Pentagon leaders believe that estimate is conservative, leading the U.S. Space Force to kick off a new roughly $2 billion satellite program to build a backup GPS.

According to the subcommittee, the department has since notified Congress it expects the Resilient GPS program to cost $1 billion over the next five years. To date, the Space Force has repurposed $40 ...

“GPS technology and operational performance continue to set the standard for GNSS, but necessary modernization is late to need, and becoming later by the day. This reflects what I see as loss of focus ...

The Resilient GPS program, or R-GPS, is meant to augment the Space Force’s current constellation of GPS satellites with a fleet of smaller spacecraft that will transmit a set of signals widely ...

Sierra Space’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) satellite program reached a key milestone with the successful completion of Systems Requirements Review, the company announced on January 16, 2025.

Called R-GPS for short, the program is intended to provide an alternative, backup network for the current satellite system.