NTL 1999-N05 - Year 2000 (Y2K) and End of Week (EOW) Compliance of Global Positioning System (GPS) Receivers - May 21, 1999

On April 13, 1999, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NAADC) and the United States Space Command (USSC) jointly issued a news release. The news release discusses the Global Positioning System and two upcoming events that may affect its performance--the GPS EOW rollover and Y2K issues. Of these two events, the EOW rollover occurs sooner. On August 22, 1999, any non-compliant GPS receiver will fail to operate.