Global Positioning Systems Directorate

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.

• GPS Joint Program Office (JPO) 1973–2006
• Global Positioning Systems Wing(GPSW) 2006-

• Los Angeles AFB, California

• Col Wesley Ballenger Jr., ~2003–18 June 2007
• Col David Madden, 18 June 2007–July 2010
• Col Bernard Gruber, July 2010–13 June 2013
• Col William Cooley, 13 June 2013 – 8 July 2015
• Col Steven P. Whitney, 8 July 2015–June 2019
• Col John C. Claxton

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