The United States Space Force's Global Positioning Systems Directorate is a unit of Space Systems Command located at Los Angeles AFB, California.
Mission
To develop, produce and maintain the fleet of Global Positioning System satellites, their associated ground control equipment, and end-user technologies. The day-to-day operations of the GPS network are handled by the 50th Space Wing.
History
Previous designations
Bases stationed
List of directors
- Col Wesley Ballenger Jr., ~2003–18 June 2007[3]
- Col David Madden, 18 June 2007–July 2010[4][5]
- Col Bernard Gruber, July 2010–13 June 2013[6][7][8]
- Col William Cooley, 13 June 2013 – 8 July 2015[9][10]
- Col Steven P. Whitney, 8 July 2015–June 2019[11][12]
- Col John C. Claxton
References
- ^ Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. ISBN 1-85780-197-0
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Los Angeles Air Force Base > Home".
- ^ "Los Angeles Air Force Base > Home".
- ^ "Los Angeles Air Force Base > Home".
- ^ "GPS Directorate Has Selected Command Successor". 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Exit Interview: GPS Directorate's Col. Bernie Gruber". 31 July 2013.
- ^ https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/9229286/gps-program-status-gpsgov
- ^ "Exit Interview: GPS Directorate's Col. Bernie Gruber". 31 July 2013.
- ^ "William T. Cooley". Archived from the original on 29 June 2017.
- ^ "GPS Directorate Gains New Leader". 10 July 2015.
- ^ "BRIGADIER GENERAL STEVEN P. WHITNEY > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display". Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
External links
- GPSW Fact Sheet
- 2007 July Interview with Col. David Madden Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine Inside GNSS
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