Maxar wins next phase of Army’s One World Terrain effort
Maxar has been working on the Army's virtual map program since 2019.
Space Force agencies pile on to find ‘alternate PNT’ capabilities
Space Force's primary acquisition command, Space Systems Command (SSC), is seeking industry input on the possibility of building smaller, lighter and cheaper GPS satellites.
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Intelligence Community and Space Force challenges intersect and require closer collaboration
“Mission engineering” can integrate space and ground assets to push data to the edge.
Ground system for jam-resistant GPS delayed again to July 2025 at earliest, Pentagon tester says
The continuing delays in making the GPS jam-resistant M-Code signal available to military users "increase risk that U.S. and allied warfighters will be unable to conduct successful operations in future contested environments due to the lack of access to modernized GPS position, navigation, and timing (PNT) information," the 2023 Annual Report of the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation finds.
US moves to dismiss Ligado spectrum lawsuit, disputes court jurisdiction and claims
"Ligado fails to plead any plausible facts to support its purely speculative claim that the Government has occupied its licensed spectrum," alleges the DoJ motion to dismiss the satellite communication firm's suit in US Federal Claims Court.
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The national security space enterprise is being modernized and it’s happening from the ground
Digital engineering and modern tools and processes offer near-term opportunities to improve satellite mission planning, data processing, command and control, and cybersecurity.
Space Development Agency, Army cooperating on alternates to GPS sat signals
SDA Director Derek Tournear said next year his organization will begin launching the Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for regional communications, which also will carry a "navigation message" embedded in their venerable Link 16 data links.
Ligado sues DoD, Commerce for $39B in long-running spectrum saga
The lawsuit is the latest in a decade-spanning battle between Ligado and opponents in government.
From Polaris to pulsars: Navy eyes celestial navigation as GPS alternative
Pulsar-based PNT could be used in cislunar space — where the Space Force already is eyeing future operations — or farther out into the solar system where GPS signals do not reach, explained Paul Ray, NRL's head of high energy astrophysics and applications.
Prodded by GAO, Space Force reconsiders future military-use GPS constellation, receivers
The Space Force has set contradictory requirements for the number of M-code capable GPS satellites, the Government Accountability Office found.
Space Force wants key allies to join 24/7 GPS ops center
In a rare tour of the GPS ops floor, Lt. Col. Robert Wray, commander of the Space Force's 2nd Operations Squadron responsible for GPS operations, described the mission and why timing, more than anything, is critical.
Space Force seeks 12% budget boost, to $30B, with R&D focus
"The threat is racing to out pace us," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters in a budget pre-briefing on March 10.
SDA hopes SABRE sensors can slash missile testing costs by ‘millions’
SDA already has a lot of interest from the Army and DoD's testing community in its Space-Based Telemetry Monitoring, Electronic Support, and Alternative Navigation (SABRE) project.
Red Electrons: Army Rapid Capabilities Office Fights Russian GPS Jamming, Cyber, EW
WASHINGTON: The Army’s new Rapid Capabilities Office is focused like a laser on Russian threats to Army networks: both cyber attack (hacking) and electronic warfare (jamming), in particular against the GPS signal on which US forces rely. I’ve written before that a $100 million boost to electronic warfare might be an early priority for the […]
Raytheon’s OCX, As Expected, Gets OSD Nod
WASHINGTON: There was little doubt that the hack- and jam-proof GPS ground stations known as OCX would be resurrected after incurring a Nunn-McCurdy breach. Even though it was the most screwed up program in the Air Force, was behind schedule and had gone grossly over budget, OCX is a crucial program at an important time. America needs […]