Raytheon Company [NYSE:RTN] has been awarded a $160 million, 18-month competitive contract to develop a new system design for the nexgen Global Positioning System Control Segment. The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the contract, with the new control segment revolutionizing GPS command, control and mission capabilities. Plus, the new segment will refocus operations for the current GPS Block II and all future GPS satellites on user effects-based ops.
The system will include anti-jam capabilities, improved system security, accuracy and reliability and will be based on a modern, service-oriented architecture to integrate government and industry open system standards. Raytheon has deployed more than 100 unique control systems for military and commercial satellites as well as 75 GPS systems for the Department of Defense, civil, commercial and national markets ranging in scope from navigation, transportation, surveying and rescue operations—Aurora, Colorado
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