GPSIA Alliance For Automotive Innovation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 3, 2025

GPS Innovation Alliance Announces the

Alliance for Automotive Innovation is Newest Affiliate

Partnership Will Champion Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship

in GPS and Complementary Position, Navigation, and Timing Technologies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) announced Alliance for Automotive Innovation as its newest affiliate, bringing together the expertise of two leading associations representing innovative companies at the forefront of producing and deploying cutting-edge positioning and navigation technologies.

“We are excited to welcome the Alliance for Automotive Innovation as the newest affiliate of the GPS Innovation Alliance,” said GPSIA Executive Director Lisa Dyer. “This partnership draws on the strengths of both organizations. Positioning and navigation are critical to today’s automotive industry and the millions of workers and families who depend on vehicles for work, to transport their loved ones, and connect with the world around them. Future positioning and navigation satellite systems operated from low Earth orbit will be key enablers for connected vehicles. We look forward to collaborating closely with the Alliance for Automotive Innovation to optimize today’s – and realize tomorrow’s – technologies for people around the world who rely on personal modes of transportation every day.”

Alliance for Automotive Innovation joins 12 other national organizations in GPSIA’s affiliates program, along with member companies John Deere, Garmin, Trimble, Apple, Lockheed Martin, and TrustPoint. Alliance for Automotive Innovation’s deep expertise in the automotive sector and staunch advocacy for safer, smarter personal transportation technology will further bolster GPSIA’s goal of championing innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship in GPS, GNSS, and complementary space-based position, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies.

“Connected and autonomous vehicles, and cutting-edge driver assistance systems all have something in common: they rely on positioning, navigation and timing technologies to make our roadways safer and driving easier. We’re happy to be part of the GPS Innovation Alliance and ensure that PNT technology continues to transform the driving experience and make its way into more vehicles,” said Alliance for Automotive Innovation president and CEO John Bozzella.

About GPS Innovation Alliance

The GPS Innovation Alliance promotes Global Positioning System (GPS), other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), complementary space-based position, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems, and their receivers and devices. We are firmly committed to protecting these technologies from harmful interference. GPSIA champions innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship, which bolster the vital contributions of GPS, GNSS, and complementary space-based PNT -enabled technologies to public safety, critical infrastructure, and the global economy. For more information, please visit www.gpsalliance.org.

About Alliance for Automotive Innovation

From the manufacturers producing most vehicles sold in the U.S. to autonomous vehicle innovators to equipment suppliers, battery producers and semiconductor makers – Alliance for Automotive Innovation represents the full auto industry, a sector supporting 10 million American jobs and five percent of the economy. Active in Washington, D.C. and all 50 states, the association is committed to a cleaner, safer and smarter personal transportation future. For more information, please visit www.autosinnovate.org.

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