GPS IIIF’s M-Code can be broadcast from a high-gain directional antenna in a concentrated, high-powered spot beam, in addition to a wide-angle, full-Earth antenna. (Artist rendering: Lockheed Martin)

Final steps underway to operationalize new GPS M-code signal

March 30, 2020

U.S. Space Force, Lockheed Martin upgrade Operational Control System (OCS) and refresh GPS constellation with new satellites. The […]

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Ground antenna at Schriever Air Force Base, home of the 50th Space Wing. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon to replace computer hardware on new GPS ground system

March 30, 2020

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) program on […]

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Lockheed Martin shipped the U.S. Space Force’s third GPS III satellite to Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of its expected April launch. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Third GPS III arrives at Cape Canaveral for April launch

February 10, 2020

The nation’s third next-generation GPS III satellite — and the first delivered by Lockheed Martin to the new […]

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Second Lt. Kelley McCaa, 2nd Space Operations Squadron satellite vehicle operator, and Airman 1st Class John Garcia, 2nd SOPS satellite systems operator, set satellite vehicle number-74, the first iteration of GPS Block III vehicles, as healthy and active to users Jan. 13, 2020, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado,. Setting the vehicle healthy and active makes the satellite available for use by military and civilian GPS users around the world for agriculture, banking and navigation. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster)

2nd Space Operations Squadron sets first GPS III healthy and active

January 15, 2020

By Staff Sgt. Matthew Coleman-Foster, 50th Space Wing Public Affairs The 2nd Space Operations Squadron set Satellite Vehicle […]

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CBS News goes inside GPS

December 4, 2019

On CBS’ Sunday Morning show Dec. 1, correspondent David Pogue was invited into the Air Force’s GPS Master […]

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GPS World hosted its 2019 Leadership Awards dinner at the Kimpton Epic Hotel in downtown Miami during the ION GNSS+ conference. (Photo: GPS World)

GPS World honors leaders in GNSS/PNT

November 12, 2019

On Sept. 19, in conjunction with the ION GNSS+ conference, GPS World hosted its annual Leadership Awards dinner. […]

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Thermal Vacuum testing verifies that a satellite can operate in space’s extreme environment. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

GPS III production update: On the road to a refreshed constellation

October 1, 2019

With GPS III SV01 and SV02 now on orbit, GPS III satellites continue to roll off the production […]

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Remotely controlled Javelin firings can help keep soldiers out of harm’s way. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Javelin missiles remotely launched from unmanned vehicle

September 10, 2019

The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, successfully fired Javelin missiles from […]

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