Dee Ann Divis has covered GNSS and the aerospace industry since the early 1990s, writing for GPS World, Geo Info Systems, Jane’s International Defense Review, the Los Angeles Times, AeroSpace Daily, and other publications. Read More
She was the science and technology editor at United Press International for five years, leaving for a year to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow.
Upon returning to D.C. she joined the staff of the Washington Examiner, a start-up newspaper that is now the second largest daily paper in Washington. She was the paper's assistant managing editor for news until 2013.
A new aircraft tracking system created after the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 five years ago has provided data to those investigating…
By Dee Ann Divis
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson said Friday she would resign to become president of the University of Texas at El Paso. …
By Dee Ann Divis
China’s development of the BeiDou system continues with the release of updated technical information and plans for more launches as well as what…
By Dee Ann Divis
The Pentagon Friday released its proposal for enabling legislation to create a Space Force, a new military branch expected to eventually comprise some…
By Dee Ann Divis
The House passed legislation February 26 promoting the use of drones and other advanced technology to improve government response to wildfires.
By Dee Ann Divis
A dozen geospatial organizationswith a total of more than 170,000 members have registered their opposition to plans by Ligado Networks to use frequencies…
By Dee Ann Divis
With the swipe of a pen President Donald Trump set in motion the creation of a U.S. Space Force to help boost and…
By Dee Ann Divis
Two recent reports have underscored the threats to the GPS system from space-capable adversaries. Both the Worldwide Threat Assessment, released Jan. 30 by…
By Dee Ann Divis
The four engineers responsible for the creation of GPS — the first truly global, satellite-based positioning system — were honored Tuesday night with the…
By Dee Ann Divis
The $2 billion spectrum-related lawsuit filed by Harbinger Capital Partners against Apollo Global Management has been stayed once again — this time at…
By Dee Ann Divis
China, Russia and other adversaries including Iran and North Korea pose a threat to U.S. infrastructure on the ground and in space according…
By Dee Ann Divis
Congressman John Garamendi, D-California, is the new chairman of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, which oversees one-third of the Department of Defense’s…
By Dee Ann Divis
New legislation aiming to protect the privacy of internet and phone users could shield not just their browsing and buying habits but their…
By Dee Ann Divis
With the partial government shutdown nearing a record-breaking fourth week, news outlets are full of stories about security back-ups at airports, forgone food…
By Dee Ann Divis
An Israeli firm is introducing a technology to detect the spoofing of GPS and other satellite navigation signals that is packaged into a…
By Dee Ann Divis