GPS Goes Net-Centric: The 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever AFB, Colo., is finishing up delivery of the Zero Age of Data Navigation Message Replacements on the secure Internet protocol router network (SIPRNet), providing the ability to deliver Global Positioning System information online. Divorcing users from a reliance on “fragile” signals in space is a “historic achievement,” said Maj. Chuck Daniels, the GPS operations center director. The first end user of the new data stream is Air Combat Commands’ small diameter bomb program, where the bomb’s GPS accuracy requirements are more stringent than what is available directly from satellite. NOTE: Air Force Space Command on May 3, 2006, clarified this announcement. Read the update here.)
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
