LightSquared of Reston, Va., announced that it is adjusting its planned nationwide broadband wireless network so that the network does not interfere with the Global Positioning System signal. “This is a solution which ensures that tens of millions of GPS users won’t be affected by LightSquared’s launch,” said Sanjiv Ahuja, company chairman and CEO. Early test results of the network indicated that one of LightSquared’s 10 MHz blocks of frequencies poses interference to many GPS receivers, a development about which Air Force officials have been concerned. As a result, the company said it would launch its network using another 10 MHz block lower on the spectrum band that it says does not create a similar interference risk. It will also reduce the maximum authorized power of its base-station transmitters by more than 50 percent. The company said it is “committed to protecting GPS services.”
Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing helped save 11 airplane crash survivors off the coast of Florida on May 12. The Reserve Airmen were flying an HC-130J Combat King II and an HH-60W Jolly Green II on a routine training flight when a Coast Guard call diverted…