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Artist's rendering of GPS IIF satellite. (Image: U.S. Air Force )

Boeing awarded contract to support GPS Block IIF operations

January 3, 2022

The U.S. Air Force’s Lockheed Martin-built next generation GPS III satellite on orbit. Rendering portrays GPS III Space Vehicles (SVs) 01-10. (Artist's Rendering: Lockheed Martin)

U.S. Space Force contracts Lockheed Martin for 3 more GPS IIIF satellites

November 16, 2021

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command recently declared GPS III SV06, SV07 and SV08 satellites “Available for Launch.” Here, the space vehicles await official call up for launch in Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing Facility in Waterton, Colorado. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Space Systems Command declares three GPS III space vehicles ‘Available for Launch’

September 3, 2021

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command recently declared GPS III SV06, SV07 and SV08 satellites “Available for Launch.” Here, the space vehicles await official call up for launch in Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing Facility in Waterton, Colorado. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

With SV08, 3 GPS III satellites ready for launch

August 26, 2021

Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson

SMC commander Lt. Gen. Thompson retires

July 30, 2021

Photo: U.S. Space Force

SpaceX launches GPS satellite to provide PNT services

June 18, 2021

GPS III SV05 is encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations Florida in preparation for its June 17 launch. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

GPS III SV-05 encapsulated ahead of June 17 launch

June 11, 2021

An Airman with the 374th Security Forces Squadron uses a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) to track the team’s current during a 2018 field training exercise at Camp Fuji, Japan. (Photo: Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore/U.S. Air Force)

BAE Systems to develop advanced GPS chips for warfighters

February 24, 2021