Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)

Americas Misc 

Raytheon to Replace IBM Hardware in GPS OCX Due to Chinese Takeover of IBM’s Computer Product Line

April 3, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), IBM, Lenovo, Raytheon, Raytheon GPS OCX, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)’s GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) program instructed

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Americas Space 

L3Harris Awarded Contract to Modernize and Sustain U.S. Space Force Capabilities

April 2, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments L3Harris Technologies, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a $23 million contract from U.S. Space Force to modernize and sustain critical space infrastructure

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Americas Misc 

SMC Awards $500 Million Contracts to Raytheon and L3Harris Technologies Inc.

March 31, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments L3Harris Technologies, Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW), Raytheon, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

The U.S. Space Force (USSF)’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Raytheon Company – Space and Airborne Systems and L3

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Americas C4ISR 

Raytheon, L3Harris Awarded U.S. Space Force Contracts to Develop Protected Tactical Waveform-Capable Modems

March 30, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments L3Harris Technologies, Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW), Raytheon, Satellite communications (SATCOM), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

Raytheon and L3Harris have each been awarded a $500 million ceiling, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Space Force to

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Americas Space 

COps Program, GPS III SV02 Satellite Receive Operational Acceptance from U.S. Space Force

March 28, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, GPS III Contingency Operations Program (COps), GPS III SV02 “Magellan”, Navigation satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) achieved a major Global Positioning System milestone on March 27 with the Contingency

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Americas Space 

ULA Set to Launch First National Security Space Mission for U.S. Space Force

March 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite, AEHF-6, Communications satellite, Military satellite, National Security Space Launch (NSSL), Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), ULA Atlas V, United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency

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Americas Space 

U.S. Space Force’s SMC Transfers Second GPS III Satellite to Space Operations Command

March 24, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS III, GPS III SV02 “Magellan”, Navigation satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), US Air Force Space Operations Command (SPOC), USA, USAF 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS)

The U.S. Space Force (USSF)’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) successfully transferred the second Global Positioning System III space

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Americas Space 

SMC Grants Security Approval for M-MSTIC Receivers

March 14, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Global Positioning System (GPS), Lockheed Martin, M-Code GPS, M-MSTIC, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA

The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) granted Security Approval to Lockheed Martin’s M-MSTIC receivers on Dec. 19, 2019, SMC

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Americas Space 

AEHF-6 Satellite Hoisted Atop ULA Atlas V Rocket for March 26 Launch

March 14, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite, AEHF-6, Cape Canaveral AFS, Communications satellite, Military satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), ULA Atlas V, United Launch Alliance (ULA), USA

The capstone satellite to the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF)

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Americas Space 

U.S. Space Force Utilizing Model-Based Systems Engineering to Speed Delivery of WGS-11+ Satellite

March 14, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing, Communications satellite, Military satellite, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Space Force (USSF), USA, WGS-11, Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) program is utilizing Model-Based Systems

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