"GPS IIIF Satellites Will Add New Capabilities And Advanced Technology To The GPS Constellation..."
The U.S. Space Force exercised its second contract option valued at approximately $737 million for the procurement of three additional GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) space vehicles (SVs) from Lockheed Martin on October 22, 2021. This contract option is for GPS IIIF space vehicles 15, 16 and 17 (SV15-17). GPS IIIF satellites build off the design of Lockheed Martin's next generation GPS III satellites (SV 01-10), which reportedly provide three times greater accuracy, up to eight times improved anti-jamming capability and increased resiliency, in addition to modernization, compared to legacy GPS satellites in today's constellation. GPS III also adds a ne