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Directions 2020: Delivering GPS capabilities

December 12, 2019

By Colonel John Claxton Chief, PNT Mission Integration, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center The Global Positioning […]

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New reports confirm exceptional performance record for civil GPS service

June 21, 2017

The U.S. Air Force released two technical reports demonstrating that the Global Positioning System (GPS) continues to deliver […]

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This article is tagged with GPS, GPS SPS, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Space and Missile Systems Center, U.S. Air Force and posted in GNSS, Latest News

The first eight GPS III satellites are under contract and in production at Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing Facility outside of Denver.

GPS III 9 and 10 procured, targeting 2022 launch

October 3, 2016

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a contract option to Lockheed Martin Space Systems […]

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This article is tagged with Air Force, GPS III, GPS modernization, Lockheed Martin, Space and Missile Systems Center and posted in Defense, Featured Stories, GNSS

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System of Systems: GPS III bidding, testing

February 9, 2016

GPS III Bidding Opens — Again The GPS Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) continues […]

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GPS IIF-11 Heads for space on Halloween.

Next-to-last GPS IIF satellite launched into orbit

November 2, 2015

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched its 11th and next-to-last Boeing-built Global Positioning System GPS IIF series satellite aboard a […]

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Team Vandenberg launches its first SpaceX launch from Space Launch Complex-4 Sept. 29, 2013. 30th Space Wing's 1st Air and Space Test Squadron was the lead for all launch site certification activities at Vandenberg for SpaceX as an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle New Entrant. The squadron evaluated SpaceX's flight and ground systems, processes and procedures for the upgraded Falcon-9 rocket. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Yvonne Morales)

SpaceX Falcon 9 Certified for GPS Launches

May 28, 2015

The U.S. Air Force has certified SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch military satellites, clearing the way for […]

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This article is tagged with Air Force, government contract, GPS III, satellite launches, Space and Missile Systems Center, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, USAF and posted in GNSS, Latest News

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GPS III Update: First Satellite Ready for Testing

April 14, 2015

Report from the 31st Space Symposium COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — I had the pleasure of having an early breakfast […]

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Latest Words from the Acquisition Guru of the World’s Gold Standard for PNT

September 1, 2014

Colonel William “Wild Bill” Cooley, director of the GPS Directorate at Space and Missile Systems Center, discusses CNAV […]

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This article is tagged with Air Force Space Command, Bill Cooley, CNAV, GPS Directorate, GPS IIF, GPS III, Los Angeles Air Force Base, OCX, OCX delay, Operational Control Segment, Space and Missile Systems Center and posted in Defense, From the Magazine, Opinions