but analysis by the contractor and USAF suggests that the GPS Block IIF SVs will exceed all MMD and lifetime requirements. The GPS IIIA contract was awarded in May 2008, and the Critical Design Review ...

Lockheed Martin won the contract to build the Block IIIA satellites for the Air Force. GPS-3 satellites are expected to be put into orbit by United Launch Alliance or SpaceX. Over the past few ...

Lockheed Martin-built GPS Block IIIA satellites become operational. The first GPS Block IIIA satellite is scheduled for launch in 2014. The first GPS IIF satellite, Space Vehicle 1, was launched ...

GPS Block IIIA is the first series of third-generation GPS satellites, incorporating new signals and broadcasting at higher power levels. In September 2016, the Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a ...

The GPS III constellation is projected to be fully capable in June 2023, when 10 Block IIIA satellites are expected to be in orbit. Ten follow-on satellites are planned to be placed into orbit from ...

In addition, the block will be completed three years late. “If the Air Force does not meet its schedule goals for development of GPS IIIA satellites, there will be an increased likelihood that ...

The first Block IIIA launch is scheduled for late 2013," he was quoted as saying, on the specialist GPS website Inside GNSS. The new US network will eventually consist of 32 satellites.