With USNO personnel, members of the 746 TS reconfigure the Master LocataLite site for the test. (Photo: 746 TS/USAF)

Finding time: Accuracy test of Locata Network takes place at White Sands

January 15, 2020

An accuracy test of the Locata Network — a non-GPS-based positioning system installed at the U.S. Air Force […]

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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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History of the program: NTS-1, 2 and 3. (Illustration: Lt. Jacob Lutz, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate)

U.S. Air Force NTS-3 puts PNT in geostationary orbit

November 25, 2019

The Air Force seems to be on track to experiment with positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellites in […]

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First Fix: The PNT enterprise is real

November 12, 2019

Guest column by Jules McNeff, consultant and GPS World Editorial Advisory Board member GPS World publications are evolving, […]

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Ground antenna at Schriever Air Force Base, home of the 50th Space Wing. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon completes full GPS OCX design and development

October 1, 2019

Program enters integration and test phase on track to 2021 delivery Raytheon Company’s GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, […]

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Ground antenna at Schriever Air Force Base, home of the 50th Space Wing. (Photo: Raytheon)

OCX supports second GPS III launch

August 26, 2019

GPS OCX will maneuver satellite into final orbit over 10 days The U.S. Air Force used Raytheon Company’s […]

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ULA technicians transport the GPS III satellite to the Delta IV launchpad.( Photo: United Launch Alliance)

Second GPS III satellite tops rocket at launchpad

August 13, 2019

The second GPS III satellite — nicknamed Magellan — is now at the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air […]

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Raytheon M-code receivers certified by U.S. Air Force

August 9, 2019

New technology makes GPS more secure and reliable for military systems. Raytheon has received security certification for new […]

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