P4PCommander
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Flight distance : 1153681 ft
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As more nation’s militaries become increasingly capable in space, the U.S. finds itself on the defensive in orbit.
But one last hurdle remains. Every piece of equipment that uses global positioning sats needs a receiver that is capable of handling the M-code. The effort to develop these receiver cards has been hampered by the lack of operational testing, since no sats had been launched.
“The military services were unlikely to have sufficient knowledge to make informed procurement decisions starting in fiscal year 2018, because operational testing that provides valuable information about Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) performance would not be complete until fiscal year 2019,” the GAO notes.
A Bright GPS Future...Delayed
As more nation’s militaries become increasingly capable in space, the U.S. finds itself on the defensive in orbit.
But one last hurdle remains. Every piece of equipment that uses global positioning sats needs a receiver that is capable of handling the M-code. The effort to develop these receiver cards has been hampered by the lack of operational testing, since no sats had been launched.
“The military services were unlikely to have sufficient knowledge to make informed procurement decisions starting in fiscal year 2018, because operational testing that provides valuable information about Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) performance would not be complete until fiscal year 2019,” the GAO notes.
A Bright GPS Future...Delayed
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