The Space Force is weighing its options for how to proceed with integrating NTS-3 technology into upcoming GPS production ...
The Space Force wants its next fleet of GPS satellites to be smaller, cheaper and more resilient - and it's looking to a mix of commercial and defense firms to help design those spacecraft.
They can do this by appropriating funds to buy two GPS IIIF satellites per year, fund ground station upgrades that monitor the health of the new civil signals, and fully fund modern military ...
At around $50 to $80 million each, the satellites are projected to cost a fraction of the $250 million the service is spending for just one Lockheed Martin-built GPS IIIF satellite. The lower unit ...
GPS IIF satellite vehicles continue to modernize the GPS constellation while bringing new capabilities to both military and civilian users. GPS IIF SVs will bring into service the dedicated civil ...
The U.S. Space Force wants to launch dozens of small, cheap satellites as part of its Resilient GPS program, meant to augment the existing constellation. (Astranis) ...