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Lockheed Martin wins $511 million contract from US Space Force for two new GPS satellites

Dec 2020 | No Comment

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $511 million contract for two new GPS 3F satellites. The contract was finalised on October 7th, on the basis of a 2018 deal.

GPS 3F, the latest version of the satellites, offer global positioning, navigation, and timing services. They are also equipped with a completely digital navigation payload, and their signals possess better protection against jamming and other kinds of interference, reported SpaceNews.

The U.S. Air Force had signed a deal to purchase up to 22 satellites from Lockheed Martin for $7.2 billion, in September 2018, and on the 26th of the same month, it also awarded the company a $1.3 billion contract for two GPS 3F satellites called space vehicles 11 and 12.

The next and most recent $511 million contract is for space vehicles 13 and 14. It’s a much smaller one, as the previous contract also included development costs.

The deal was finalised after the satellites cleared a critical design review to ensure its risk assessment, earlier this year.

SMC stated that this latest version of the GPS 3F satellites offers better anti-jam protection, along with a new search-and-rescue hosted payload built jointly with Canada, a redesigned nuclear detonation detection system, and a new laser retroreflector array hosted payload.

https://spacenews.com/lockheed-martin-gets-511-million-contract-for-two-gps-satellites/

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