Joanna Crews
The U.S. Air Force is due to release a solicitation notice this week for the second phase of an industry competition to produce the service branch’s 11th and succeeding GPS III satellites, Inside Defense reported Thursday.
Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin submitted separate proposals in 2016 for the production of up to 22 space vehicles under the GPS III program.
In the same year, the Air Force awarded each company a contract to conduct feasibility studies on SV 11+ readiness production.
Lockheed is contracted to build the first 10 GPS III satellites for the service branch.
