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  • Air Force MILSATCOM Terminal Programs Office (MTPO)

    MissionMilitary Satellite Communications Systems Directorate develops, acquires and operationally deploys communication terminals synchronized to support satellite weapon system operations and provides support for 16,000 aircraft, transportable and fixed site terminals.BackgroundMILSATCOM is

  • Milstar

    MissionMilstar provides the President, Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Armed Forces with assured, survivable satellite communications with low probability of interception and detection. Designed to overcome enemy jamming and nuclear effects, Milstar is the most robust and reliable SATCOM system

  • Defense Satellite Communications System

    MissionAs the legacy backbone of the U.S. military's global satellite communications capabilities, the Defense Satellite Communications System constellation provides nuclear-hardened, anti-jam, high-data rate, long-haul communications to users worldwide.DSCS supports: the defense communications

  • Enhanced Polar System

    MissionThe Enhanced Polar System (EPS) represents an evolution of requirements for protected extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications in the North Polar Region. EPS is the next-generation SATCOM system that will replace the current Interim Polar System (IPS) and serve as a polar

  • Military GPS User Equipment

    MISSION MGUE is a joint service program developed to modernize military GPS receivers, thereby delivering upgraded capabilities that allow for accurate and reliable Positioning, Navigation, and Timing to US and Allies where current receiver performance  might be compromised or unavailable.

  • GPS Operational Control Segment

    MISSIONOCS provides Command and Control (C2) and Launch/Early Orbit, Anomaly, Resolution and Disposal Operations (LADO) capabilities for the Block II satellites. OCS also enables Selective Availability/Anti-Spoof Module (SAASM) capability in GPS User Equipment, as well as contingency recovery

  • GPS IIF

    MISSION Deliver sustained, reliable GPS capabilities to America’s warfighters, our allies and civil users.  GPS provides positioning, navigation and timing service to civil and military users worldwide.  BACKGROUND In 1996, the GPS IIF contract was awarded to The Boeing Company for the development

  • Infrared Satellites

    The IS program is the follow-on capability to the highly successful Defense Support Program. DSP has provided early warning for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches for more than 30 years. The goal is to provide a seamless transition from DSP to IS and meet the jointly defined requirements of

  • GPS IIR/IIR-M

    MISSION Deliver sustained, reliable GPS capabilities to America’s warfighters, our allies and civil users.  GPS provides positioning, navigation and timing service to civil and military users worldwide  BACKGROUND In 1989, the GPS IIR contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin for the development and

  • GPS III

     MISSION Deliver sustained, reliable GPS capabilities to America’s warfighters, our allies and civil users. GPS provides positioning, navigation and timing service to civil and military users worldwide.   BACKGROUNDIn May 2008, the first GPS III increment contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin for

 

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