Space Force Missile Track Custody prototype effort moves to hardware stage
Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Boeing's Millennium Space Systems are now on contract to deliver flight-ready prototypes by 2026.
Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Boeing's Millennium Space Systems are now on contract to deliver flight-ready prototypes by 2026.
"SSC is exploring both options," said Space Systems Command's Lt. Col. Joseph Maguadog, with a focus "on ensuring we meet both the near- & long-term needs of our warfighter."
"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.
Once delivered and accepted, Space Force will own the OCX software-based ground system for GPS, not Raytheon.
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
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"There's definitely a big future for the export version of the AN/APG-82," says Michelle Styczynski, F-15 Senior Product Line Director for Raytheon Intelligence & Space.