Boeing Receives GPS IIF Modernization Approval.Business Editors & Aerospace Writers SEAL BEACH Seal Beach, city (1990 pop. 25,098), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; inc. 1915. It is a beach city with an active art colony. Transportation equipment and concrete are among the city's manufactures. U.S. naval stations are nearby. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2002 Boeing Space and Communications has received approval from the U.S. Air Force to move forward with space vehicle production for the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) IIF IIF Institute of International Finance IIF Irish Insurance Federation IIF Immediate IF IIF Innovation Investment Fund (investment supporting R&D new technology/science ventures) IIF Intuit Interchange Format Modernization program. "The Boeing GPS IIF is the next step in enhancing the capabilities to support the national infrastructure for Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and National Defense, and it will improve the system's capabilities for all GPS users," said Mike Rizzo, director of navigation systems for Boeing Space and Communications, a business unit of The Boeing Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BA). The added capabilities include a new signal for civilian users and critical, secure Operational M-codes for the warfighter. The new civilian signal, in the protected Aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau Radio Navigation System frequency band, provides redundant safety of life services for civil aviation users and increased accuracy for a host of other users worldwide. In addition, GPS IIF is compatible with the U.S. Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program was a United States government, primarily a Department of Defense–sponsored effort to develop at least one family of space launch vehicles, that would meet the long term needs of the military and fulfill commercial (EELV EELV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle EELV End-Expiratory Lung Volume EELV Extended Expendable Launch Vehicle ) and will provide 20% more on-orbit life than previous GPS spacecraft. The Air Force chose the Boeing Delta IV to launch 21 of its 28 EELV payloads in October 1998. Designed for flexibility and growth, the GPS IIF system architecture can affordably accommodate hardware and software changes through incremental technology upgrades to improve efficiency and introduce new military capabilities including anti-jam, greater accuracy, better availability and higher integrity. This incremental upgrade approach to the GPS IIF program will, in turn, reduce the technical risks inherent in developing GPS III, the next generation satellite system, as well as answer the near term needs of the warfighter today. The Boeing-led Control Segment team that includes Lockheed Martin and Computer Science Corp. will also play a key role in this procurement with the modernization of the entire GPS ground system architecture design to reduce operator workload and operational costs. Boeing S&C, with headquarters in Seal Beach, is the world's largest space and communications company. A unit of The Boeing Co., S&C provides integrated solutions in launch services, human space flight and exploration, missile defense, and information and communications. It is NASA's largest contractor; a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; and a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance may refer to:
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