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CBS News goes inside GPS

December 4, 2019

On CBS’ Sunday Morning show Dec. 1, correspondent David Pogue was invited into the Air Force’s GPS Master […]


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XQ-58A demonstrator in flight. Photo: U.S. Air Force

Going Beyond. Visual line of sight, that is.

March 20, 2019

Few commercial UAV operations would be able to inspect transmissions lines, pipelines or train tracks without beyond visual […]


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U.S. Air Force seeks builder for 22 more GPS III satellites

February 13, 2018

The U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSC) has released its request for proposals (RFP) to build 22 new […]


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U.S. Air Force jamming GPS in Southwest sky this week and next

February 5, 2018

The U.S. Air Force is intermittently jamming its own GPS signals over southern Nevada and Utah this week […]


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The first eight GPS III satellites are under contract and in production at Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing Facility outside of Denver.

GPS III 9 and 10 procured, targeting 2022 launch

October 3, 2016

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a contract option to Lockheed Martin Space Systems […]


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Non-GPS positioning system, White Sands North Range. X = transmitter site. (Photo: U.S. Air force, 746 Test Squadron)

Air Force upgrades to better field reference system for testing GPS denial

August 4, 2016

Can’t Deny the Truth: Defeating the Jamming Threat Initial Operational Capability for the Ultra High-Accuracy Reference System has […]


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Marconi Prize for 2016 goes to Brad Parkinson

May 31, 2016

The Marconi Society has awarded its 2016 Marconi Prize to Bradford Parkinson. The $100,000 prize, given annually, recognizes […]


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A quality assurance team from the 45th Launch Group off-loads a GPS IIF-12 satellite from a C-17 Globemaster III on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Oct. 8. A crowd from the government and industry partnership, who will complete the satellite’s final assembly, gathered on the Cape’s “Skid Strip” to watch the off-loading of the satellite they will prepare to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket in 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/James Rainier)

Last of 12 GPS IIF Satellites Arrives at Cape Canaveral

October 13, 2015

The last Air Force GPS IIF in a block of 12 satellites was delivered to Cape Canaveral Air […]


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