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GPS/GNSS Course Catalog FALL 2015 GPS/GNSS Course Catalog FALL 2015 NavtechGPS Your ONE Source for GNSS Products, Solutions & Training Woman-Owned Small Business 800-628-0885 +1-703-256-8900 www.NavtechGPS.com V-061615 About Our On-Site and Public Courses GPS/GNSS Training Our Experience NavtechGPS is a world leader in GPS/GNSS education with We have been presenting our courses internationally more than 30 years of experience and a comprehensive and domestically to civil, military and governmental list of course offerings. Our courses are taught by world- organizations since 1984. Our instructors are leaders in class instructors who have trained thousands of GNSS their specialized GNSS fields. Learn from them at our professionals. public venues or let us bring their expertise to you. Our Courses Contact Us Our Public Course Venues. We host our most requested We want to provide you with the best possible experience courses each year for individuals to attend. 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CEO, President and Seminar Director CONTENTS About Our On-Site and Public Courses ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................2 Instructors and Authors ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 Fall 2015 Public Venue GNSS Courses ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Course 346: GPS / GNSS Operation for Engineers & Technical Professionals ...............................................................................................................................7 Course 122 (or 123): GPS / GNSS Fundamentals & Enhancements ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������8 Course 356: GPS and DGPS Operation for Engineers & Technical Professionals: ..........................................................................................................................................9 Course 356B: GPS Operations, DGPS, GPS Signals & Processing ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 Course 336: GPS Fundamentals, Enhancements and Intro to Differential GPS Course 136: Practical GPS for Professional Users and Technicians ................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Course 324: Military GPS User Equipment Vulnerability Assessment & Mitigation for Military Groups .......................................................................................... 13 Course 541: Using Advanced GPS/GNSS Signals and Systems (4 Days) ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 NEW! Course 556: Inertial Systems, Kalman Filtering and GPS/INS Integration ....................................................................................................................................... 15 REGISTRATION FORM .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 2 Instructors and Authors NavtechGPS has been leading the way in GPS/GNSS training for over 30 years. We hire the world's leading authorities to teach YOU so you have the latest information to develop top-level skills to execute your mission. Penina Axelrad, design of the GPS L1C signal and has Franck Boynton, has served as a technical advisor both Ph.D., is a professor represented the United States in tech- NavtechGPS VP and to the FAA and the International Civil in the Department of nical working groups to achieve com- CTO, heads the Aviation Organization (ICAO) in the Aerospace Engineer- patibility and interoperability of GPS NavtechGPS product area of precision approach and landing ing Sciences at the with Galileo, GLONASS, COMPASS, division. NavtechGPS systems, and he has received interna- University of Colorado QZSS, and IRNSS. sells GPS and GNSS tional recognition for his work on at Boulder, where she teaches both He has been a member of the U.S. products from over 30 leading manu- characterizing the effects of multipath undergraduate and graduate courses Air Force Scientific Advisory Board facturers and offers technical advice on GPS/GNSS accuracy. As co-founder and conducts research primarily on since 2004 and served as its chair from on complex precise positioning proj- of the company GPSoft, Dr. Braasch GPS topics. Her research interests 2008 until 2011. As chair, he led 52 ects in addition to offering technical has been instrumental in the develop- include time transfer, personal naviga- distinguished engineers and scientists, GNSS training through its seminar ment the Satellite Navigation (SatNav) tion, GPS-based orbit and attitude selected from academia and industry, division. Since 1988, Boynton has been Toolbox, the Inertial Navigation Sys- determination for spacecraft in LEO who provide technical advice to Air involved in the testing and operation tem (INS) Toolbox, and the Navigation and HEO, multipath characterization Force senior leadership. of GNSS receivers, antennas, boards, System Integration & Kalman Filter and correction for spacecraft, aircraft, Betz has received many awards data link products and related equip- Toolbox for MATLAB. Dr. Braasch is a and ground reference stations, and for his work, including a U.S. State ment. He is certified by several manu- fellow of the ION, a senior member of remote sensing using GPS based Department Superior Honor Award for facturers for sales, operation and the IEEE, is an instrument-rated com- bistatic radar and occultation mea- extraordinary contributions to the U.S. training on high accuracy receiver sys- mercial pilot and is a licensed profes- surements. From 1990 to 1992 she was diplomatic efforts in the successful tems and OEM products. He specializes sional engineer in the State of Ohio. with Stanford Telecommunications U.S.-European Union negotiations on in custom system development and doing work in time transfer systems, GPS and Galileo cooperation and being the design and implementation of Christopher kinematic GPS algorithms, and inte- named a fellow of the IEEE and of The high performance GNSS components. Hegarty, D.Sc., is a grated GPS/INS. She is a fellow of the Institute of Navigation (the ION). Five Boynton is a member of The Institute director with The U.S. ION and the AIAA and the recipi- of his journal papers have received of Navigation and won a "Best Paper" MITRE Corporation, ent of the 1996 Lawrence Sperry annual outstanding paper awards award for GPS applications at the ION where he has worked Award from the AIAA, the 2003 Tycho from the Institute of Navigation, the GNSS 2003 meeting. He has also co- mainly on aviation Brahe Award from the U.S. ION and the IEEE Professional Societies and from chaired sessions at past ION meetings applications of GNSS since 1992. He is 2009 Johannes Kepler Award from the MITRE. At ION GNSS 2013, Dr. Betz and co-chaired "New Products and currently the chair of the Program ION Satellite Division. was awarded the Satellite Division's Commercial Services" at ION GNSS+ Management Committee of RTCA, Inc., highest honor, the Johannes Kepler 2013. He is a NavtechGPS technical and co-chairs RTCA Special Committee John Betz, Ph.D., is Award, for his contributions to the board member and a corporate officer. 159 (GNSS). He served as editor of a fellow of The MITRE GNSS signal modernization and to the NAVIGATION: The Journal of the Insti- Corporation and has compatibility and interoperablity of Michael S. tute of Navigation from 1997 – 2006 worked extensively in gloval navigation satellite systems. Dr. Braasch, Ph.D., and as president of the Institute of the design of modern Betz is a co-inventor on four patents or P.E., is the Thomas Navigation in 2008. He was a recipient GNSS signals and the patent applications and has authored Professor of Electri- of the ION Early Achievement Award in development and performance
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