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GPS III Command and Control Passes Key Test
Artist’s rendering of GPS III satellite (courtesy of Lockheed Martin). Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the fourth of five planned launch and early orbit exercises to...
View ArticleRaytheon GPS Ground Program Passes Review
The ground control system (OCX) that Raytheon is developing for the next-generation GPS program has passed a Pentagon review, reports Reuters. The program will be monitored to ensure it stays on track,...
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USAF FY16 Budget Plus $10B More, Please!
The long-anticipated 2016 President’s Budget (PB) was submitted to Congress in early February. The PB is the spark that ignites the lengthy and often contentious congressional budget process,...
View ArticleAir Force Working on Glitch for GPS IIF Satellites
The U.S. Air Force is working to resolve a technical error that affected some Boeing GPS satellites, according to a report by Reuters. The error does not affect the accuracy of GPS signals. It involves...
View ArticleGPS Glitch Two Years Older than First Stated
On Wednesday, the GPS Directorate said further data analysis shows that a technical error affecting some Boeing GPS IIF satellites first appeared in 2011, two years earlier than originally stated,...
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CHC Introduces UAV Ground-Control Specific GNSS System
The UAV Ground Control (UAV GC) and post-processing kit for high-precision UAV systems by CHC Navigation. CHC Navigation has launched a new UAV Ground Control (UAV GC) and post-processing kit for...
View ArticleRaytheon Installs First GPS OCX Hardware
Raytheon has installed the first operational hardware for the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX. The new ground command and control system will significantly modernize...
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Lockheed Martin advances threat protection on GPS control segment
An artist’s concept of a GPS IIR-M satellite in orbit (courtesy of Lockheed Martin). Security upgrades developed by Lockheed Martin for the GPS ground control system are now fully operational to...
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DoD certifies GPS OCX program to Congress
By Karen Parrish, DoD News, Defense Media Activity An Air Force program that will provide a vital new command system for the global positioning system satellite constellation in the shortest time...
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Lockheed completes COTS upgrade of ground control system
Lockheed Martin has completed a major upgrade to modernize the current ground control system of the U.S. Air Force’s GPS constellation. The Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Upgrade #2 (CUP2) project is...
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Galileo declares: Open for business!
At a Dec. 15 ceremony in Brussels titled “Galileo Goes Live,” two high officials of the European Commission issued the Galileo Initial Services Declaration. The declaration means that the Galileo...
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Lockheed Martin begins modernizing receivers for GPS monitoring stations
Three of six new Lockheed Martin-developed state-of-the-art receivers are now deployed to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the accuracy of GPS satellite signals. In June, the first new Monitor Station...
View ArticleU.S. Air Force accepts delivery of GPS OCX baseline
The Space and Missile Systems Center announced that the United States Air Force has accepted delivery of the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) Launch and Checkout System (LCS)...
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The System: China launches BeiDou-3 twins
China launches BeiDou-3 twins China launched two BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on Jan. 12 as part of efforts to enable its BeiDou system to provide navigation and positioning services to...
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GPS OCX software ready for 2018 GPS III launch
Raytheon Company’s GPS OCX program is ready for the U.S. Air Force’s launch of the first modernized GPS satellite later this year. Raytheon’s GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as...
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Galileo ground segment keeps constellation on track
News from the European Space Agency Galileo’s initial services have been running for more than 15 months now, and signals from the satellites in space are routinely serving users all across the world....
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DoD certifies GPS OCX program to Congress
By Karen Parrish, DoD News, Defense Media Activity An Air Force program that will provide a vital new command system for the global positioning system satellite constellation in the shortest time...
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Lockheed completes COTS upgrade of ground control system
Lockheed Martin has completed a major upgrade to modernize the current ground control system of the U.S. Air Force’s GPS constellation. The Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Upgrade #2 (CUP2) project is...
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Galileo declares: Open for business!
At a Dec. 15 ceremony in Brussels titled “Galileo Goes Live,” two high officials of the European Commission issued the Galileo Initial Services Declaration. The declaration means that the Galileo...
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Lockheed Martin begins modernizing receivers for GPS monitoring stations
Three of six new Lockheed Martin-developed state-of-the-art receivers are now deployed to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the accuracy of GPS satellite signals. In June, the first new Monitor Station...
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