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Air Force Wants Competition For Future GPS III Space Vehicles

Pat Host

Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

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Air Force Wants Competition For Future GPS III Space Vehicles

The GPS III program is a platform that could use improved acquisition. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

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 (RFP) out around 2018.David Madden, director of military satellite communications directorate at Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC), said Wednesday the service is crafting an acquisition plan for a “real” competition that will entice contractors to compete. Madden said he had a meeting Wednesday with Defense Department acquisition executive Frank…

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