{"id":4206,"date":"2018-09-20T22:34:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4206"},"modified":"2018-09-20T22:34:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:34:56","slug":"lm-wins-7-2bn-usaf-order-for-22-gps-iii-follow-on-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/09\/20\/lm-wins-7-2bn-usaf-order-for-22-gps-iii-follow-on-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"LM WINS $7.2BN USAF ORDER FOR 22 GPS III FOLLOW ON SATELLITES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/GPS-III-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4208\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/GPS-III-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/GPS-III-1.jpg 657w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/GPS-III-1-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/GPS-III-1-560x290.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/GPS-III-1-260x135.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/09\/GPS-III-1-160x83.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Air Recognition<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to $7.2 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is dependent on GPS, from getting directions to getting cash from an ATM or trading on the stock exchange,\u201d said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. \u201cThese satellites will provide greater accuracy, and improved anti-jamming capabilities, making them more resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Air Force operates a total of 77 satellites vital to national security that provide communications, command and control, missile warning, nuclear detonation detection, weather and GPS for the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince Desert Storm, our joint and allied war fighting team have relied on uninterrupted position, navigation and timing signals to employ precision on and over the battlefield,\u201d said Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein. \u201cThis investment in GPS III continues to advance our capabilities into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force\u2019s acquisition strategy for this solicitation achieved a balance between mission success, meeting operational needs, opportunities for technology insertion, lowering costs and introducing competition for National Security Space missions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica\u2019s Air Force is being fielded faster and smarter,\u201d said Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: http:\/\/www.airrecognition.com\/index.php\/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry\/global-defense-security-news\/global-news-2018\/september\/4523-lockheed-martins-wins-7-2bn-order-for-22-gps-iii-follow-on-satellites.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Air Recognition The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow-On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to $7.2 billion. \u201cThe world is dependent on GPS, from getting directions to getting cash from an ATM or trading on the stock exchange,\u201d said&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/09\/20\/lm-wins-7-2bn-usaf-order-for-22-gps-iii-follow-on-satellites\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LM WINS $7.2BN USAF ORDER FOR 22 GPS III FOLLOW ON SATELLITES<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4209,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206\/revisions\/4209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}