GPS III

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U.S. Air Force Announces Selection of GPS III Follow-On Contract

September 15, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF), Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites

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U.S. Air Force’s First Advanced GPS III Satellite Shipped To Cape Canaveral For Launch

August 30, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin shipped the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV01) to Cape Canaveral for its

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U.S. Air Force Declares Second Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite “Available for Launch”

August 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Communications satellite, Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force has declared that the second GPS III satellite is complete, fully tested and ready to launch

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Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal for U.S. Air Force’s GPS IIIF Program

April 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF), Lockheed Martin, Navigation satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin has submitted a competitive and fully compliant proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III Follow On (GPS

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Raytheon GPS OCX in Final Software Development Phase

March 22, 2018August 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, M-Code GPS, Raytheon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Raytheon Company’s GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, is in its final software development phase. This phase

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GPS III Satellite, OCX Successfully Complete Factory Mission Readiness Test

December 13, 2017August 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Lockheed Martin, Navigation satellite, Raytheon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01), the first of 10 GPS III satellites designed by Lockheed Martin,

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Harris Corporation Completes Development of MDU forFuture GPS III Satellites

December 4, 2017August 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Harris Corporation, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Navigation satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Harris Corporation has completed development of the company’s fully digital Mission Data Unit (MDU), which is at the heart of

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Lockheed Martin Assembles Third U.S. Air Force GPS III Satellite

November 27, 2017August 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Lockheed Martin, Navigation satellite, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force’s third GPS III satellite in production flow at Lockheed Martin’s advanced satellite manufacturing facility in Denver,

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U.S. Air Force Accepts Raytheon’s GPS OCX Launch and Checkout System

November 3, 2017August 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Raytheon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has officially accepted Raytheon’s GPS Operational Control System (OCX) launch and checkout system (LCS) on Sept.

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USAF Declares First Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite “Available for Launch”

October 11, 2017August 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS Block IIIA, GPS III, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has declared the first Lockheed Martin-built, next-generation GPS III satellite “Available for Launch” in 2018.

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