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Global Positioning System

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The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S.-owned satellite-based radio-navigation system that provides positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services. Operated by the U.S. Space Force, it consists of a constellation of satellites orbiting the Earth, broadcasting signals to GPS receivers enabling them to calculate their three-dimensional location and time. GPS is used globally in various applications, including civilian and military navigation, surveying, and timing synchronization.

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Lockheed Martin is redesigning the bus used for Global Positioning System satellites so the satellites can be upgraded with new hardware on orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Feb 26, 2021Lockheed Martin to upgrade GPS satellites for in-orbit servicing

Cooper highlighted the Global Positioning System as a space asset that is under threat from potential adversaries.

GeneralValue 2.0Feb 23, 2021Lawmakers call for open dialogue on Chinese, Russian advances in space and nuclear weapons

Germany ordered jam-resistant Global Positioning System user equipment from the United States military under the Foreign Military Sales program on 2020-09-30.

RelationshipsLegalValue 4.5Nov 24, 2020Germany becomes first country to purchase jam-resistant GPS receivers from the U.S.

M-Code receivers have been developed for the last ten years under a $1,400,000,000 program called Military Global Positioning System User Equipment.

CapabilityPlanFinancialValue 3.0Nov 24, 2020Germany becomes first country to purchase jam-resistant GPS receivers from the U.S.

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Production Corps achieved a major milestone on 2020-09-30 when the Global Positioning System Foreign Military Sales office received its first Military Code (M-Code) capable Military GPS User Equipment order from Germany.

PlanCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 23, 2020USSF’s SMC Receives First M-Code Order For Military GPS From Germany

United States Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Military Global Positioning System User Equipment Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface with Next-Generation ASIC contracts to Rockwell Collins, Inc., L3 Technologies, and Raytheon Technologies.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Nov 9, 2020USSF’s SMC Awards Three ASIC Contracts For Military Global Positioning Ops

NTS-3 aims to demonstrate that a spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit can supplement the Global Positioning System that operates from medium Earth orbit.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jul 31, 2020L3Harris cleared to begin production of Air Force NTS-3 navigation satellite

BAE Systems completed the acquisition of the Collins Aerospace military Global Positioning System business on 2020-07-31.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jul 31, 2020BAE Systems completes acquisition of Collins’ military GPS business

Space and Missile Systems Center awarded contracts to Collins Aerospace, Raytheon, and Technology Advancement Group to develop Global Positioning System handheld devices for the U.S. military.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Jul 8, 2020Three companies selected to develop military GPS handheld devices

Turner’s amendment prohibits the Department of Defense from spending any funds to retrofit Global Positioning System devices or systems that use GPS to mitigate interference from Ligado’s future terrestrial 0.005 kg wireless network.

LegalGeneralValue 4.0Jul 1, 2020HASC amendments question space acquisition reforms, challenge DoD plans to procure new systems

SpaceX will attempt to recover a booster after launching a military Global Positioning System satellite on 2020-06-30 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 28, 2020Space Force more receptive to reusable rockets as it continues to review SpaceX missions

The Pentagon and other government agencies opposed the FCC’s 2020-04-20 ruling on Ligado’s use of L-band spectrum on the grounds that the network will interfere with the Global Positioning System.

LegalGeneralValue 4.2Jun 4, 2020Bipartisan group of senators wants to hear the FCC’s side of the Ligado story

Ligado received an FCC spectrum license on 2020-04-20 to build a terrestrial wireless network using L-band spectrum adjacent to the Global Positioning System.

LegalCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 25, 2020Pentagon presses on with campaign to overturn FCC’s Ligado order

The Department of Defense called on the Federal Communications Commission on 2020-04-17 to reverse the FCC’s decision to allow Ligado Networks access to electromagnetic spectrum adjacent to the spectrum used by the Global Positioning System.

LegalValue 4.2Apr 18, 2020DoD issues new rebuke of FCC’s decision to allow Ligado 5G network

President Trump signed an executive order on 2020-02-12 that calls for a government-wide effort to improve the security and resilience of services that depend on the Global Positioning System for positioning, navigation, and timing.

LegalValue 2.5Feb 12, 2020Trump directs U.S. government agencies to protect critical infrastructure that relies on GPS

BAE Systems intends to buy Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System business for $1,900,000,000.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 5.0Jan 20, 2020BAE Systems to acquire Collins’ military GPS and Raytheon’s airborne tactical radios businesses

The Canadian government decided in 2015 to proceed with the MEOSAR project to provide search-and-rescue repeaters for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System satellites.

PlanGeneralCapabilityValue 4.0May 13, 2019MDA to build search-and-rescue repeaters for GPS 3F satellites

The Global Positioning System constellation consists of 31 satellites developed and operated by the U.S. Air Force.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 11, 2019Lawmakers to form bipartisan caucus to promote the economic, national security benefits of GPS

The military Global Positioning System operates as a robust constellation such that the loss of a single GPS satellite does not cripple overall capability.

CapabilityValue 3.0Dec 10, 2018Aerospace Corp. to lay out strategy to ‘outpace the threat’ in space

Lockheed Martin will receive a $7,200,000,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture 22 Global Positioning System satellites.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanCapabilityValue 5.0Sep 14, 2018Air Force to award $7.2 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for 22 GPS satellites
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