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GPS III Ground System Upgrades Hit New Milestones

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, March 30th, 2020

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GPS III Ground System Upgrades Hit New Milestones

Artistic rendering of the second GPS III satellite on orbit. (Image: Lockheed Martin).

The Space Force’s next-generation GPS ground systems programs hit new milestones last week, as the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)’s GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) program directed contractor Raytheon [RTN] on March 26 to replace the program’s computer hardware. The service requested the switch be done prior to delivery as the original hardware provider IBM [IBM] will be sold to the Chinese-owned company Lenovo in the next two years. The Space Force will pay $378 million for…

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