by Patrick Londergan | Jun 5, 2023 | News, Vanguards
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) at Edwards AFB recently tested its first orbital satellite in decades. Anticipated to launch in late 2023, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) will be the Department of Defense’s first...
by Patrick Londergan | Jun 5, 2023 | News, Space
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) at Edwards AFB recently tested its first orbital satellite in decades. Anticipated to launch in late 2023, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) will be the Department of Defense’s first...
by AFRL PA | Aug 13, 2020 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — First Lieutenant Jacob “Jake” Lutz will soon complete a successful assignment with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, and will be on his way to RAF Mildenhall, located...
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...
