USAF Orders Two New GPS III Spacecraft
Delivery Expected in November 2031
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract valued at $509,759,501 to Lockheed Martin for Global Positioning System III Follow-On Space Vehicles 21 and 22.
The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $4,102,235,382. Work will be performed at Littleton, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by November 2031. Fiscal 2025 missile procurement funds in the amount of $55,035,868 are being obligated at time of award. The Space Systems Command, Los Angeles, California, is the contracting activity.
This award is a modification of a contract awarded to LMC in 2018 for the non-recurring engineering, space vehicle test bed and simulators, and production of GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 11 and 12 as well as options for the production of up to 22 GPS III Space Vehicles, Space Vehicle storage, and launch and on-orbit support. The overall value of the contract is nearly $1.4 billion.
That award was the result of a competitive acquisition with one solicitation mailed and one proposal received.