SASC Hearing on FCC’s Approval of Ligado and Impact on GPS, May 2020

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on May 6, 2020 to discuss the impact on the GPS system of the FCC’s approval of an application by Ligado for a 5G system that will use spectrum close to that utilized by GPS.  SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on May 6: DOD Wants FCC To Reverse Ligado Decision.

Witnesses were:

• Dana Deasy, DOD Chief Information Officer (CIO)
• Mike Griffin, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD/R&E)
• Gen. John (Jay) Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, and Commander, U.S. Space Command
• Adm. Thad Allen (Ret.), chair, National Space-Based Postioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board