Harris Corporation Delivers Navigation Payload for Third Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite
August 09 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Highlights:
- Marks third delivery of ten navigation
payloads for Lockheed Martin’s GPS III satellites
- Unique system increases power,
accuracy, flexibility and lifespan
- Harris navigation technology is on
every GPS satellite – more than 800 service years without mission
failure
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has delivered the third of 10
advanced navigation payloads to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), which
will increase accuracy, signal power and jamming resistance for
U.S. Air Force GPS III satellites.
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Harris navigation payloads already are
integrated in the second GPS III space vehicle, now in
environmental testing, and the first GPS III satellite (pictured
here), expected to launch in 2018. (Photo: Business Wire)
The advanced navigation payloads feature a Mission Data Unit
(MDU) with a unique 70-percent digital design that links atomic
clocks, radiation-hardened computers and powerful transmitters –
enabling signals three times more accurate than those on current
GPS satellites. The new payloads also boost satellite signal power,
increase jamming resistance by eight times and help extend the
satellite’s lifespan.
The payload is expected to be integrated into GPS III Space
Vehicle 3 (GPS III SV03) this summer. In May, Harris’ second GPS
III navigation payload was integrated into GPS III SV02. The first
navigation payload is integrated aboard GPS III SV01, which has now
completed rigorous testing and is in storage awaiting its expected
2018 launch.
“We are now in full production and on target to deliver the
fourth GPS III navigation payload to Lockheed Martin this fall,”
said Bill Gattle, president, Harris Space and Intelligence Systems.
“Our payloads help U.S. and allied soldiers complete their
missions, enable billions of dollars in commerce and benefit the
everyday lives of millions of people around the world.”
Harris has a long legacy of expertise in creating and sending
GPS signals, extending back to the mid-‘70s – providing navigation
technology for every U.S. GPS satellite ever launched. Harris is
also developing a fully digital MDU for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS
III Space Vehicles 11+ acquisition. This new MDU will be
demonstrated in fall 2017 and provides even greater flexibility,
affordability and accuracy versus existing GPS satellites.
About Harris Corporation
Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving
customers’ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing
solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports
government and commercial customers in more than 100 countries and
has approximately $6 billion in annual revenue. The company is
organized into three business segments: Communication Systems,
Electronic Systems and Space and Intelligence Systems. Learn more
at harris.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
reflect management's current expectations, assumptions and
estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such
statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions
investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends
to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by
such forward-looking statements. Statements about payload
capabilities and future payload deliveries are forward-looking and
involve risk and uncertainties. Harris disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
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Harris Corporation Space and Intelligence SystemsEllen
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CorporationJim Burke, 321-727-9131jim.burke@harris.com
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