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GPS III Program ‘OK,’ But Air Force Increasingly Concerned, Shelton Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--Despite the Air Force growing “increasingly concerned” over the status of its next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) III positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite system, the service's space chief said yesterday he believes the program is still on decent footing. Lockheed Martin's GPS III Satellite Photo: Lockheed Martin Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. William Shelton said yesterday the GPS III program has run into manufacturing and process issues with the navigation payload. “In terms of…

Pentagon

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Congress

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Army

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Unmanned Systems

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