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October 31, 2013

Russia, US to protect satellite navigation systems at UN level
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 31, 2013
Russia and the United States, concerned about competition from navigation systems being developed by the European Union and China, intend to secure frequency spectrum and other positions for their GLONASS and GPS satellite navigation systems at the level of the United Nation's International Committee on GNSS (ICG). "The GLONASS and GPS systems were developed in the 1970s and, naturally, they include solutions that have been obsolete for a quarter century. The modernization of the systems has been ... read more

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