Global Positioning System

:GPS redirects here. For other uses of the acronym GPS, see GPS (disambiguation).

Awards

Two GPS developers have received the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper prize year 2003:

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National Academy of Engineering - Charles Stark Draper - 2003

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• Ivan Getting, emeritus president of The Aerospace Corporation and engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology established the basis for GPS, improving on the World War II land-based radio system called LORAN (Long-range Radio Aid to Navigation).
• Bradford Parkinson, teacher of aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University developed the system.

On February 10, 1993, the National Aeronautic Association selected the Global Positioning System Team as winners of the 1992 Robert J. Collier Trophy, the most prestigious aviation award in the United States. This team consists of researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory, the U.S. Air Force, the Aerospace Corporation, Rockwell International Corporation, and IBM Federal Systems Company. The citation accompanying the presentation of the trophy honors the GPS Team "for the most significant development for safe and efficient navigation and surveillance of air and spacecraft since the introduction of radio navigation 50 years ago."

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February 10 - 1993 - National Aeronautic Association - Robert J. Collier Trophy - Naval Research Laboratory - U.S. Air Force - Aerospace Corporation - Rockwell International Corporation - IBM

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