Raytheon Receives $234M for Future Military GPS System Our Bureau 1603
Raytheon won $234 million from the U.S. Air Force for Next Generation Operational Control System Block III follow-on.
This contract will provide updates to the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) Block 1 and 2 ground system to incorporate Global Positioning System Block III Follow-on (GPS IIIF) satellite capabilities, a U.S. DoD release today said.
OCX will command all modernized and legacy GPS satellites, manage all civil and military navigation signals, and provide improved cybersecurity and resilience for the next generation of GPS operations.
According to Raytheon, GPS OCX will have improved accuracy with better international availability as well as globally deployed modernized receivers with anti-jam capabilities.