By Marina Malenic The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., has selected Raytheon [RTN] over Northrop Grumman [NOC] to develop and field a new element of its Global Positioning System (GPS) that is expected to improve the accuracy of GPS satellite feeds. The contract award, announced on Feb. 24, represents the first two development blocks of the advanced control segment (OCX). Raytheon and its industry partner Boeing [BA] will develop the OCX, which is…
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