The program is meant to develop and demonstrate modernized user segment receiver cards, establishing first proof of design for the modernized GPS architecture. The current contract, to be executed through October 2007, supports preliminary design of the modernized receiver cards for ground and airborne applications.

Completion of the receiver card development, test and security certification will be accomplished under a government exercisable contract option for these tasks.

This program, awarded by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, Calif., represents the military user equipment portion of a next-generation GPS system that adds a new military signal and security architecture. The new technology offers enhanced integrity, exclusivity and improved anti-jam capabilities.

"This award is another example of Rockwell Collins' continued leadership in developing and delivering key GPS technology to the U.S. military," said Ron Hornish, vice president and general manager of Rockwell Collins Sensor Systems.

In 2003, Rockwell Collins was selected for a Program Research and Development Announcement contract for MUE. The objective of this three-year contract was to understand the technical, security, certification and implementation requirements, as well as the associated risks regarding development of MUE.

The study also researched the ability to design, develop and produce MUE that can effectively detect, acquire, track and process the new military signal (M-Code) along with the current signal structure in a MUE receiver design.

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