{"id":10494,"date":"2020-04-13T15:58:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/13\/congressmen-demand-answers-on-gps-spectrum\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:42:10","slug":"congressmen-demand-answers-on-gps-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2020\/04\/13\/congressmen-demand-answers-on-gps-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressmen demand answers after Pentagon issues GPS warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has teamed up with the chairman of the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee to demand answers from the Federal Communications Commission on whether reallocating a band of spectrum will damage the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/02\/13\/trump-wants-the-us-to-be-less-reliant-on-gps-with-new-executive-order\/\" target=_blank>Global Positioning System<\/a>, or GPS, as the Pentagon claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/breaking-news\/2020\/04\/10\/fcc-to-approve-spectrum-plan-that-pentagon-claims-will-harm-gps\/\" target=\"_blank\">C4ISRNET published a report<\/a> on the afternoon of April 10 that the FCC intends to approve Ligado Networks, formerly Lightsquard, to operate in L-Band, a region of spectrum near where the Defense Department\u2019s GPS system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, the DoD and other government agencies have warned that Ligado\u2019s plan would cause what one defense official termed \u201cunacceptable operational impacts to the warfighter.\u201d But some experts have argued the Pentagon is being too stringent with the spectrum near GPS and sources said the FCC seemed intent on moving forward despite those concerns. The move is driven in part by pressure from the White House to stimulate<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/5g\/2020\/04\/02\/pentagon-announces-final-5g-prototype-proposal\/\" target=_blank> the economy and help develop America\u2019s 5G capabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the report, C4ISRNET revealed an Air Force memo and two letters \u2014 a March 12 note from Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin and Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy, as well as a March 24 letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist \u2014 sent from the Department of Defense arguing against Ligado\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite both letters requesting that their contents be made part of the public record, as of mid-afternoon April 10 they had yet to have been entered into the public docket. Sources said that was due in part to pressure from the White House National Economic Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After publication of the story, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee, and Rep. 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