An amendment included in the House Armed Services Committee's defense policy bill would push the Defense Department to move forward with an analysis of its Global Positioning System infrastructure, a step that one House lawmaker says is crucial to determining whether the department can take advantage of a potential backup positioning, navigation and timing system. Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) supported the amendment, which calls for an analysis of alternatives to consider the viability of a public-private partnership to "establish a...
