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Air Force Plays Down GPS Performance Worries

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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Responding to a Government Accountability Office report on U.S. space capabilities and related congressional testimony, the Air Force said last week that it has "plans to mitigate risk and prevent a gap" in Global Positioning System (GPS) coverage. "No, the GPS will not go down," said Col. Dave Buckman, the Air Force Space command official for position, navigation and timing at the Peterson AFB, Co. However, Buckman acknowledged, "GAO points out, there is potential risk associated with…

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