GPS World, January 2017
SYSTEM SYSTEMS OF GPS Funded at 847 Million for FY 2017 O n Dec 23 2016 President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA for Fiscal Year 2017 The act includes policy and funding guidance for the GPS program of 847362 million This total excludes 13171 million requested for the GPS IIF program which requires FY 2017 funding for on orbit support and contract closeout Procurement of GPS III satellites is budge ted at 34 mil l i on development of GPS III satellites is at almost 142 million and the nextgeneration ground control system OCX is budgeted at 393 million which comes with certification and congressional briefing requirements The amount includes funding for the GPS Enterprise Integrator The GPS Enterprise Integrator project includes efforts necessary to accomplish the critical integrating function with the entire GPS user community The Enterprise Integrator maintains the GPS architecture and system definition controls and validates interfaces ensures compatibility of Generation II and III systems and develops and manages plans for execution and fielding of the GPS enterprise The final defense budget item is 278 million for development of new military GPS user equipment Besides the NDAA other areas that include funding for GPS and related programs are Transportation including WAAS to support designated civil elements of the Air Force GPS program along with civil GPS augmentations and related activities The Department of Transportation this year requested civil funding for GPS through the Office of the Secretary instead of through the FAA Also the request does not include funds for the Nationwide Differential GPS NDGPS program in FY 2017
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