Global Positioning Systems Directorate

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Global Positioning Systems Directorate
Active	1973-present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Space Force
Role	GPS service
Size	~700 military & civilian
Part of	Space and Missile Systems Center
Garrison/HQ	Los Angeles AFB, California
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel John C. Claxton

The United States Space Force's Global Positioning Systems Directorate is a unit of Space Systems Command located at Los Angeles AFB, California.

To develop, produce and maintain the fleet of Global Positioning System satellites, their associated ground control equipment, and end-user technologies. The day-to-day operations of the GPS network are handled by the 50th Space Wing.

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• GPS Joint Program Office (JPO) 1973–2006^[1]
• Global Positioning Systems Wing(GPSW) 2006-^[2]

• Los Angeles AFB, California

• Col Wesley Ballenger Jr., ~2003–18 June 2007^[3]
• Col David Madden, 18 June 2007–July 2010^[4][5]
• Col Bernard Gruber, July 2010–13 June 2013^[6][7][8]
• Col William Cooley, 13 June 2013 – 8 July 2015^[9][10]
• Col Steven P. Whitney, 8 July 2015–June 2019^[11][12]
• Col John C. Claxton

• GPSW Fact Sheet
• 2007 July Interview with Col. David Madden Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine Inside GNSS

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