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GPS-III

Is GPS a legacy platform that requires disruption?

July 9, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

Commanders in the field have increasingly been slapping DoD with “joint urgent operational needs” for equipment that does not need to rely on GPS because […]

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Update on GPS III — lots of moving parts

September 2, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The GPS III requirements concept got started in 2000 and didn’t go through Milestone B (start of full scale development) until 2008. According to the […]

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Performance of defense satellite programs

July 23, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

SBIRS-GEO, GPS IIF, AEHF, and WGS all experienced delays in the launch of their first satellites. Although six years from ATP to first launch of […]

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