Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has released minutes and documents from the 2023 meeting of the GPS Public Interface Control Working Group (PICWG).  The purpose of this meeting was to update the GPS user community on proposed GPS public document changes, collect issues/comments for analysis and adjudicate subject comments for possible incorporation into future GPS public document revisions.

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When OCX is fielded, the current (5) plain text data products (as defined in ICD-GPS-240) will be replaced by (4) XML based data products (as defined in ICD-GPS-870). The new products include the GPS Advisory, GPS Advisory Collection, Ops Status, and the Public Common Almanac.

The meeting also presented a conversion tool and other information necessary for GPS users to access the new product(s) and ensure backwards compatibility.