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Air Force Wants Competition For Future GPS III Space Vehicles

Monday, March 16th, 2015

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The Air Force is developing plans to compete additional Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites, starting with space vehicle 11, and hopes to have a request for proposals out around 2018.David Madden, director of military satellite communications directorate at Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC), said March 11 the service is crafting an acquisition plan for a “real” competition that will entice contractors to compete. Madden said he had a meeting March 11 with Defense Department acquisition executive…

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