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MGUE Program To Move From Space Force To Air Force

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, May 5th, 2026

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MGUE Program To Move From Space Force To Air Force

A U.S. Army crew chief for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle in the Gray Eagle Company, 1-501st Aviation Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, Texas checks the drone (U.S. Army 1st Armored Division Photo)

In fiscal 2027, the Air Force is to assume management of the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) program from the Space Force. On April 9 last year, a Department of the Air Force memorandum directed the transfer in fiscal 2027 for MGUE Increment 2. Funding for MGUE Increment 1--which develops standard modernized GPS receiver form factors for MGUE lead platforms--is to end in fiscal 2027. In November 2024, then Pentagon acquisition chief, William LaPlante, in the Biden administration signed an…

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