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Exelis has updated a geolocation platform that works to help law enforcement officials pinpoint intentional and unintentional sources of GPS interference. The Signal Sentry 1000 product includes analytics and reporting tools designed to help users assess jamming events and receive warnings in real-time, Exelis said Wednesday. Carl Slutsky, Exelis’ Signal Sentry product line manager, said […] More
ATK sought to highlight its engineering services portfolio after the recent launch of an Atlas V rocket that vaulted the Boeing-made GPS IIF-7 satellite to orbit. “The Atlas V and GPS programs encompass the scope and scale of ATK’s highly engineered products and affordable innovation,†Blake Larson, president of ATK’s aerospace group, said Aug. 1. “Both military and civilian GPS […] More
A Boeing-built GPS satellite has transmitted the first signals from space following the spacecraft’s launch on Friday. GPS IIF-7 took off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida to join a constellation of other satellites used for timing and navigation missions, Boeing said Saturday. “We are providing our Air Force partner and […] More
Lockheed Martin Flight Services has approved the use of DeLorme‘s inReach satellite communicators for support of the LMFS Adverse Condition Alerting Service and Surveillance-enhanced Search and Rescue services used by general aviation and military pilots. Once an inReach device in enrolled in the free program, pilots submitting flight plans with LMFS can receive ACAS alerts […] More
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will build components for the network communications element on GPS III space vehicles seven and eight under a $25 million full-production contract awarded by Lockheed Martin. The NCE components are built to help the satellites carry out communications functions and include the ground-to-space command and control channel, space-to-space inter-satellites and other communication […] More
The U.S. Air Force operated its military-code GPS signal in a jamming environment by using a Raytheon-designed receiver as the branch sought to test navigation and jamming levels. Raytheon’s Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver 2000 carried out satellite tracking and navigation functions during the exercise at White Sands Missile Range, the company said Wednesday. Testing work occurred during […] More
Rockwell Collins will supply its Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module GPS receivers to Boeing for the Defense Department‘s Combat Survivor Evader Locator radio system for joint search-and-rescue missions. The SAASM micro-GPS technology, which enables GPS coordinates to be decoded, is expected to support the CSEL system in providing geoposition and navigation information, Rockwell Collins said Monday. Mike Jones, vice president […] More
Raytheon has performed the first live fire test for its precision-guided weapon system. The Excalibur S, built with a laser spot tracker, worked to destroy its target following a GPS-guided target detection and laser-designated direct hit, Raytheon said Sunday. Michelle Lohmeier, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems’ land warfare systems product line, said the laser-guided Excalibur […] More
Globecomm has been awarded a $9.6 million contract to continue providing tracking system services for NATO’s Communications and Information Agency. The company will perform communication and onsite support services for NATO’s GPS-based force tracking system that works to monitor data and messaging traffic, Globecomm said Tuesday. NATO uses the tracking system to detect the location […] More
Iusacell has rolled out a TeleCommunication Systems-built locator application to customers across Mexico. TCS designed the TCS Family Locator to help customers view the locations of their family members and friends on a map via assisted-GPS and wireless local area network connectivity, the company said Monday. In Mexico, the application is branded as Ubicacel Familiar. Jay Whitehurst, […] More
Exelis has updated an aircraft tracking system used by the Federal Aviation Administration as the company and agency aim to help air traffic controllers transmit data to pilots. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast technology was developed in 2007 to track the locations of airplanes by using GPS systems, Exelis said Monday. “The completion of the ADS-B network […] More
A fifth Boeing-developed navigation satellite for the U.S. Air Force has joined the branch’s GPS IIF constellation. The satellite took off on Feb. 20 and was validated by the company and Air Force to activate the spacecraft’s payload, Boeing said Tuesday. “As each GPS IIF joins the fleet, we are sustaining and modernizing the constellation […] More
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