U.S. Space Force

An Airman with the 374th Security Forces Squadron uses a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) to track the team’s current during a 2018 field training exercise at Camp Fuji, Japan. (Photo: Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore/U.S. Air Force)

February 24, 2021

BAE Systems to develop advanced GPS chips for warfighters

By Tracy Cozzens

GPS IIIF’s M-Code can be broadcast from a high-gain directional antenna in a concentrated, high-powered spot beam, in addition to a wide-angle, full-Earth antenna. (Artist rendering: Lockheed Martin)

February 23, 2021

L3Harris contracted for GPS III Follow-On payloads

By Allison Kral

January 6, 2021

US ally receiving modern military GPS user equipment

By Tracy Cozzens

From his side window, a crew chief relays vital position information back to the CH-47 Chinook pilot as paratroopers hook their pallet of equipment to the underside of the helicopter during sling load and air operations training. (Photo: U.S. Army/Maj. Robert Fellingham)

December 7, 2020

GPS military code receives operational acceptance for early use

By Tracy Cozzens

The U.S. Air Force’s Lockheed Martin-built next generation GPS III satellite on orbit. Rendering portrays GPS III Space Vehicles (SVs) 01-10. (Artist's Rendering: Lockheed Martin)

December 3, 2020

GPS satellite SVN-77/GPS III SV04 set healthy for use

By Tracy Cozzens

A Falcon 9 carrying GPS III SV04 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Nov 5. (Photo: SpaceX via USAF)

December 2, 2020

GPS III SV04 receives operational acceptance, 1 more needed for M-code

By Tracy Cozzens

Photo: EvgeniyShkolenko/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

November 16, 2020

MGUE Increment 2 contracts awarded to BAE, L3 and Raytheon

By GPS World Staff

Screenshot: SpaceX

November 5, 2020

Fourth GPS III satellite successfully launched

By Tracy Cozzens

A Falcon 9 with GPS III SV 04 encapsulated inside the payload fairing the stands vertical on the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 in preparation for launch. (Photo: USAF/SpaceX)

October 1, 2020

GPS III launch aborted with 2 seconds to spare

By Tracy Cozzens

GPS III SV-03 satellite packed prior to shipment to Cape Canaveral. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

August 10, 2020

US Space Force grants GPS III SV03 operational acceptance

By Tracy Cozzens

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