Big Brother will soon begin employing Locata to track people with more accuracy.
On December 12th of last year, Locata was given a contract from the US Air Force (USAF) to employ their non-GPS technology. This multi-million dollar endeavor will install LocataNet positioning systems with the US Military, as it is currently being tested at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Locata recently acquired Leica Geosystems for data mining purposes. This move furthers the corporation’s technological move away from GPS to a more precise radio positioning system (RPS). The Jigsaw Positioning System (JPS) will revolutionize locator-tracking abilities with the utilization of ground-based transmitters.
RPS uses radio-frequency to provide accurate location coordinates. In a study tracking athletes in and outdoors, experimentation with RPS technology has showed that there are errors in the accuracy because of static measurements taken in both out and indoors. Even with the errors in spacial recognition, the technology is still viable enough for the US Military to invest in.
Using LoctaLite, transmitters could achieve the same precision as atomic clocks that rely on GPS positioning. LocataLite is able to “generate at autonomous, nanosecond-accurate positioning” with the use of “a new synchronization process called ‘TimeLoc’.”
In 2011, Locata completed their experimental critical design review (CDR) of their initial contract with the USAF that would replace GPS systems currently in place.
Paul Benshoof, USAF veteran and former chief of Strategic Development left the armed forces to become a global business manager of military and governmental applications for Locata.
According to the document entitled, “2010 Federal Radionavigation Plan” (FRP), the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of Transportation (DOT) will now rely on developments in RPS for future application. FRP will result in safer transportation, encourage commerce, and track individuals for the purposes of national defense.
The DoD and DOT will combine civil and military transportation for common-use to “eliminate duplication of services.” The use of GPS, and now RPS, will only serve the accuracy of the federal government with regard to military applications; even within civilian capacity.
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/01/move-over-gps-big-brother-has-new-way.html
www.gmat.unsw.edu.au/snap/publications/barnes_etal2003d.pdf
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/locata-corporation-location-hot-spots-beyond-gps?page=0,2