How the GPS Control Segment (OCX) works
It was announced today that Raytheon was awarded the Next-Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) contract. The contract will be for 73 months and will include development and installation of hardware and software at GPS control stations at Schriever Air Force Base and Vandenberg AFB. This system will replace the older one and provide command and control of new GPS satellites.
Officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Systems Wing announced today the award of the Next-Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) contract to Raytheon Company, Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, Colorado.
The OCX development contract will be 73 months in duration and with option years for sustainment worth $1,535,147,916. The contract will include development and installation of hardware and software at GPS control stations at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado and Vandenberg AFB in California, deployment of advanced monitor stations at remote sites, and initial contractor support with sustainment options for five years.
OCX will replace the current GPS Operational Control System, maintaining backwards compatibility with the Block IIR and IIR-M constellation, providing command and control of the new GPS IIF and GPS III families of satellites, and enabling new modernized signal capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »
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