US companies implement diverse strategies to enhance supply chain
The conflicts in Ukraine and Israel have been driving the US defence industry toward increasing production of platforms and systems.
US Army’s MAPS Gen II to reach full-rate production decision later this year
MAPS Gen II supports multiple vehicle platforms across the army’s fleet. (Photo: Collins Aerospace)
The US Army has recently completed initial operational test & evaluation and is Collins Aerospace’s next-generation mounted assured PNT solution.
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, expects its Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System (MAPS) Gen II to reach full-rate production by the end of the year. The system has recently completed an initial operational test & evaluation with the US Army and is currently in low-rate initial production.
MAPS Gen II is the company’s next-generation mounted assured PNT solution and was built to provide operational resilience and maintain the integrity of positioning and timing in challenged GPS-contested environments.
In order to protect against evolving electronic and GPS threats, it combines a Military-Code (M-code) GPS receiver, resilient sensor fusion
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