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Global Positioning System

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www.gps.gov/
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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemNarrative GeneralJul 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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemOrg RelationshipJun 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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemTechnical ProductJun 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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemOrg RelationshipMay 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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemOrg RelationshipApr 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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemNarrative GeneralFeb 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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemOrg RelationshipJan 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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemOrg RelationshipMay 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.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2019Lawmakers to form bipartisan caucus to promote the economic, national security benefits of GPS

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

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2018Air Force to award $7.2 billion contract to Lockheed Martin for 22 GPS satellites

Global Positioning System satellites provide navigation data to military and civilian users worldwide.

Mentioned as: Global Positioning SystemNarrative GeneralAug 16, 2018Defense inspector general finds key Air Force space programs vulnerable to cyber attacks, sabotage
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