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COVID disruptions add $13.5 million to the cost of GPS ground control system
Raytheon’s contract for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System, known as OCX, is increasing by $13.5 million due to pandemic-related costs.
Raytheon gets $228 million contract extension for GPS ground system
Raytheon received a $228 million contract to continue development of the OCX ground system for Global Positioning System satellites.
Raytheon to replace OCX hardware by 2022 for $378 million
Raytheon will remove the system’s IBM computers and install new Hewlett Packard Enterprise hardware.
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.
GAO in a spat with Raytheon over critical report of GPS ground control system
Raytheon says GAO never discussed its findings on the OCX program with the company. The watchdog agency disagrees.
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 to upgrade existing GPS ground control system while next-generation OCX lags
The Air Force awarded a $462 million contract to Lockheed Martin to continue the modernization of the GPS ground control system.
Ground segment getting more attention in military space programs, U.S. leaders say
Building and launching spacecraft sometimes gets so much attention that the ground segment — user terminals, command and control systems and network operations —isn’t always ready even after a satellite is in space.
As GPS 3 launch nears, Air Force keeps watchful eye on ground controls
Until OCX Block 1 is available, Lockheed Martin’s upgraded legacy ground system will be used to integrate GPS 3 satellites into the operational constellation.
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.
Space software is another area that needs faster acquisition, general says
“We are very much enamoured with our system engineering processes in the Department,” said Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, the leader of Air Force Material Command.
Raytheon says GPS control system OCX on track to hit revised milestones
Raytheon’s long-embattled ground control system for GPS is back on track following a government contract breach last year that prompted the U.S. Air Force to work with the company to revise the program’s budget and schedule, the program manager said.
Harris delivers first next-generation GPS receiver to Raytheon
Harris Corp. on Sept. 28 said it delivered the first of 34 modernized satellite receivers to Raytheon for the next-generation GPS ground system Raytheon is developing for the U.S. Air Force.
