Return to Article: Land-based backup to GPS wins reprieve in spending bill

By Bob Brewin bbrewin@govexec.com December 18, 2007
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    Check your facts, FY2006 Loran funding was added to FAA appropriaton by conf report. I suspect these funds and similar prior year funding, not Coast Guard appropriations, have been used for Loran upgrades. Hasn't Coast Guard been trying to dump Loran C for years becuase shipping uses GPS. If LORAN is a necessary backup system not limited to transportation then maybe DHS should pick up the tab and manage it. Coast Guard is part of DHS, already has the facilities, has been paid to upgrade them, so let Coast Guard manage the program for the good of the nation. Just make sure that it is adequately funded. The story is probably bigger than reported, especially if the public discussion has been going on for more than six years.

    Any fool knows that any critical system needs a capable backup. What is in place today to backup GPS, how critical is this issue. What GPS applications can Loran backup, and are these applicataions designed to use Loran as a backup?

    Gary Kirk Posted December 19, 2007 12:37 PM

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