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NTS-3 Experiment Offers Possibility of Adopting GPS/PNT Protection In Existing Production Lines

NTS-3 Experiment Offers Possibility of Adopting GPS/PNT Protection In Existing Production Lines
A Delta IV rocket carrying the GPS III SV2 satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Aug. 22, 2019. (United Launch Alliance Photo)

Next March's planned launch of the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) 1,100 pound experimental Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) offers the potential for the U.S. Space Force to adopt advanced protection technologies for GPS and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems, a U.S. Space Force official said on Apr. 6. "We are watching NTS-3 very closely," Cordell DeLaPeña, Space Systems Command's program executive officer of military communications and PNT, said during a press conference at the Space Foundation's Space Symposium in…

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