Tue, Jun 23, 2009
"Phase B" Should Enhance Performance For All Users
The Northrop Grumman Corporation Global Positioning System
(GPS) Advanced Control Segment (OCX) team on June 20 submitted its
proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the OCX Phase B contract. The
Northrop Grumman proposal draws upon the team's decades of
navigation experience, years of OCX risk reduction activities and a
successful Phase A demonstration performance.
The Northrop Grumman team has worked hand-in-hand with the Air
Force GPS Wing over the course of the 22-month Phase A contract and
has now provided a comprehensive plan, cutting-edge technologies
and innovative ideas for the advanced control segment. GPS is fully
embedded into U.S. military operations, American commercial
practices and civilian uses.
"The Northrop Grumman team -- in close collaboration with the
Air Force -- has developed the most compelling, technologically
fresh solution for the GPS Wing's new advanced control segment,"
said Linda Mills, corporate vice president and president of
Northrop Grumman's Information Systems sector. "Northrop Grumman's
low-risk solution meets the current and future needs for this vital
American technology."
The Air Force is developing OCX to improve precision, navigation
and timing services provided to military, civil, commercial and
personal users around the world. With its information assured,
net-centric architecture and expandable design, OCX will unlock
unused capabilities of existing GPS satellites, control the next
generation GPS IIIA, and offer new GPS capabilities to authorized
users. The Air Force is on track to put OCX into operation by
2014.
"The Northrop Grumman team's proposal illustrates our commitment
to long-term GPS mission success and will dramatically enhance
system performance, increase system flexibility and lower lifecycle
costs," Mills said.
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