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Air Force

Harris Receives $84 Million to Produce Experimental Satellite to Enhance GPS Capabilities

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, April 8th, 2019

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Harris Receives $84 Million to Produce Experimental Satellite to Enhance GPS Capabilities

Artistic rendering of a GPS III satellite (Image: Lockheed Martin)

Harris Corp. [HRS] has received $84 million to produce an experimental satellite dubbed Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) that will demonstrate new position, navigation and timing capabilities that could improve the resiliency of the GPS constellation, the company said April 8. The contract was awarded in December 2018 by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and the program seeks to leverage Harris’ longtime experience in developing GPS signals and support to…

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