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Lockheed Martin Awarded GPS III

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the turn-off-gp3-get-a-galileo dept.

D Ninja writes "Yesterday, Lockheed Martin was awarded the $1.4 billion Air Force contract to build the next-generation global positioning satellite system. This occurred after a series of delays as the Air Force decided between Lockheed and the competing bidding contractor, Boeing Co. 'GPS III, will give new navigation warfare (NAVWAR) capabilities to shut off GPS service to a limited geographical location while providing GPS to US and allied forces. GPS III will offer significant improvements in navigation capabilities by improving interoperability and jam resistance. The procurement of the GPS III system is planned for multiple blocks, with the GPS IIIA portion currently underway. GPS IIIA includes all of the GPS IIF capability plus up to a ten-fold increase in signal power, a new civil signal compatible with the European Union's Galileo system, and a new spacecraft bus that will allow a growth path to future blocks.'"

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  1. Re:What is up with Boeing lately? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously - lost the in air refueler contract to Airbus (or NVS or whoever)- lost this contract to Lockhead - What is the deal? Pretty simple actually... About two years ago, Boeing awarded all its print services to Lexmark.
  2. Re:GPS Shutoff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, because lord knows there was no way for ships to navigate before GPS came along....