
The final request for proposals for building the next batch of Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites will be released on or near Dec. 7, the U.S. Air Force announced last week.The Air Force had previously indicated that it would issue the final RFP for “follow-on production” sometime in the current quarter. The service released the draft RFP in July (Defense Daily, July 21).While Lockheed Martin [LMT] is building the initial 10 GPS III satellites, the program has experienced cost…