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Initial Operational Capability for New GPS Command and Control Expected in Third Quarter of FY 2023

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Initial Operational Capability for New GPS Command and Control Expected in Third Quarter of FY 2023
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 05 (SV05) satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations Florida facility on June 9 for the SV05 launch scheduled for June 17 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (U.S. Space Force Photo)

As U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) prepares for the launch of the fifth Lockheed Martin [LMT] GPS III satellite on June 17 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., SMC said that the new command and control (C2) system for the GPS III satellites will not be operational until the third quarter of fiscal 2023. That C2 system is the $6.7 billion Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX). If…

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