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BAE Systems to deliver M-Code Military GPS user equipment to Germany

Air July 6, 2021

BAE Systems, Inc. received the first contract from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Production Corps to deliver M-Code Military Global Positioning System User Equipment to Germany. Under a Foreign Military Sales contract, BAE Systems will deliver advanced M-Code GPS technology to Germany, enabling precise, resilient, and secure geolocation and positioning capabilities ...

BAE Systems’ single board computer powers GPS III satellite

Air September 6, 2019

The US Air Force has launched its second GPS III satellite, billed as the most powerful Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite ever built. BAE Systems’ RAD750 Single Board Computer (SBC), part of Harris Corporation’s navigation payload for GPS III prime contractor Lockheed Martin, will provide radiation hardened, high-performance onboard processing capability for ...

US Army awards GPS M-Code Early Use Ground System contract

Air September 15, 2017

Lockheed Martin has been awarded $45.5 million contract to provide Military Code (M-Code) Early Use (MCEU) capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS) by the US Air Force. M-Code is an advanced, new signal designed to improve anti-jamming and protection from spoofing, as well as to increase secure access, to military GPS signals ...

40-year milestone since first GPS signal

Air July 28, 2017

Global technology business Rockwell Collins is celebrating 40 years since the business received the world’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signal. Rockwell Collins engineer David Van Dusseldorp received a signal from the world’s first GPS satellite known as NTS-2 in 1977. GPS has gone on to be the standard of navigation ...