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GPS III Successfully Communicates With Simulators For Existing GPS Satellites

Gally Articola

Monday, December 2nd, 2013

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Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] prototype for the Air Force’s next generation of GPS proved that it will be able to communicate with the existing GPS satellite constellation, the company said on Nov. 21. GPS III showed that it was “backward-compatible”--a term used to describe technology that can communicate with transmissions from older models. GPS III is currently housed on the ground at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Formally called the GPS III Nonflight Satellite Testbed (GNST), the prototype was able…

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