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.
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.
Space Force design for new acquisition ‘Systems Deltas’ due by next month
Brig. Gen. Jason Cothern, Space Systems Command deputy commander, said that the new deltas will be organized along the same lines as SSC's current Acquisition Deltas.
Space Force prototypes new ‘integrated’ Deltas for readiness boost
The two new Integrated Mission Deltas will be responsible for all aspects of electronic warfare and positioning, navigation and timing.
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
GPS 2.0: Aerospace Corp. Launches Second Draft Of GPS – EXCLUSIVE
COLORADO SPRINGS: The Aerospace Corp. the people who brought you the concept for GPS, are launching GPS 2.0. It all began when two Aerospace Corps scientists J.R. Woodford Woodward and H. Nakamura penned a little-known briefing In 1966, “Navigation Satellite Study,” that paved the way. Tomorrow, the Aerospace Corp. will issue a new study it hopes will pave […]
‘Most Troubled Program’ In Air Force: Raytheon’s OCX
CAPITOL HILL: After a decade of improvements to space acquisition after more than a decade of disasters, the most troubled program being built by the US Air Force is again a space program. So said the man who should know: Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves, head of the amazing but often-reluctant-to-speak folks at Air Force Space and […]