Rockwell Collins tracks new military signal

Rockwell Collins has achieved live satellite M Code tracking with its new GPS receiver for the Modernized User Equipment (MUE) program, marking a major step forward in developing the next generation of GPS technology for the military. The MUE receiver card development program, awarded to Rockwell Collins in 2006 by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Centre (SMC), is developing the military user equipment portion of the next-generation GPS system that incorporates a new military signal and security architecture. The new technology offers enhanced integrity, exclusivity and improved anti-jam capabilities. M Code, which stands for Military Code, is a key element in the modernization of military GPS. While it is transmitted on the same L1 and L2 frequencies used by the legacy P(Y) Code, it will significantly improve the security of military GPS. The ability to track the new code by the modernized GPS receivers is an important milestone for the MUE program.

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