GPS
Military PNT 2020
SMi Group are pleased to present the Military PNT conference, which will convene in London on the 19th-20th October 2020.
Military PNT will host a range of presentations from both the commercial (NAVISP, UK GNSS) and military (GPS, NTS-3) g…
Pandemic pushes SpaceX GPS 3 launch to late June
The launch was scheduled for late April and is now projected for no-earlier than June 30.
GPS ground system gets cybersecurity upgrade as OCX faces new schedule setback
Until OCX is delivered, the Space Force will use the ground system known as Contingency Operations, or COps, made by Lockheed Martin.
Trump directs U.S. government agencies to protect critical infrastructure that relies on GPS
The executive order signed Feb. 12 is titled “Strengthening National Resilience Through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation and Timing Services.”
Lockheed Martin delivers new GPS satellite scheduled for April launch aboard Falcon 9
The April launch will be SpaceX’s second GPS 3 mission
Air Force gives nod to L3Harris to continue development of NTS-3 navigation satellite
The NTS-3 satellite developed by L3Harris for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has passed a preliminary design review.
Pentagon report: DoD needs to test how satellites would perform under attack
DoD testing report: “We must thoroughly understand how our systems will perform in space."
Defense Innovation Unit helping Army find alternatives to GPS
DIU received 25 proposals for the Dismounted Assured PNT System
Army looks for alternatives to GPS as enemies threaten to jam signals
Gen. Murray: “We have to have multiple ways of getting PNT in the future battlefield because of the threat of jamming."
Schedule woes for GPS 3 ground control system far from over, warns GAO
GAO predicts the OCX schedule will continue to slip. Raytheon: “The GAO findings are inaccurate.”
Air Force experiment NTS-3 could point the way to the next generation of GPS
The Air Force Research Laboratory in 2022 will launch an experimental PNT satellite called NTS-3, short for Navigation Technology Satellite 3.
GPS, Nex-Gen OPIR dominate space investments
Of the $14.1 billion space request for 2020, about $11.9 billion is for investments — which the Pentagon defines as a combination of RDT&E (research, development, testing and engineering) and procurement.
Lawmakers to form bipartisan caucus to promote the economic, national security benefits of GPS
The bipartisan caucus will bring a central focus to GPS-related issues.
DoD weapons tester flags GPS and JMS in annual report
In its new annual report, the Defense Department’s director of operational test and evaluation credits the Air Force for making progress modernizing the Global Positioning System constellation, but warns that the disjointed management of the GPS enterprise of satellites, ground systems and user equipment continues to plague the program.
Triage reveals urgent military space jobs
U.S. combatant commanders urgently need to solve pressing problems in Earth observation, missile warning and position, navigation and timing, said Chuck Finley, former technical director of the Operational Responsive Space and its successor the Air Force Space Rapid Capabilities.
