The upcoming replacement of the GPS ground control segment has been successfully rehearsed to ensure a seamless transition next month, commanders of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC ...

Lockheed Martin stands to build up to 32 GPS 3 satellites under contracts awarded in 2008 and 2018. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON – The scheduled December launch of the first GPS 3 satellite has ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $96.04 million contract modification to modify the control segment of the U.S. Air Force™s global positioning system. Lockheed will deliver operations ...

GROUND CONTROL: Raytheon reported July 29 that it has achieved two milestones for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) next-generation Control Segment (OCX). The company completed its ...

No audio available for this content. GPS Control Segment Sustainment II (GCS II) contract continues the modernization of the GPS Operational Control Segment (OCS). The U.S. Air Force has awarded ...

The Next-Generation Operational Control Segment will support GPS III satellites, depicted above, as well as legacy GPS spacecraft. (Lockheed Martin) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force now expects ...

The Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Upgrade #2 (CUP2) project is the latest step in the Air Force's multi-year plan to refresh technology and transform the legacy Operational Control Segment – known ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 14, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has conducted risk reduction functional tests on the software of the ground control segment it is building for the U.S. Air Force‘s Global ...

Satellite control segment system leader ready to provide technology capabilities to sustain military and civil GPS applications worldwide The OCX program is valued at $160 million and is administered ...

While the new anti-spoofing, anti-jamming, encrypted M-code signal has been available on many GPS satellites for years, the military has not had the corresponding ground and user equipment to access ...

The 11th launch of Galileo satellites, planned for Dec. 1, marks an important program milestone. With an upgrade of the Galileo Control Segment (GCS), this will be the first launch where the ...