On June 6, RTI International released a comprehensive study of the economic benefits of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). The study, commissioned by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), estimates that GPS generated $1.4 trillion…
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NOAA Seeks Public Comments on Future Satellite Architecture, Announces Industry Day
Today, NOAA released a draft of the NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture Study for public comments. The study looks at the choices, alternatives, and tradeoffs that NOAA is considering as it plans for its future operational satellite observing system to…
Tagged with: industry day, radio occultation, report, study
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys, Hosted Payloads
Posted in Commercial Space Solutions for NOAA, Data Buys, Hosted Payloads
Published Article on Economic Benefits of GPS
The September 2015 issue of GPS World magazine includes an article by economist Irv Leveson on the economic productivity benefits of GPS. The Office of Space Commercialization led the interagency team of federal economists and subject matter experts who guided…
Presentation on GPS Economic Study
On June 11, economist Irv Leveson delivered a public presentation on the preliminary results of his ongoing study on the economic benefits of GPS. The Office of Space Commercialization leads the interagency team of federal economists and subject matter experts…
Results of U.S. Space Industry “Deep Dive” Assessment
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has completed its analysis of the data collected through its “Deep Dive” survey of the U.S. space industrial base. BIS has begun publishing publicly available reports that detail findings and recommendations…
Tagged with: Air Force, BIS, NASA, NRO, report, study, survey
Posted in Export Controls, Space Industrial Base
Posted in Export Controls, Space Industrial Base
NASA Industrial Base Study Results
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security released its report on the “National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Human Space Flight Industrial Base in the Post-Space Shuttle/Constellation Environment.” The report’s representative survey sample consists of 536 suppliers affiliated with…
FCC Blocks LightSquared Operations
On February 14, 2012, the FCC announced that, based on NTIA’s recommendation, “the Commission will not lift the prohibition” on LightSquared’s terrestrial network operations. NTIA delivered its recommendation to the FCC earlier that day after assessing the test results from…
NRO Industrial Base Report to Congress
On June 25, 2010, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) submitted a report to Congress on the health of the U.S. space industrial and supplier base. The report identifies many challenges faced by the second and third tier suppliers to the…
Defense Industrial Base Assessment of the U.S. Space Industry
In 2007, the National Security Space Office (NSSO) and the Air Force partnered with the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to conduct a comprehensive survey of the U.S. space industrial base. The Office of Space Commercialization worked…
Tagged with: Air Force, BIS, DOD, report, study, survey
Posted in Export Controls, Space Industrial Base
Posted in Export Controls, Space Industrial Base
Presentation on Economic Benefits of GPS L2C Signal
Jason Kim of the Office of Space Commercialization was a featured speaker at the September 25 meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) in Fort Worth, Texas. His presentation summarized the results of Irv Leveson’s recently published economic…