• WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin is stepping up its argument that the U.S. • military’s GPS constellation is becoming more resilient, even as military leaders warn publicly aboutrising jamming and spoofingthreats and lawmakers debate alternatives to satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing. • A series of upgrades in the next generation of satellites, known as GPS III Follow-On, or GPS IIIF, amount to a “game changer” in addressing interference challenges, said Malik Musawwir, vice president of navigation systems at Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for GPS satellites operated by the U.S. • “Once we start introducing GPS IIIF satellites into the active constellation that we’re operating today, we believe that that will change the landscape dramatically,” Musawwir said Feb. • 23 at a news conference in Aurora, Colorado, during the Air & Space Forces Association’s Warfare Symposium. • The comments come as GPS - long treated as foundational infrastructure for military and civilian users alike - is increasinglyviewed as vulnerable to disruption.

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  • WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin is stepping up its argument that the U.S. military’s GPS constellation is becoming more resilient, even as military leaders warn publicly about rising jamming and spoofing threats and lawmakers debate alternatives to satellite-based positioning, navigation and timing. A series of upgrades in the next generation of satellites, known as GPS III Follow-On, or GPS IIIF, amount to a “game changer” in addressing interference challenges, said Malik Musawwir, vice president of navigation systems at Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for GPS satellites operated by the U.

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