GPS III Prototype Successfully Integrated with OCX Ground Control Segment
September 25, 2013
The prototype for Lockheed Martin ‘s next generation GPS III satellite reached a major milestone on August 30 when […]
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The prototype for Lockheed Martin ‘s next generation GPS III satellite reached a major milestone on August 30 when […]
Exelis has delivered three ground-based encryptors to Raytheon Company for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System […]
Raytheon Company has received Interim Authorization to Test (IATT) security certification for the Global Positioning System Next Generation […]
A March 2013 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) seems to claim that the projected cost of […]
The Japanese government has ordered three navigation satellites from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to expand the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System […]
A ground system aimed at enhancing the navigation precision of China’s homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was […]
Ray Kolibaba, Raytheon VP and Program Manager for OCX, took part in a candid conversation with Don Jewell, […]
One of the long-standing issues for support of IIA vehicles after the future GPS Operational Ground Control Segment’s (OCX’s) ready-to-operate (RTO) date, which should fall in December 2016 at the latest, is what ground command-and-control (C2) system will steer GPS IIA satellites, do navigation uploads, and so on. The issue is that AEP, the current C2 system, will no longer be available once the transition to OCX takes place, and OCX has no requirement to control IIA satellites.
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