As Space Force wraps up GPS III launches, lawmakers push for more anti-jam capability
Meanwhile, House and Senate appropriators are foot-stomping the need for improvements to the GPS constellation and new, resilient alternatives.
Next X-37B mission to carry quantum sensor, laser link experiments
Quantum sensors hold promise to serve as the core for new systems for positioning, timing and navigation (PNT) that could provide an alternative, or even replace, today's Global Positioning System satellites.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
Space Development Agency, Army cooperating on alternates to GPS sat signals
SDA Director Derek Tournear said next year his organization will begin launching the Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites for regional communications, which also will carry a "navigation message" embedded in their venerable Link 16 data links.
Air Force Funds Hosted Payloads On Japan Sats
The QZSS Hosted Payloads are seen as a pathfinder to improving US and allied cooperation in tracking adversary satellites and dangerous space junk.