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DoD’s Next Generation PNT, M-Code, Could Be Fielded Before End of Decade

DoD’s Next Generation PNT, M-Code, Could Be Fielded Before End of Decade
Artist’s illustration of the GPS IIF satellite. Photo: Boeing.

M-Code, the Defense Department’s next generation military position, navigation and timing (PNT) capability, could be fielded by the end of the decade, if not sooner, according to a key Air Force officer.Though Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. John Hyten said on Tuesday DoD’s current PNT system, the Global Positioning System (GPS), would be around as long as he’s alive, Hyten said cheap and accessible jamming capabilities has DoD thinking about its next-generation system. Hyten said M-Code, presently in…

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