Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced today that its engines contributed to the successful launch of the first Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF satellite. Aerojet will continue t… ...

Cross-Channel pact aims to bolster navigation and timing tech as satellite signals face growing jamming threats Britain and ...

The fourth GPS Block IIR-M satellite has been delivered to Cape Canaveral to support a late 2007 launch. Remaining satellites delivered to storage are available for launch when requested by the ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 13, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will update the U.S. Air Force ‘s GPS satellite ground control system to support GPS Block III satellite operations as part of ...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $581.6 million contract to engineer legacy and modernized Global Positioning System satellites operating in orbit. Lockheed will ...

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Around 12,500 miles above our heads, the satellites that make up the Global Positioning System (GPS) quietly keep the world running. A blackout would result in almost instantaneous chaos. “You ...

The Space Force wants to launch dozens of small, cheap satellites as part of its Resilient GPS program, meant to augment the existing constellation. (Astranis) The Space Force wants its next fleet ...

GPS satellites are getting old, many exceeding the designed lifespan of 8 to 15 years, and the U.S. has been slow to replace them. Other countries have developed newer alternatives.

In exchange for switching the next GPS satellite to launch on a Falcon 9, the Space Force will move a future GPS payload from SpaceX's Falcon Heavy back to ULA's Vulcan. That means the next three ...

The Space Force plans to launch the next GPS III satellite in late May as part of a rapid launch mission to demonstrate the ability to prepare and launch a satellite on truncated timelines.

A total outage of GPS could cost the country at least $1 billion a day. And there's no backup. Russia and China have backups, but the U.S. doesn’t.