American GPS Developer Accused Of Conflicting Loyalties
Date: Friday, August 03 @ 18:19:51 UTC
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Professor Bradford Parkinson, the acclaimed "father of GPS", has been accused of having conflicting loyalties by the NASA inspector-general after it was revealed advice he issued to a company might have benefitted a GPS provider he owned shares in.
Parkinson, whose work developing GPS technology in the 70s won him his unofficial title, advised the company on their wireless networking plans as part of his work as a member of a NASA advisory committee.
He contacted the Federal Communications Commission to explain that an expansion of a wireless service by LightSquared, a telecommunications company, could disrupt GPS devices – something he has personal interest in as a shareholder for GPS service provider, Trimble.
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