Com Dev To Build Search-and-rescue Repeaters for GPS 3 Satellites

摘要

Canada's military will provide search-and-rescue repeaters for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation GPS timing and navigation satellites that will significantly cut down on the time it takes to locate a distress signal. Com Dev of Cambridge, Ontario, has been awarded an initial contract for 4.7 million Canadian dollars ($4.5 million) for work on the repeaters to be eventually launched on the Air Force's GPS 3 satellites. That first phase of what is being called the Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) project will see Com Dev design and develop the repeater during the next 15 months. The contract from the Canadian government includes a 14 million Canadian dollar option to extend the development work to produce a fully integrated prototype MEOSAR repeater for test and space qualification.