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Open Systems Believed Essential As Army Upgrades Precision Navigation Capability

Wednesday, November 1st, 2017

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The modern Army relies heavily on equipment that can precisely locate and track all of its tanks, trucks and troops, but upgrading hundreds of thousands of GPS receivers across its fleets is a daunting and costly task.Equipping the entire Army with hardened, assured precision navigation and timing (PNT) equipment is therefore an effort where an open systems approach can provide an affordable, efficient path to modernization, according to Maj. Gen. David Bassett, program executive officer for Ground Combat Vehicles (PEO…

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