
The Air Force’s first on-orbit GPS III satellite successfully connected to its upgraded Contingency Operations Program (COps) Oct. 21, said the service and program contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The COps system, which was delivered to the Air Force in May, allows the service to operationally command and control its new GPS III satellites as they come online, along with legacy GPS satellites currently in the constellation, said the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center in an Oct. 22 press…