{"id":83833,"date":"2011-12-15T00:14:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T16:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/lockheed-gps-3-pathfinder-delivery-on-schedule-for-testing\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T00:14:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T16:14:35","slug":"lockheed-gps-3-pathfinder-delivery-on-schedule-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/lockheed-gps-3-pathfinder-delivery-on-schedule-for-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed GPS-3 Pathfinder Delivery On Schedule for Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[12-14-11]A <b>Lockheed Martin<\/b> team developing the <b>U.S. Air Force<\/b>\u2019s next generation Global Positioning System (GPS-3) has delivered the program\u2019s pathfinder spacecraft to the company\u2019s Denver-area facility, Lockheed announced Dec. 13.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;The pathfinder, known as the GPS 3 Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST), will now undergo final assembly, integration and test activities in a new facility designed to maximize efficiencies and reduce costs of satellite production.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;The GPS 3 program aims to replace aging GPS satellites while improving capability to meet the evolving needs of military, commercial and civilian users worldwide. GPS 3 satellites were designed to deliver better accuracy and improved anti-jamming power.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;\u201cThe on schedule delivery of the GPS 3 pathfinder is a key indicator that this program is on firm footing and poised to deliver on its commitments. In this challenging budget environment, we are committed to delivering the critical GPS 3 capabilities to users affordably and on schedule,\u201d Lt. Col. Don Frew, the U.S. Air Force\u2019s GPS 3 program manager said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[12-14-11]A Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force\u2019s next generation Global Positioning System (GPS-3) has delivered the program\u2019s pathfinder spacecraft to the company\u2019s Denver-area facility, Lockheed announced Dec. 13. &nbsp; &nbsp;The pathfinder, known as the GPS 3 Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST), will now undergo final assembly, integration and test activities in a new facility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}