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Space

TrustPoint Wins 2 SpaceWERX Contracts in AltPNT Challenge

By Rachel Jewett

Wednesday, August 21st, 2024

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TrustPoint Wins 2 SpaceWERX Contracts in AltPNT Challenge

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SpaceWERXhas awarded TrustPoint two Direct-to-Phase II contracts to mature the company’s GPS-independent technologies as part of the SpaceWERX AltPNT Challenge. TrustPoint announced the two awards on Wednesday, worth $3.8 million total. The AltPNT challenge is a SpaceWERX initiative to solicit industry ideas to advance U.S. and Allied warfighter PNT capabilities with new sensors, data sources, and processing techniques to improve PNT resilience. SpaceWERX is the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a division within AFWERX. TrustPoint is developing a commercial GPS service…

Army

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Congress

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Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

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Congress

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