GPS IIF-1 Team Wins AF Chief of Staff Award

A Total Force team comprised of members from the 19th and 2nd Space Operations squadrons, Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Directorate and the Aerospace Corporation received the Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award. The team was recognized at the 2011 Air Force

GPS IIF Satellite Delivered to Cape Canaveral

Officials from Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center announced the delivery of the second in the series of twelve GPS IIF space vehicles to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., April 20. GPS IIF SV-2 is expected to be launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket

10th Annual GPS Partnership Council to be held May 3, 4

The SMC's Global Positioning Systems Directorate and the Los Angeles Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) are pleased to announce the 10th Annual GPS Partnership Council to be held at Los Angeles Air Force Base, May 3-4. This year's theme is "Executing

GPS IIF-1 Introduces a Host of New Capabilities for Users

There's no satellite system that touches so many lives in so many ways around the world like the Global Positioning System. From finance to farming, from ATMs to UAVs, from rescue missions to shopping trips, GPS is the premier provider of positioning, navigation and timing services for civil and

GPS IIF Session Held at ION Conference

The Global Positioning Systems Wing's GPS IIF Program and Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems recently co-chaired a session at the Institute for Navigation's Global Navigation Satellite Systems Conference held in Portland, Ore. ION is considered the world's premier non-profit professional society

Torch Relay, Ceremony Honors POW's and MIA's

Global Positioning Systems Wing Completes GPS III Critical Design Review

The Global Positioning System Block IIIA satellite program completed its Critical Design Review at Lockheed-Martin Newtown, Pa., Aug. 19--two months ahead of schedule. This event synthesized the final design and operational concept and was the culmination of 63 lower level CDRs held during the past

RNASA Foundation Honors Stellar Space Performers

The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation recognized outstanding individual and team achievements in space April 30 in Houston, Texas, presenting the prestigious Stellar Award to top performers in government, the military and the aerospace industry.The foundation honored Capt. Gina

GPSW Green Monsters Ragnar Relay Adventure

Imagine running more than 200 miles from Ventura to Dana Point, Calif., with a few of your closest friends. Now imagine running it all in a single day, packed into a too-small van with these (now very sweaty) friends, your only opportunity for sleep is perhaps two hours on a wooden pier, and your

GPSW Spouse Organizes Effort to Give Back to Area Vets

Recently, the Air Force Association's Schriever Chapter and the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association - Los Angeles Chapter sponsored more than 220 veterans and their families on a free whale watching trip. Tracy Learned, wife of Lt. Col. David Learned, GPS IIF Mission Integration