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Denver — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a contract worth up to $105 million by the U.S. Space Force to continue modernizing and sustaining the Global Positioning System ground control network, aiming to bolster resilient positioning, navigation and timing services for military and civilian users.
The award extends more than a decade of work under the Space Force’s Architecture Evolution Plan, during which the company has been updating the GPS ground segment. Under the new agreement, Lockheed Martin will support launch, early orbit and disposal operations for GPS IIIF space vehicles, and enhance the capabilities and resiliency of the GPS enterprise that underpins warfighting operations and daily activities such as transportation, banking and utilities.
“For more than ten years, Lockheed Martin has delivered and sustained operational GPS ground capability, evolving the system to provide resilient and mission-proven services that underpin daily warfighter operations,” said Christina Mancinelli, vice president of Global Communication & Navigation at Lockheed Martin. “Our continued work on the integrated GPS enterprise reflects an unwavering commitment to delivering reliable capability to the warfighter and to users around the world.”
The company said the upgrades strengthen the end-to-end GPS enterprise and help ensure continuous service for national defense and commercial users. Launch capabilities provided under the contract are expected to place more M-Code-enabled GPS IIIF satellites on orbit, increasing signal resiliency for military users.
In parallel, Lockheed Martin said it has completed production of all GPS III satellites, which provide eight-times greater resiliency and three-times higher accuracy than legacy spacecraft. The company’s Denver facility is now focused on producing GPS IIIF satellites, billed as next-generation spacecraft that will transmit an anti-jam signal 63 times more powerful than earlier models, expanding the constellation’s performance for warfighters and global customers.
