Pending range approval, the mission is slated to lift off Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Lockheed Martin is developing next-generation GPS III/IIIF satellites as part of the U.S. Space Force's efforts to upgrade the GPS network with new technology having increased capabilities.

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla., May 30, 2025/ PRNewswire/-- At 1:37 p.m. EDT today, the eighth GPS III space vehicle— designed and built by Lockheed Martin— successfully launched ...

LITTLETON, Colo., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The sixth Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been launched and is propelling to its ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential nine-year, $1.36B contract to produce the 11th and 12th GPS IIIF satellites for the U.S. Air Force.

The award covers GPS IIIF space vehicles 18, 19 and 20 and marks the fourth contract option that the service exercised under a potential $7.2 billion contract that Lockheed received in 2018.

As part of the U.S. Space Force’s effort to modernize today’s Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation with new technology and advanced capabilities, Lockheed Martin is building ...

In addition to OCX, these programs include the GPS III/IIIF satellite vehicles and Military GPS User Equipment. The modernization effort is expected to improve signal access in electronically ...

This one-quarter scale model represents the second generation, or "Block II" of satellites that make up the Navstar Global Positioning System, known as GPS. GPS is a US Defense-Department system ...