council were elected at the annual meeting of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN), held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on July 15.

    The meeting, which included presentations on the Mary Rose Trust and quantum technology, concluded with the declaration of ballot results for the new president, officers and council members.

    The RIN’s Patron, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, divested outgoing President R. A. McKinlay and placed the Presidential Medal on the new incumbent, Captain James B. Taylor. James Taylor paid tribute to McKinlay and his outgoing officers and council members for their impressive leadership while in office.

    GPS World magazine founding editor Glen Gibbons received the Harold Spencer Jones Gold Medal from the duke in recognition of his “outstanding contribution to navigation as the founder and editor of various world-leading GNSS publications for more than 25 years, thus fulfilling a vital role in raising awareness and understanding of Global Navigation Satellite Systems.”

    Two President’s Invitation Addresses were given. Rear Admiral John Lippiett, chief executive of the Mary Rose Trust, gave a talk entitled “Insights into Tudor navigation from the Mary Rose,” and Prof. David Delpy, chair of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Quantum Technologies Programme, and chair of the MOD’s Scientific Advisory Council, gave a talk entitled “The UK National Quantum Technologies Programme and its relevance to Navigation.”

    Council members for 2015-16 are:

    President: Capt. J. B. Taylor, Order of the British Empire (OBE, Officer), Royal Navy (RN)

    Vice Presidents: Prof. T. Moore and Wg. Cdr. J. W. Lindsay, Royal Air Force (RAF)

    Treasurer: D. Cockburn

    Chairman of the Technical Committee: Dr. Sally Basker

    Chairman of the Membership & Fellowship Committee: D. Rydlard

    Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee: D. Goddard, Order of the British Empire, Member (MBE)

    Other members of the Council:
    R. Angel
    D. Barrie (Order of the British Empire, Commander)
    Sqn. Ldr. J. Cairns, RAF (Retired)
    Lt. Cdr .F. A. Egeland-Jensen, RN
    Lt. Cdr. S. E. Gaskin, RN
    Dr. M. A. Hadley
    P. K. Hope-Lang
    Prof. S. Kos
    Ms. M. M. G. M. von Wendland

    Ex Officio Members:
    P. J. Brook, OBE, CAA
    Wg. Cdr. S. Gilbert, RAF
    John Pottle (Corporate), Spirent
    To be named, RN

    Director: Capt. P. Chapman-Andrews, LVO, MBE, RN

  • GPS Partnership Council Invites Attendees to Discuss Asset’s Future

     

    GPS as a national asset will be highlighted at the 11th GPS Partnership Council, set for May 1 and 2 at the Space and Missile Systems Center at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, in El Segundo, California. The theme of the council is “Our National Asset At Work.” Registration is now open; attendance is limited to 250.

    According to the council, “The GPS Partnership Council serves as a means to communicate with GPS stakeholders on present-day activities, future plans, and measures that are in place to ensure GPS remains the world leader for providing space-based positioning, navigation, and timing services to the warfighter and civilian users. Our commitment to mission assurance ensures users around the globe will continue to benefit from improved GPS performance, while we continue acquiring, operating and sustaining GPS as the ‘gold standard’ for positioning, navigation and timing for the warfighter, the nation, and the world.”

    Key council members include:

    • Brig Gen Martin Whelan, director of Requirements, HQ AFSPC/A5
    • Col Bernie Gruber, director of the Global Positioning Systems Directorate
    • Anthony Russo, director for National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT.

    The meeting is sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association and GPS Directorate.

    Day 1, Tuesday, covers two topics, “The Enterprise” — a GPS system capability review, and a discussion of “Modernized GPS User Equipment (MGUE),” with an Army future perspective and an MGUE industry panel.

    Day 2, Wednesday, covers “GPS at Work for the Nation” in the morning, including GPS’ role for the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, and other agencies. The afternoon of Day 2 looks at “The Warfighter,” with speakers from 2SOPS followed by a panel discussion.

    Both days feature opportunities for networking. The final day, Thursday, features the GPS Scramble Golf Tournament.

    Attendees can also browse the displays and exhibits during the conference.