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Calvelli: Department of Air Force Will Reassess Need for 27 GPS M-Code Satellites

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Calvelli: Department of Air Force Will Reassess Need for 27 GPS M-Code Satellites
The L3Harris Navigation Technology Satellite-3 is staged inside the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards AFB, Calif, on April 18. NTS-3 is to launch this year as the stepping stone to improved navigation beyond GPS (Department of the Air Force Photo)

While DoD continues its development of Global Positioning System (GPS) M-code anti-jamming, anti-spoofing chips, cards, and receivers, the modernized GPS ground segment will not be ready for fielding until this December, at the earliest, and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli is telling Congress that the Department of the Air Force will reassess its estimated need for 27 Lockheed Martin [LMT] GPS satellites that broadcast the M-code signal--three more than fielded now. For…

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