Harris Corporation Completes Development of Fully Digital Navigation Payload for Future GPS III Satellites
November 08 2017 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Highlights:
- Results in most reliable, versatile GPS
navigation payload yet
- Further improves on capabilities of
70-percent-digital payload for GPS III SV01-10
- Extends 40-plus-year legacy of GPS
payload technology leadership
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has completed development of the
company’s fully digital Mission Data Unit (MDU), which is at the
heart of its navigation payload for Lockheed Martin’s GPS III
satellites 11 and beyond.
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Harris navigation payloads are already
integrated in the second GPS III space vehicle, pictured here, and
the first GPS III satellite, declared available to launch in 2018.
(Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin)
The current Harris payload for GPS III space vehicles (SVs) 1-10
includes a greater than three times reduction in range error, up to
eight times increase in anti-jamming power, added signals –
including one compatible with other Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (GNSS) – and greater signal integrity. Harris’ GPS III
SV11+ fully digital navigation payload will further improve on
performance for the U.S. Air Force by providing more powerful
signals, plus built-in flexibility to adapt to advances in GPS
technology, as well as future changes in mission needs.
“This design is fully mature – an Engineering Development Model,
not a prototype – and is ready to be inserted into GPS III SV11+,”
said Bill Gattle, president, Harris Space and Intelligence Systems.
“The payload has the flexibility to serve the warfighter over the
entire mission life and can be upgraded incrementally over its
mission life due to built-in adaptability.”
The payload design also ensures flawless atomic clock
operations, providing the reliable GPS signal that millions of
people – including U.S. soldiers – and billions of dollars in
commerce depend on every day. It also will provide the clock signal
for a new GPS III Search and Rescue (SAR) payload.
Beyond flexibility and reliability, the new Harris SV11+
navigation payload offers a smooth transition to the Air Force’s
GPS OCX ground control segment. The Harris payload for the first
ten GPS III satellites already has been verified for OCX
compatibility, and this will allow Harris to seamlessly port the
Harris SV11+ design, minimizing integration risks and associated
costs.
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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Space and Intelligence SystemsEllen Mitchell,
585-435-1991ellen.mitchell@harris.comorHarris CorporationJim Burke,
321-727-9131jim.burke@harris.com
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