Harris Corp. is offering an all-digital navigation payload for GPS III satellites.
The payload will be available for GPS III missions being with Space Vehicle (SV) 11. “The all-digital payload expands on the advanced features of the current 70-percent digital solution Harris provides for Lockheed Martin’s GPS III SV 1-8 satellites,” Harris said. “The features provide greater flexibility, affordability and accuracy versus existing satellites and include an advanced modular design, atomic clock timing systems, radiation-hardened computers and powerful transmitters.”
The payload features digital capabilities developed by Exelis, which was later acquired by Harris. In 2013, Exelis successfully demonstrated digital navigation signal capability in a formal preliminary design review conducted by the Air Force.
