Lockheed Martin has started to upgrade the U.S. Air Force’s legacy ground control platforms as the service prepares to launch in December the first GPS III satellite aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, National Defense reported Friday. Those updates to the existing ground system include contingency operation changes and the M-code signal, which is set for […] More

Lockheed Martin has been working on two updates to the U.S. Air Force’s existing GPS ground control system designed to facilitate command and control of GPS III satellites for testing and operations. The company said Thursday those upgrades to the Architecture Evolution Plan Operational Control System are being carried out through the M-Code Early Use […] More

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first GPS III satellite for the U.S. Air Force to Cape Canaveral in Florida to prepare for launch possibly in December. The company said Monday it shipped GPS III Space Vehicle 01 from Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado using a C-17 aircraft. The satellite is designed with three times […] More

The second Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite has received the “available for launch” designation from the U.S. Air Force and is now expected to lift off in 2019. Lockheed said Tuesday GPS III Space Vehicle 02 will become part of the service’s next-generation GPS III satellite constellation that will work to deliver anti-jamming capabilities to U.S. […] More

Lockheed Martin has delivered its proposal to the U.S. Air Force to compete for the service’s GPS III Follow On satellite development program. The company said Tuesday the GPS IIIF program aims to develop up to 22 next-generation GPS satellites designed to build up anti-jamming capabilities. Lockheed said its proposed GPS III platform will have a […] More

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set to take off by April 29 to send into orbit the U.S. Air Force’s third GPS III satellite, Teslarati reported Sunday.

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Lockheed Martin awarded Harris a $243M contract to produce digital navigation payload for the U.S. Air Force's first two GPS III follow-on satellites.

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Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Gwynne Shotwell, chief operating officer and president of SpaceX, was selected to the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for helping the company innovate and develop groundbreaking space technology. This latest honor marks her third consecutive win.

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A Raytheon-built ground control platform has supported the launch of the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS III satellite. Raytheon said Sunday the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System will help steer the GPS III Space Vehicle 01 to its final orbit for approximately 10 days. “The GPS OCX Block 0 launch and checkout system is foundational to […] More