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Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed

Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting eventHarris has delivered the sixth of 10 navigation payloads for integration into a GPS III military communications satellite that Lockheed Martin is building for the U.S. Air Force.

The payload includes a mission data unit designed to connect atomic clocks, radiation-hardened processors and transmitters for signal generation, Harris said Thursday.

Lockheed has integrated Harris-built navigation systems on five GPS III satellites, with the first space vehicle slated for a December launch.

The Air Force expects the second spacecraft to lift off in 2019. The third and fourth vehicles have completed the assembly phase and currently undergo environmental tests.

According to Harris, system testing of the fifth satellite is scheduled to start later this year.

USAF awarded Lockheed a potential $7.2B contract last month to manufacture an additional 22 satellites for the GPS III Follow-On program.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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