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March 17, 2014

Astro Aerospace Delivers Antennas For Next-Gen GPS III Satellites 3 through 6
Carpinteria CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2014
Continuing its support for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS), Northrop Grumman has delivered 32 self-deploying, monopole JIB antennas for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth GPS III satellites. The company's Astro Aerospace strategic business unit delivered the antennas to Lockheed Martin, which leads the industry team developing GPS III satellites in Littleton, Colo. Once installed, eight JIB antennas on each GPS III satellite will deploy to form an RF antenna array. This ... read more

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