Tag: military
Navigating Uncertainty: Five Unfolding Trends to Follow in PNT Technology
By Adam Price, Vice President – PNT Simulation at Spirent
Positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies like GPS/GNSS have become part ofthe critical infrastructure of...
Raytheon Gets $197.7 Million Space Force GPS OCX Contract Extension
OCX, delayed for years and burning through billions of dollars, has drawn the ire of lawmakers…
Despite being years behind schedule, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems...
Court Says Ligado Can Move Forward With $39 Billion Lawsuit
Ligado believes the government hijacked its spectrum...DoD says the company's ambitions interfere with GPS
A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge this week has allowed Ligado Networks' $39...
Weekly Product News
Swift Navigation and KDDI Launch Skylark PPS in Japan
Swift Navigation and Japan-based mobile network operator KDDI Corporation announced the commercial launch of Skylark Precise Positioning Service in the Japanese...
China Pumps $1.78 Billion Into BeiDou
Photo courtesy of Beijing Satellite Navigation Center.
Is the rise of BeiDou the biggest threat to global U.S. satellite navigation interests?
China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system (BDS) has...
Weekly Product News
BAE Systems demonstrates next-generation M-Code Increment 2 GNSS User Equipment Tech
BAE Systems demonstrated M-Code signal tracking with an Increment 2 GNSS receiver powered by the company's Next-Generation Application...
GAO Report Says GPS Programs Delayed or Not Ready
GPS III Satellite (Lockheed Martin).
$7.6 billion OCX still not ready to go...
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report, released this week, says that military GPS space...
Viasat Grabs $153 Million Contract to Support Blue Force Tracker Program
Viasat V 0.21%↑ SAT has received a five-year contract from the Defense Information Services Agency, potentially worth $153 million, to provide network services and support for the U.S. Army’s Blue...
CACI Awarded $450 Million JNWC Contract
Ability to operate in PNT-denied or degraded areas growing
CACI International CACI 0.36%↑ was awarded a 10-year Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC) contract worth as much as $450 million. CACI...
DoD Requests $1.5 Billion for PNT Resiliency Programs
U.S. government also taking a $17 million bite out of transportation PNT efforts…
Reacting to worldwide jamming incidents and other GPS interference, the U.S. Defense Department is...