Acquisition of the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System User Equipment

Abstract

The Navigation System Time And Ranging (NAVSTAR) Global Positioning System (GPS) user equipment program consists of receiver sets for processing radio frequency signals from a satellite constellation to determine position and time. A Defense Acquisition Board decision to proceed with GPS user equipment full-rate production is scheduled for January 1992. Through FY 2006, the total life-cycle cost of the GPS user equipment could exceed $6 billion for over 55,000 GPS user equipment sets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 1991
Accession Number
ADA378716

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Military Acquisition
  • Navigation
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Satellite Constellations
  • Space Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space