Global Positioning System III - Operational Control Segment

Mission Delta 31 is developing the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) (Project 67A021) for Guardians across Position, Navigation, and Timing. As a result, the Service will improve readiness and operational reach of existing force structure. OCX acquisition was established to: 1) provide command and control of legacy and GPS III satellites; 2) incorporate situational awareness to support Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) and signal monitoring; 3) enable mission capability upgrades to support a warfighter effects-based approach to operations; and 4) integrate DoW information assurance and cybersecurity controls and capabilities. OCX funds will support efforts such as engineering studies and analyses, architectural engineering studies, trade studies, technology needs forecasting, technology development, systems engineering, system development, test and evaluation efforts, pre-operational support activities, and interim contractor support, in support of upgrades and product improvements for military and civil applications necessary to support efforts to protect the United States military and Allies' use of GPS. Additionally, funds will ensure efforts to meet Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved required capabilities. OCX Block 0 is the Launch and Checkout System (LCS) intended to conduct Launch and Early Orbit (LEO) operations and the on-orbit checkout of all GPS III satellites. The 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2SOPS) can also call upon OCX Block 0 capabilities at any time to support GPS III anomaly resolution activities. OCX Block 0 is a subset of OCX Block 1. OCX Block 1 fields the operational capability to control all legacy satellites, the legacy civil signal (L1C/A), the legacy military signals (L1P(Y), L2P(Y)) as well as the GPS III satellites and the modernized civil signal (L2C) and the aviation safety-of-flight signal (L5). In addition, Block 1 will field the basic operational capability to control the modernized military signals (L1M and L2M M-Code), and the globally compatible signal (L1C). OCX Block 2 fields the advanced operational capability to control the advanced features of the modernized military signals (L1M and L2M M-Code). Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP), also known as Operational Control Segment (OCS), is the legacy operational control segment for GPS.

Mission Delta 31 is developing the Next Generation Operational Control System 3 Follow-on (OCX 3F) (Project 67A023) for Guardians across Position, Navigation, and Timing. As a result, the Service will improve readiness and operational reach of existing force structure. OCX Block 3 Follow-on (OCX 3F) will modify OCX Command and Control (C2) for new Global Positioning System (GPS) III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites and Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) system capabilities, including Regional Military Protection (RMP) high-powered military signal to strengthen U.S. and allied forces' GPS resiliency in contested environments to mitigate future threats, and the ability to rapidly reconfigure GPS IIIF satellites to create time-critical warfighter effects. OCX 3F will maintain backward compatibility with the existing OCX capabilities to support the legacy GPS constellation as well as GPS IIIF. OCX 3F includes critical functions necessary to launch, command, control, and monitor GPS IIIF spacecraft, collect and integrate RMP high-power regional Military Code (M-Code) signals for rapid warfighter effects, and support GPS IIIF auxiliary payloads, including Search and Rescue (SAR) and Nuclear Detonation (NUDET) Detection System (NDS).