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House NDAA Would Require White House To Create GPS Modernization Plan

House NDAA Would Require White House To Create GPS Modernization Plan
Pictured is a U.S. Space Force photo on Apr. 21 of the last launch of a GPS III satellite by Lockheed Martin.

The House version of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would require the White House to devise a plan within six months of the law's passage to accelerate modernization of the Global Positioning System (GPS), including speeding deployment of Lockheed Martin [LMT] GPS IIIF satellites, an improved ground control station, Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increments 1 and 2, and a GPS alternative system, as Congress mandated nearly eight years ago. The GPS provisions in the House NDAA…

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