GPS III

[Triton]

Published on Sep 25, 2012 by LockheedMartinVideos

To replace and improve the current GPS satellites, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force are developing the next generation satellite system, known as GPS III. The new satellites will deliver improved accuracy, better signal strength, a new civil signal that will work with international global navigation satellite systems and much more. Learn more about the project at www.lockheedmartin.com/gps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TMZSMtPhGI&feature=share&list=UUJWcF0ex7_doPdIQGbVpDsQ

 

[fredymac]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYeMP35F7aE


There is a statement at 2:13 in this Harris video about "signal sentry" which geo-locates GPS jamming sources but it isn't clear if they are implying this is done through the GPS satellite itself or by some 3rd party.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdRXbPgrb8Q

 

[TomS]

Signal Sentry 1000 is a Harris product to detect GPS jamming around fixed facilities. It's not part of the GPS satellite constellation.

Harris showcases Signal Sentry 1000 solution that detects, locates GPS-jamming sources - Urgent Comms

Harris last week exhibited at IACP 2015 in Chicago its Signal Sentry 1000 that provides this information in real time to critical-infrastructure operators, so they can quickly identify the jamming source and take steps to mitigate the problem.

urgentcomm.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Congressmen demand answers after Pentagon issues GPS warning

Two Congressmen want answers from the Federal Communications Commission on whether reallocating a band of spectrum will damage the Global Positioning System, or GPS, as the Pentagon claims.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Air Force works to ‘mitigate’ Ligado deal’s impact on GPS

Gen. David Goldfein and other Pentagon officials are "very concerned" after the FCC approved Ligado's L-band request on Monday.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

The FCC appears to be in increasingly hot water:

FCC: DoD Did NOT Offer Classified Info On Ligado's GPS Harm - Breaking Defense

DoD never entered its own classified testing into the record during the Ligado proceedings, according to FCC chair Ajit Pai, "despite the fact that we have procedures in place for filing classified materials with the FCC -- procedures other agencies routinely have followed."

breakingdefense.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

FCC Cracks Under Hill Pressure On Ligado 5G Network - Breaking Defense

"I'm very confident going forward that we've made a decision that is based much more on sound engineering as opposed to some of the fear mongering that we've heard," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says.

breakingdefense.com

House Strategic Forces Fences Space Force, SDA, GPS Funds - Breaking Defense

"The committee is concerned that the SDA is not positioned to execute its mission in an effective manner" and is not "equipped to focus on the many priorities it has set," the Strategic Forces Subcommittee asserts.

breakingdefense.com

More DoD Resignations: R&E Head Mike Griffin & Deputy Lisa Porter - Breaking Defense

Rumors had started flying that Griffin might be pushed out as long ago as last June.

breakingdefense.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

New Coalition Widens Opposition; Inhofe, Reed Draft Anti-Ligado Bill - Breaking Defense

Dale Leibach, Keep GPS Working spokesperson, says that already "about one-third -- Republicans and Democrats -- of the Senate oppose" the Ligado plan.

breakingdefense.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

HASC, SASC Aim To Add Third NatSec Launch Provider - Breaking Defense

The HASC chair's markup chides the GPS III program for "unjustified cost growth" in both Lockheed Martin's GEO-based space segment and Raytheon's OCX.

breakingdefense.com

While the HASC version of the NDAA mostly gives the Space Force what it asked for, it does call out the GPS III Follow-On program for “unjustified cost growth” in the space segment and cuts $15 million from the service’s $627.8 million procurement request; along with another $10 million from the R&D request of $263.5 million. Prime contractor Lockheed Martin is building 10 GPS III satellites, and 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites that will sport improved encryption among other upgrades. The Space Force is planning to launch the third GPS III satellite on June 30.

The draft also would cut $5 million from the long-troubled GPS III Operational Control Segment (OCX), being developed by Raytheon — again citing unjustified cost growth.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Space Force launches third GPS III satellite

The new, powerful GPS III satellites are a marked improvement over their predecessors, providing three times more accuracy and up to eight times more anti-jamming power.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Dozens of lawmakers are opposed to Ligado’s plan. Can they undo the FCC’s decision?

Will 32 Senators and 50 members of Congress be enough to block Ligado from moving forward?

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

The military is scrambling to understand the aviation crash risk from a new 5G sale

More than a dozen commercial aviation groups are warning that the sale of spectrum could lead to interference and even fatalities.

www.defensenews.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

As 5G auction continues, Pentagon turns to safety planning

The Federal Aviation Administration and commercial aviation trade group have raised concerns that 5G deployment could cause interference to civil and military aircraft.

www.defensenews.com

[Winces]

 

[Grey Havoc]

Space Force says new anti-jamming upgrade coming in 2022

The mitigation and anti-jam enhancement program will provide advanced support for Wideband Global SATCOM.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Pentagon urged to work with industry on 5G network development

The U.S. Department of Defense has reviewed responses to a controversial RFI that some interpreted as a move to build a national 5G network.

www.c4isrnet.com

This will not end well at all, I fear.

 

[Grey Havoc]

On a related note:

Verizon Leads 5G Airwave Bidding With Record $45 Billion Splurge - Slashdot

Verizon Communications committed $45 billion for 5G wireless airwaves in a government auction that attracted record bidding as the largest U.S. mobile carriers race to build faster networks. From a report: At $23 billion, AT&T was the second-highest bidder, according to the Federal Communication...

tech.slashdot.org

 

[Grey Havoc]

Space Force says new anti-jamming upgrade coming in 2022

The mitigation and anti-jam enhancement program will provide advanced support for Wideband Global SATCOM.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Next 5G Auction to Feature Large Tracts Sought by Carriers - Slashdot

Regulators decided the next U.S. 5G airwaves auction will offer frequencies in portions covering millions of people, a plan backed by wireless giants thirsty for spectrum and opposed by cable providers leery of expensive bidding. From a report: The Federal Communications Commission with a 4-0...

tech.slashdot.org

Why do I have visions of endless criminal investigations and civil lawsuits down the line?

 

[Grey Havoc]

On a bit of a tangent:

Israel starts research center for GPS-free navigation

With GPS easily disrupted, Israel will develop and manufacture highly accurate inertial sensors.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Space Force begins loaning anti-jamming GPS tech to allies

The three-year arrangement will allow allies to begin testing M-Code-ready equipment.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Launch of experimental military navigation satellite pushed back to 2023

Navigation Technology Satellite 3 will launch later than planned, but the Air Force Research Laboratory says it will use the extra time for more ground testing and risk reduction.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJXxVtp3KqI

 

[Grey Havoc]

Inhofe revives bill to target Ligado

Legislation has returned that would force Ligado to cover the cost of any GPS user whose signal gets crowded out by Ligado's use of the L-band spectrum.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

AFRL leaps forward in NTS-3 spacecraft development

Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Jun 25, 2021 - The Air Force Research Laboratory is excited to announce that the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) satellite navigation program is closer in the development of the spacecraft for its in-spa

www.spacewar.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Space Force declares operational acceptance of fifth anti-jamming GPS III satellite

The satellite completes the baseline for worldwide coverage of the Space Force's new M-code signal.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

NTS-3, Aiming To Improve On GPS, Starts Integration Tests In August - Breaking Defense

UPDATED: To clarify costs. WASHINGTON: Ground integration tests of the experimental NTS-3 satellite, designed to demonstrate alternate positioning, navigation and timing capabilities to those now provided by GPS, will begin next month, an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) official tells...

breakingdefense.com

 

[jsport]

With Chinese and Russian knives at the throat of GPS, Senate calls for a study, waits for administration to follow law

The U.S. must pursue a terrestrial alternative to GPS, as required by law, as one step to protect the vulnerable system for the military and the public, an expert argues.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[jsport]

What will the US Space Force be able to do with its new GPS III variant?

The U.S. Space Force has yet to launch all of the GPS III satellites at its disposal, but work on new, more powerful versions is already underway.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[jsport]

Putin is holding GPS hostage. Here’s how to get it back.

Just the threat of interfering with GPS can help Putin keep the U.S. at bay.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Forest Green]

Putin is holding GPS hostage. Here’s how to get it back.

Just the threat of interfering with GPS can help Putin keep the U.S. at bay.

www.c4isrnet.com

Two weeks later a Russian news media personality bragged that Russia could bring down all 32 GPS satellites

GPS satellites are at an altitude of 20,200km, that would be extremely costly since a custom rocket system would have to be built. There are no regular in-service SAMs that can reach that high.

 

[jsport]

GAO: Pentagon lacks 'strategic objectives' on alternates to GPS - Breaking Defense

GAO found 11 individual programs spread across OSD and the military services, as well as separate answers for the Pentagon's "open systems approach."

breakingdefense.com

 

[jsport]

Why isn’t Russia doing more to jam GPS in Ukraine?

The importance of GPS as a military tool was underscored by Kremlin media in November 2021 as troops were massing along the Ukraine border. After Russia demonstrated it could destroy a satellite in space, a television commentator known to be an unofficial mouthpiece of President Putin said the...

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Ligado 5G could be ‘harmful’ to older Pentagon satellites, report says

The company is preparing to start operationalizing its system as soon as next month.

www.defensenews.com

Pentagon experimenting with 5G at Idaho National Laboratory test range

The Department of Energy facility is outfitted with fifth-generation radios, antennas and base stations.

www.defensenews.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

IIRC, Dallas / Ft. Worth has had a 30+ hr GPS outage that sent the airport back to non-GPS systems.

AFAIR, as yet, no apparent cause...

GPS Interference Caused the FAA To Reroute Texas Air Traffic - Slashdot

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of mysterious GPS interference that, over the past few days, has closed one runway at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and prompted some aircraft in the region to be rerouted to areas where signals were working properly...

it.slashdot.org

 

[Grey Havoc]

General Dynamics, Amazon, Cisco form coalition to spur 5G adoption

The fifth generation of wireless technologies promises exponentially faster speeds as well as the capacity to accommodate more and more-advanced devices.

www.defensenews.com

I am getting more trainwreck vibes here...

 

[aonestudio]

“Amelia Earhart” departs Buckley Space Force Base

GPS III Space Vehicle (SV) 06 named “Amelia Earhart” for the United States Space Force was successfully moved from a Lockheed Martin facility in Denver, Colorado via the Buckley Space Force Base

www.spaceforce.mil

 

[Hobbes]

Not the best name for a navigation satellite...

 

[Grey Havoc]

PR types tend to mislay their common sense at the best of times...

 

[aim9xray]

I nominate the "Douglas Corrigan".

 

[Forest Green]

Prodded by GAO, Space Force reconsiders future military-use GPS constellation, receivers - Breaking Defense

The Space Force has set contradictory requirements for the number of M-code capable GPS satellites, the Government Accountability Office found.

breakingdefense.com