by AFRL PA | Aug 3, 2020 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NM. — The Navigation Technology Satellite – 3 (NTS-3) spacecraft passed Critical Design Review (CDR) on June 25, a major milestone, allowing L3Harris, the prime contractor for the spacecraft, to proceed into fabrication, demonstration,...
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...