Major weapon system costs rose $37 billion over past two years: GAO
The watchdog's report is unsparing in outlining the cost increases and schedule delays for a majority of Defense Department programs.
Space Force to implement Santa’s ‘naughty list’ of contractors for under-performance
If contractors are put on the Contractor Responsibility Watch List for failure to meet cost and schedule performance goals, the Space Force has "the ability at that point not to award them any new contracts."
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Next-generation C2 won’t be next-gen without the network transport
The network transport architecture for NGC2 could be a hybrid approach that combines high assurance communications with 5G, WiFi, and multi-orbit satellites.
EXCLUSIVE: With new ‘scorecard,’ Space Force’s acquisition chief talks changing culture
In addition to providing new "tenets" for Space Force officials, "I'm really messaging three things to industry — that I really want them to give me credible proposals, and I really want them to execute, and I'm not going to tolerate poor performance," Frank Calvelli told Breaking Defense.
Getting lost: Yet more delays to Space Force protected GPS program
Some services have turned to commercial solutions for receivers as delays mount, report says.
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JADC2’s Space-Based Backbone
A layered architecture of geosynchronous, medium-earth, and low-earth-orbit satellites will provide resilient sensor coverage for Joint All Domain Command and Control.
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Next-Gen GPS Satellites Get Ground-Control Modernization
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Raytheon Intelligence & Space are enhancing mission management and mission-data processing to shift the focus of GPS operations from satellite command and control to basic, user-oriented effects-based operation.
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GPS: Still the gold standard in global navigation
The GPS network continues to prove its unmatched reliability, and it’s only getting stronger.
GPS III Launch Will Provide Global M-Code
"OCX and the user equipment piece do not come online until the third quarter of 2023; that is when we would expect to have our initial operational capability for the GPS enterprise across across all segments: space, ground and user equipment," said Space and Missile Command's Col. Ed Byrne.
OCX On Track, Says Raytheon; Begins New Upgrade
Once delivered and accepted, Space Force will own the OCX software-based ground system for GPS, not Raytheon.
SecAF Nominee Kendall Expected To Deep Dive On Space Acquisition
UPDATED: To add comment from former SecAF Heather Wilson and HASC Chair Adam Smith. WASHINGTON: Frank Kendall has a reputation as a tough nut — having wrestled to the ground any number of messy DoD programs when he led the Obama Pentagon’s acquisition shop — including the troubled OCX operating system for GPS, and the […]
GPS Anti-Jam M-Code Takes Two Steps Forward
Once 24 GPS III satellites are on orbit, the encrypted M-Code for military users will be available world wide.
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
Space Force, Lockheed Harden GPS Sats, Ground Stations
The Space Force announced Saturday that it had accepted as operational Lockheed Martin's latest anti-jam upgrade to the software powering its its stop-gap operational control system for GPS III.
Raytheon Gets OK, $378M To Replace Risky OCX Hardware
"Raytheon has been executing as planned, giving us confidence in OCX’s ability to transition into operations,” Lt. Gen. John Thompson, SMC commander, said today.
Second GPS III Launch Validates (At Long Last) Program Progress
"GPS III SV02 is the newest generation of GPS satellites designed and built to deliver positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) information with three times better accuracy, and up to eight times improved anti-jamming capability than its predecessor."
Raytheon Wins Air Force F-15, C-130 Cyber Contracts
Maintainers hook into a plane to find out what's wrong with it. Smart weapons connect to the plane's network. The pilot's helmet mounted display taps into onboard and offboard data. "All these are potential threat vectors we're concerned about," Todd said.