GPS
No GPS? No problem, there are increasingly more options
Experts say GPS can be strengthened but the military still needs alternatives.
Pentagon sees quantum computing as key weapon for war in space
The military wants to apply quantum computing to secure communications and inertial navigation in GPS denied environments.
Northrop Grumman declines to bid on GPS 3 contract
Northrop Grumman executives said April 25 that the company declined to submit a proposal for the next set of GPS 3 satellites, all but guaranteeing that Lockheed Martin will win the competition.
Lockheed Martin confident about winning GPS 3 competition
Lockheed Martin executives said April 24 they are confident they will win an Air Force competition for the next set of GPS 3 navigation satellites as questions swirl about what other companies, if any, submitted proposals.
Boeing bows out of GPS 3 competition
Boeing has decided to not challenge Lockheed Martin for the next production lot of up to 22 GPS 3 satellites.
Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord cautiously optimistic about OCX
OCX effective April 1 transitioned to agile software development.
Leidos bests Raytheon for FAA hosted payload contract
Defense and IT company Leidos triumphed over competitor Raytheon this week in a competition to build a hosted payload for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for honing GPS signals.
Pentagon reports rising costs for GPS terminals, ground control system
The annual SAR report looks at Defense Department acquisition programs' cost, schedule, and performance changes.
Air Force to acquire new jam-resistant GPS satellites
In a Feb. 13 solicitation, the Air Force announced it will “conduct a full and open competition” for the production of 22 GPS 3 satellites.
Some good news for GPS 3, but trouble looms
The military is at risk of deploying a brand new satellite constellation years before the terminals and user software are in place.
Congress demands additional security, backup for military GPS signal
The U.S. military has moved to upgrade GPS spacecraft, control systems on the ground and user terminals with new security features. Fears are growing, however, as Russia’s military and other potential adversaries step up their electronic warfare game and come up with fresh techniques to deny U.S. forces access to positioning, navigation and timing data.
Air Force: GPS 3 competition coming soon
Air Force officials predict more than one company will step up to challenge Lockheed Martin for the production of up to 22 GPS 3 satellites.
Raytheon under “pressure” after GPS 3 ground control network extension
Following an acknowledgment of another deployment extension for the GPS 3 ground control network, the U.S. Air Force publicly and forcefully called on contractor Raytheon to put the program back on track.
Japan mulls seven-satellite QZSS system as a GPS backup
The Japanese government is considering adding an additional three satellites to the country’s domestic navigation system in order to ensure that it would work with or without the U.S.’s GPS system.
!["We need to control the manufacture and web sale of [GPS] jammers, which is pretty unabated right now," retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen testified March 29 before a joint hearing on space threats and the implications for homeland security. Credit: House Homeland Security Committee video](https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Thad-Allen-2017-03-29-300x201.jpg)
Congress warned of GPS vulnerabilities
The U.S. Global Positioning System can be disrupted too easily and needs better protection, experts testified during a March 29 congressional hearing on space threats and the implications for homeland security.
Air Force inviting industry to create GPS ideas, general says
An open system is evaluating "how innovative are people being,” said Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch.
