Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Civil and Commercial Uses of GPS

This past event was held on May 27, 2025.  

Twenty-five years ago on May 1, 2000, the United States government ended Selective Availability for the Global Positioning System (GPS). This change opened up a whole new world of commercial innovation and civil applications that transformed much of our society and economy. 

To celebrate this anniversary and the impact that GPS has had on the world, The Aerospace Corporation Center for Space Policy and Strategy, in partnership with the George Washington University Space Policy Institute, invites you to join us for a public symposium on “Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Civil and Commercial Uses of GPS” that will be held on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Elliott School of Foreign Affairs, in Washington, DC. This public event will discuss how the commercial and civil uses of GPS have evolved over the last twenty-five years into the ubiquitous global utility we know today and what the future might hold for global positioning, navigation, and timing services.

You can find the full agenda on the SPI event page.