Building a Multinational Global Navigation Satellite System: An Initial Look

Abstract

The U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), now the world's preeminent pointing, navigation, and tracking (PNT) system, will in the not too distant future be joined by the European Union's Galileo, a PNT system planned to be similar to GPS in function and performance. Will the two systems cooperate, providing users with the benefits of both, or will they compete? The authors assess the economic impact of competition and how the United States can address that competition, especially as it affects U.S. economic interests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435665

Entities

People

  • Rosalind Lewis Michael Kennedy Elham Gha

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Economic Analysis
  • European Union
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Intellectual Property
  • Mobile Phones
  • Navigation
  • Navigation Satellites
  • Satellite Constellations
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • United States
  • World Geodetic System

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space