Global Positioning Systems Directorate

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The United States Space Force's Global Positioning Systems Directorate is a unit of Space Systems Command located at Los Angeles AFB, California.

Mission

To develop, produce and maintain the fleet of Global Positioning System satellites, their associated ground control equipment, and end-user technologies. The day-to-day operations of the GPS network are handled by the 50th Space Wing.

History

Previous designations

GPS Joint Program Office (JPO) 1973–2006Rogers, B. (2006). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. {{ISBN|1-85780-197-0}}
Global Positioning Systems Wing(GPSW) 2006-{{cite web |url=https://gps.army.mil/gps/CustomContent/gps/PolicySynopsis26Sep07R.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-11-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722191025/https://gps.army.mil/gps/CustomContent/gps/PolicySynopsis26Sep07R.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-22 }}

Bases stationed

Los Angeles AFB, California

List of directors

Col Wesley Ballenger Jr., ~2003–18 June 2007{{Cite web|url=https://www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil/|title = Los Angeles Air Force Base > Home}}
Col David Madden, 18 June 2007–July 2010{{Cite web|url=https://www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil/|title = Los Angeles Air Force Base > Home}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil/|title=Los Angeles Air Force Base > Home}}
Col Bernard Gruber, July 2010–13 June 2013{{Cite web|url=https://insidegnss.com/gps-directorate-has-selected-command-successor/|title = GPS Directorate Has Selected Command Successor|date = 13 January 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://insidegnss.com/exit-interview-gps-directorates-col-bernie-gruber/|title = Exit Interview: GPS Directorate's Col. Bernie Gruber|date = 31 July 2013}}https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/9229286/gps-program-status-gpsgov
Col William Cooley, 13 June 2013 – 8 July 2015{{Cite web|url=https://insidegnss.com/exit-interview-gps-directorates-col-bernie-gruber/|title = Exit Interview: GPS Directorate's Col. Bernie Gruber|date = 31 July 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/579032/brigadier-general-william-t-bill-cooley/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629051329/http://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/579032/brigadier-general-william-t-bill-cooley/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2017|title = William T. Cooley}}
Col Steven P. Whitney, 8 July 2015–June 2019{{Cite web|url=https://insidegnss.com/gps-directorate-gains-new-leader/|title = GPS Directorate Gains New Leader|date = 10 July 2015}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1821270/brigadier-general-steven-p-whitney/ |title=BRIGADIER GENERAL STEVEN P. WHITNEY > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display |access-date=2020-10-07 |archive-date=2020-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021052540/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1821270/brigadier-general-steven-p-whitney/ |url-status=dead }}
Col John C. Claxton

References

External links

[https://www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil/?id=5311 GPSW Fact Sheet]
[http://www.insidegnss.com/node/154 2007 July Interview with Col. David Madden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521160928/http://www.insidegnss.com/node/154 |date=2008-05-21 }} Inside GNSS

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