Every so often the government sponsors inventions such as the Internet that revolutionize how we conduct our business, protect our national security and fight our nation’s wars. GPS established ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 25 (UPI) -- Boeing's GPS Operational Control Segment went fully operational Monday with U.S. Air Force 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.

It has evolved into a three-part architecture that includes up to 32 next-generation GPS III satellites, an advanced ground control segment dubbed OCX, and greatly improved receivers for military ...

Security upgrades developed by Lockheed Martin for the GPS ground control system are now fully operational to safeguard data and ensure satellite availability. The GPS Intrusion Protection ...

The control segment consists of 30 locations around the world that track, control and communicate with GPS satellites. The master control station, located at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado ...

Late delivery of OCX Block 1 “puts GPS constellation sustainment at risk since the current control segment cannot operate GPS III satellites,” according to a Pentagon statement. The Air Force will “re ...

Boeing today announced that its GPS Operational Control Segment (OCS) has gained full operational status with the US Air Force 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. OCS keeps the GPS system ...

GPS grade-management systems, as do GPS machine-control systems, work by essentially combining a "GPS segment" and a "control segment." With machine-control, the GPS segment does the locating (such as ...

Lockheed Martin also supports US Space Force operations of the GPS Control Segment, which includes a master and alternate master control stations with 16 worldwide monitor stations that constantly GPS ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 14, 2016 ” Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has conducted risk reduction functional tests on the software of the ground control segment it is building for the U.S. Air Force‘s ...

The construction industry is moving toward the general application of 3-D machine control, whether by using GPS or total station-based technology. Recently in the North American market, the adoption ...

What Is GPS and How Does It Work? The GPS system is operated by the US government, and has three components, or “segments.” The first is the Space Segment, which consists of between 24 and 32 ...