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  • Raytheon Installs 1st Operational Hardware on GPS Ground System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Installs 1st Operational Hardware on GPS Ground System

    Raytheon has completed the installation of the Launch and Checkout System hardware on the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System as part of efforts to modernize GPS capabilities in the U.S. The company said Wednesday it performed hardware installation at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado, which will house the future GPS OCX Master Control Station. Matt Gilligan, vice president of navigation […] More

  • Boeing, Ball Aerospace Join Northrop in USAF GPS Satellite Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Ball Aerospace Join Northrop in USAF GPS Satellite Research Program

    Boeing and Ball Aerospace & Technologies have won contracts worth $4.5 million and $2.2 million, respectively, to develop L-band radio frequency power amplifiers for GPS satellites, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the technology is intended to make the satellites more compact and power efficient as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate program. Ball Aerospace […] More