The Space Force wants its next fleet of GPS satellites to be smaller, cheaper and more resilient — and it’s looking to a mix of commercial and defense firms to help design those spacecraft. Four ...

Astranis transmits core GPS signals in a demonstration for the U.S. Space Force’s Resilient GPS program. Credit: Astranis WASHINGTON — Astranis, a San Francisco-based manufacturer of small ...

What could you do with ten years and 8 billion bucks? If you said "build a functional GPS control system for the US military," you'd be incorrect. The Pentagon's multi-year effort to establish a ...

WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturer Astranis announced Nov. 1 it is teaming up with navigation startup Xona Space Systems to compete for a U.S. Space Force contract aimed at developing a backup to the ...

The U.S. Space Force had tapped Astranis, L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space to build prototype resilient-GPS satellites. Credit: Sierra Space A program launched in 2024 to rapidly field ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense-tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth ® and protect economic freedom ...

After more than 15 years of development, billions of dollars in spending, and repeated schedule failures, the U.S. Air Force has pulled the plug on its Next Generation Operational Control System, the ...

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The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 program will demonstrate technologies for the Space Force's future positioning, navigation and timing architecture. (L3Harris) The Space Force is looking for ways ...