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Raytheon to Develop GPS-degraded Munitions Guidance January 9, 2012
Munitions guidance experts at the Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment in El Segundo, Calif., will design and demonstrate navigation and guidance technologies that can keep new generations of deep-penetrating bombs and missiles on target in conditions where signals from GPS satellite...More>>
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Did Spoofing Down Drone? December 16, 2011
Press stories speculate that GPS spoofing was used to get the U.S. Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel Drone to land in Iran. By spoofing GPS, Iranian engineers were able to get the drone to "land on its own where we wanted it to, without having to crack the remote-control signals and communications."More>>
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L-3 IEC Launches Military M-Code Receiver October 17, 2011
L-3 Interstate Electronics Corporation (IEC) has launched its next-generation military GPS receiver, featuring what it reports as "significant performance, form factor, and cost improvements."More>>
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Locata Passes Critical Design Review Milestone for U.S. Air Force Ground-Based Positioning System September 9, 2011
Locata Corporation today announced it has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) contract phase for a Locata network that will enable the United States Air Force to deploy a ground-based, centimeter-accurate "truth-reference-level" positioning system for use in GPS-denied...More>>
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Raytheon Awarded $32 Million for U.S. Navy GPS-Based PNT Service August 22, 2011
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $32.2 million U.S. Navy contract for the Global Positioning System-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Service program for Navy surface and subsurface platforms. GPNTS, designed to replace the current Navigation Sensor System Interface, supports...More>>
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Mitigation for Missiles June 1, 2011
A fuzzy tracking system performs as a narrow bandwidth tracking system in terms of noise reduction, and a wide bandwidth tracking system in terms of dynamic response, overcoming the contradiction between receiver bandwidth requirements using classical tracking techniques for either noise reduction...More>>
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Picatinny Fields First Precision-Guided Mortars to Troops in Afghanistan March 31, 2011
This month, U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan received 120mm GPS-guided mortar precision capability. The Program Executive Office for Ammunition fielded Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative cartridges, or APMI, to one Infantry Brigade Combat Team, or IBCT, earlier this month, and is scheduled to...More>>
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Hirschmann Launches Iridium/GPS/Mobile Communication Antenna October 19, 2010
Hirschmann Car Communication GmbH has introduced an iridium/GPS/mobile communication antenna combination. The Iridium satellite communication system can be used when a mobile phone system fails.More>>
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L-3 Awarded Contract to Add GPS Capabilities to U.S. Army's IPADS Equipment September 16, 2010
L-3 Communications announced today that its Space & Navigation division has been awarded a four-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract by the U.S. Army for adding GPS capabilities to its fielded Improved Position and Azimuth Determining Systems (IPADS) equipment. IPADS is a...More>>
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GPS Source Releases GPS Smart Repeater GLI Echo II June 25, 2010
GPS Source has added to its product line with the GLI Echo II, a GPS smart repeater. A primary LRU for GPS retransmission, it will provide a wireless or wired GPS signal live inside any military vehicle or aircraft, according to the company.More>>
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