
Astranis, Axient, L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Sierra Space are to submit design concepts for the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) to U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) to launch up to eight R-GPS satellites by 2028, the command said on Tuesday. "Following this initial phase, a subset of the awardees will continue to a Final Design Review and build payload prototypes," SSC said of the R-GPS Other Transaction Authority effort. "One or more vendors will then be selected to…