gps interference

WASHINGTON ― Lawmakers took another apparent jab at Ligado Networks on Wednesday as the House Armed Services Committee passed a ban on the Pentagon awarding contracts to firms that interfere with Global Positioning System signals. The panel adopted an amendment from House Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Michael Turner to bar the Department of Defense from contracting with an entity that engages in commercial terrestrial operations using certain frequency ranges ― unless the defense secretary certifies the operations do not cause harmful interference to a the military’s GPS devices. Ligado is not specifically named. However, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved the […]

The panel adopted an amendment from House Strategic Forces subcommittee Chairman Rep. Michael Turner to bar the Defense Department from entering, renewing or extending contracts an entity that engages in commercial terrestrial operations using certain frequency ranges―unless the defense secretary has certifies to the Congress the operations do not cause harmful interference to a the military’s GPS devices. Ligado is not specifically named. However, the FCC unanimously approved the plan from Ligado networks to use the bands identified in the amendment, the 1525–1559 MHz band and the 1626.5–1660.5 MHz band. The decision came over the objections from the Defense Department and […]