FAA Uses NovAtel Inc. Receivers to Test Modernized GPS Signals

CCNMatthews Newswire;  November 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......positioning system IIF (GPS Block IIF) satellite, tracking...L2C signals. The GPS Block IIF is an upgrade of the...latest generation GPS Block IIF satellite. Ground...developing the GPS Block IIF satellites and control...future events, are forward- looking ...

Three more IIFs.(THE SYSTEM)(GPS Block IIF contract)(Brief article)

GPS World;  August 1, 2006 ;     161 words ......additional GPS satellites under the GPS Block IIF contract. The exercised option brings to 12 the number of Block IIF satellites Boeing will manufacture. The company expects to deliver the first Block IIF in 2007. GPS IIF satellites will provide...

Boeing gets $138M option from Air Force

Post-Tribune (IN);  July 6, 2006 ;     260 words ......Positioning System satellites under the GPS Block IIF contract. The exercised option brings to 12 the number of Block IIF satellites Boeing is building under...Boeing expects that the first GPS Block IIF satellite, known as SV-1, will be ready...

ROCKWELL TEAM SELECTED FOR $1.3 BILLION GPS SATELLITE CONTRACT

PR Newswire;  April 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ......through 2012. Rockwell's principal GPS Block IIF team member is Computer Sciences Corporation...develop software modifications for the Block IIF ground control segment and will assume...next-generation GPS spacecraft, known as Block IIF, features greater flexibility to incorporate...

BOEING CO. AWARDED CONTRACT FOR SUSTAINMENT ACTIONS

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  December 11, 2006 ;     113 words ......sustainment actions under the NAVSTAR global positioning system Block IIF contract. These actions support a) radomes, b) router equipment, and c) monitor station antenna replacements/ upgrades. The Block IIF contract is providing the next generation of advanced GPS satellites...

Sneak preview L5.(THE SYSTEM)

GPS World;  May 1, 2007 ;     165 words ......at safety requirements in civil aviation, to appear on the Block IIF satellites. According to a statement, the Air Force acted to...precautionary action against possible further delays on the Block IIF program, under construction by Boeing Space and Intelligence...

Boeing gains new IIF contracts.(Image Interpretation Facility, Boeing Air...

GPS World;  February 1, 2005 ;     128 words ......contracts totaling more than $179 million to exercise two GPS Block IIF satellite options valued at $172.3 million. One award is a $143.9 million modification to Boeing's existing Block IIF contract that exercises the option to begin production of...

Boeing readies IIF satellite.(GLOBAL VIEW)(GPS Launch Anomaly and Disposal...

GPS World;  March 1, 2006 ;     164 words ......for its initial operational capability in late 2006. Boeing is currently working under $1.3 billion-contract to build nine Block IIF satellites, with a potential of as many as 12, and plans to make the first Block IIF available for launch in 2008.

Block IIF modernization. (Receivers).(GPS satellite)(Brief Article)

GPS World;  May 1, 2002 ;     91 words ......description of the GPS IIF modernization program. The Air Force selected Boeing to assist it in introducing new capabilities into the Block IIF satellites to create a modernized satellite -- the IIF-M. The original IIF design left margins for growth in weight, power...

American forces press service (Oct. 8, 2005): air force captain named most...

Defense AT & L;  January 1, 2006 ;     481 words ......Aguilar is now chief of the 50-member Block IIF space integration team for the Global Positioning System. Block IIF satellites are the next generation...signal on a third frequency. The first Block IIF satellite is scheduled to launch in...

Boeing Marks Tenth Anniversary of First Launch of Block II Global...

PR Newswire;  March 11, 1999 ;     694 words ......continues to evolve into the next-generation Block IIF. Since initial prototype work began in...Boeing is developing the next-generation Block IIF (follow-on) satellite that will offer...now work to develop the next-generation Block IIF, we are continuing our efforts to work...

Merrimac Industries Inc. (Contracts).(wins Boeing Co. Navigation Systems...

Microwave Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     38 words ...* Merrimac Industries Inc. has been awarded a contract which is estimated to reach $1.2 M from The Boeing Co. Navigation Systems Division to design, develop and manufacture RE components and subsystems for the redesigned GPS Block IIF program.

GLONASS and GPS updates.(thegpsobserver)

Point of Beginning;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......software, to show their location.) Block IIF Satellites It has been announced that the launch date for the first Block IIF GPS satellite will be between May...Boeing is the prime contractor. Block IIF satellites will have a third civil...

Boeing told to roll on satellite

Daily Breeze;  November 12, 2002 ;     359 words ......50 jobs required for this." The new spacecraft, dubbed the Block IIF satellites, will improve the GPS constellation by enhancing...lead directly into the GPS III," Amundson said. The original Block IIF contract, awarded in 1996, was worth $1.3 billion for 33 satellites...

GPS in 2008 and beyond.(thegpsobserver)

Point of Beginning;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......fifth type is scheduled to be launched, Block IIF. The Block I and the first of the Block...easier to resolve carrier ambiguities. Block IIF If there are only three Block IIR-M satellites...next? A new block of satellites called Block IIF (Follow-on) that are designed with three...