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BAE Systems Working on Improved M-Code GPS Receiver Under $247 Million Contract

BAE Systems Working on Improved M-Code GPS Receiver Under $247 Million Contract
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocekt carrying Lockheed Martin's GPS III Space Vehicle 04 lifts off from Cape Canaveral last Nov 5. The satellite is the 23rd M-code enabled GPS satellite of the 31 in the constellation and offers three times greater accuracy and eight times greater anti-jamming capability (SpaceX Photo)

BAE Systems said on Feb. 17 that it is working to design and build an advanced, Global Positioning System (GPS) M-Code receiver and next generation semiconductor to provide improved positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) for U.S. and allied military forces in electronic jamming environments under a $247 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) last November. SMC also awarded a total of $305 million to Interstate Electronics Corp. for work in Anaheim, Calif., and…

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