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Global Positioning System continues improvement initiative

March 4th, 2010
Building on the January 2010 upgrade to the Global Positioning System ground control segment, Air Force Space Command engineers will be installing another software release primarily designed to support the pending mid-2010 launch of the first GPS IIF space vehicle.

Engineers at the Global Positioning Systems Wing at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., and Boeing successfully delivered GPS IIF Space Vehicle One to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Feb. 12.

"Unlike the January release, known as Architecture Evolution Plan 5.5C, this release, known as 5.5D, does not affect any user interfaces, and therefore should be transparent to the end user," said Col. David Buckman, chief of the Positioning, Navigation and Timing Division in AFSPC's Directorate of Requirements. "To ensure such transparency, the software upgrade has undergone rigorous testing and will be monitored very closely by Air Force Space Command to ensure it performs as expected.
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