Global Positioning System Receiver Compliance With Year 2000 Requirements.

Abstract

This is one in a series of reports being issued by the Inspector General, DoD, in accordance with an informal partnership with the Chief Information Officer, DoD, to monitor DoD efforts to address the year 2000 computing challenge. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a worldwide, satellite-based radio navigation system developed by DoD The system is able to show a user's position on or above the earth with great precision, regardless of weather conditions Dates and times are important to GPS receivers The receivers determine a position by comparing the time generated by an internal clock to the times received from the fleet of GPS satellites. The difference between the times is used by the receiver to compute its distance from the satellite and hence compute its location.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1998
Accession Number
ADA367684

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • Radio Navigation
  • Satellite Guided Weapons
  • Space Systems
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space