U.S. STOPS GPS SIGNAL DEGRADATION; INDUSTRY OFFICIALS SAY WAAS STILL NEEDED

The Defense Department turned off the "selective availability" (SA) of the Global Positioning System May 1, immediately improving the accuracy of GPS signals to civilian users. The action, ordered by the White House, was hailed by industry officials as the right thing to do, but a number of...

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