Space Force kills OCX GPS ground control system, citing ‘insurmountable’ challenges
The Pentagon will instead continue with a current ground control system managed by Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin nabs $105M ground system contract to support next-gen GPS
The upgrade to be performed under then new contract would allow Lockheed Martin's AEP ground system to replace RTX's long-troubled OCX program for future GPS IIIF birds.
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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."
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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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
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JADC2’s Space-Based Backbone
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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.
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.
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.