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The United States Department of Defense.
GPS was created by the Pentagon and is currently operated by the US Department of Defense.
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The Global Positioning System (GPS) was created by the United States Department of Defense in 1960.
The USA Defense Department did. The US Air Force operates it.
Not sure which company actually built the first GPS hardware, but the GPS system was first developed for, and used by, the US Military (US Department of Defense) in 1973.
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GPS satellites are owned by the United States government. The US Department of Defense (DOD) is responsible for GPS operations and management.
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The GPS system was developed and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The cost of putting GPS satellites into orbit was covered by the U.S. government.
GPS uses satellites that were placed into orbit by the Department of Defense. The government set up the entire network on their own, and it is free to use as long as you already have a GPS device.
The Department of Defense is run by the Secretary of Defense.