The watchdog’s report is unsparing in outlining the cost increases and schedule delays for a majority of Defense Department programs.
By Justin KatzSome services have turned to commercial solutions for receivers as delays mount, report says.
By Theresa HitchensA layered architecture of geosynchronous, medium-earth, and low-earth-orbit satellites will provide resilient sensor coverage for Joint All Domain Command and Control.
By Barry Rosenberg“OCX and the user equipment piece do not come online until the third quarter of 2023; that is when we would expect to have our initial operational capability for the GPS enterprise across across all segments: space, ground and user equipment,” said Space and Missile Command’s Col. Ed Byrne.
By Theresa HitchensOnce delivered and accepted, Space Force will own the OCX software-based ground system for GPS, not Raytheon.
By Theresa HitchensUPDATED: To add comment from former SecAF Heather Wilson and HASC Chair Adam Smith. WASHINGTON: Frank Kendall has a reputation as a tough nut — having wrestled to the ground any number of messy DoD programs when he led the Obama Pentagon’s acquisition shop — including the troubled OCX operating system for GPS, and the…
By Theresa HitchensOnce 24 GPS III satellites are on orbit, the encrypted M-Code for military users will be available world wide.
By Theresa HitchensThe Space Force announced Saturday that it had accepted as operational Lockheed Martin’s latest anti-jam upgrade to the software powering its its stop-gap operational control system for GPS III.
By Theresa Hitchens“Raytheon has been executing as planned, giving us confidence in OCX’s ability to transition into operations,” Lt. Gen. John Thompson, SMC commander, said today.
By Theresa Hitchens“GPS III SV02 is the newest generation of GPS satellites designed and built to deliver positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) information with three times better accuracy, and up to eight times improved anti-jamming capability than its predecessor.”
By Theresa HitchensMaintainers hook into a plane to find out what’s wrong with it. Smart weapons connect to the plane’s network. The pilot’s helmet mounted display taps into onboard and offboard data. “All these are potential threat vectors we’re concerned about,” Todd said.
By Colin Clark