by Patrick Londergan | Jan 27, 2023 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Department of the Air Force’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3, or NTS-3, Vanguard program has reached another major milestone in preparation for the satellite’s launch in late 2023. Industry partner L3Harris...
by AFRL PA | Jun 24, 2021 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory is excited to announce that the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) satellite navigation program is closer in the development of the spacecraft for its in-space demonstration, thanks to the...
by AFRL PA | Sep 17, 2019 | Integrated Capabilities, Space, Success Stories, Vanguard Success
VANGUARD: SOLUTIONS TO 21ST CENTURY THREATS AGAINST GPS THE NTS-3 DEMONSTRATION RELIES ON THREE MUTUALLY-INTERDEPENDENT SEGMENTS: A space-based experimental satellite Ground-based command and control system Agile software-defined user receivers These segments are...
