but analysis by the contractor and USAF suggests that the GPS Block IIF SVs will exceed all MMD and lifetime requirements. The GPS IIIA contract was awarded in May 2008, and the Critical Design Review ...

GPS Block IIIA is the first series of third-generation GPS satellites, incorporating new signals and broadcasting at higher power levels. In September 2016, the Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a ...

Lockheed Martin won the contract to build the Block IIIA satellites for the Air Force. GPS-3 satellites are expected to be put into orbit by United Launch Alliance or SpaceX. Over the past few ...

The United Launch Alliance successfully tossed a new Global Positioning System satellite into position Friday night. The satellite is the seventh of twelve planned launches of interim satellites ...

The new constellation will take time to build. The GPS III constellation is projected to be fully capable in June 2023, when 10 Block IIIA satellites are expected to be in orbit. Ten follow-on ...

"Since the inception of GPS, the Air Force has constantly strived to work with industry and other countries to develop newer and better ways to use GPS signals. The launch of new capabilities is a ...

The GPS III constellation is projected to be fully capable in June 2023, when 10 Block IIIA satellites are expected to be in orbit. Ten follow-on satellites are planned to be placed into orbit from ...

In addition, the block will be completed three years late. “If the Air Force does not meet its schedule goals for development of GPS IIIA satellites, there will be an increased likelihood that ...

The first Block IIIA launch is scheduled for late 2013," he was quoted as saying, on the specialist GPS website Inside GNSS. The new US network will eventually consist of 32 satellites.

Going forward, the Air Force will rely on SpaceX as well as its main competitor, United Launch Alliance, to send nine more GPS Block IIIA satellites into orbit over the next five years.