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Lockheed Martin Completes System Requirements Review For GPS III
Valley Forge PA (SPX) Nov 17, 2006 The Lockheed Martin GPS III team has announced the successful completion of a System Requirements Review (SRR) for the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System Space Segment program, known as GPS Block III. GPS Block III will enhance space-based navigation and performance and set a new world standard for positioning and timing services. The program will address the challenging military transformational and civil needs across the globe, including advanced anti-jam capabilities and improved system security, accuracy and reliability. "This important review successfully demonstrated our requirements maturity and readiness to proceed with a low risk, high confidence program to provide exceptional positioning and timing capabilities for both military and civil users worldwide," said Don DeGryse, vice president, Lockheed Martin Navigation Systems. "We look forward to working with our customer to achieve mission success on this critical initiative." Lockheed Martin conducted an SRR under a $10 million follow-on to a 2004 Phase A Concept Development Contract. This effort will culminate with a multi-billion dollar development contract to be awarded to a single contractor in 2007. For GPS III, Lockheed Martin and its navigation payload provider ITT are building on their successful experience on the government's Block IIR and IIR-M spacecraft series. The third GPS Block IIR-M satellite is scheduled for liftoff tomorrow, Nov. 17 from Cape Canaveral. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a major operating unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, designs, develops, tests, manufactures and operates a variety of advanced-technology systems for national security, civil and commercial customers. Chief products include human space flight systems; a full range of remote sensing, navigation, meteorological and communications satellites and instruments; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft; launch vehicles, fleet ballistic missiles; and missile defense systems. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Lockheed Martin GPS Applications, Technology and Suppliers GPS Applications, Technology and Suppliers
Dedicated R And D Lab Established To Spur RFID Industry In Canada
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 15, 2006Cultivating a radio frequency identification (RFID) industry in Canada is the impetus behind a new RFID research and development laboratory. The creation of the McMaster RFID Applications Lab (MRAL) was announced at the RFID Journal LIVE! Canada conference in Toronto. The initiative is being led by McMaster University and supported by EPCglobal Canada, Hewlett-Packard, IPICO, RF Code, Deloitte, Sun Microsystems, LRNI, and Ontario Centres of Excellence. |
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