Rendering of a L3Harris missile warning satellite (L3Harris image)
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Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Englehardt, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of the operations section for the 142nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, which is deployed to support 1st Theater Sustainment Command, gauges wind speed near the Camp Buehring, Kuwait, drop zone for the April 22, 2021 air drop of four bundles using the Joint Precision Air Delivery System, JPADS. Englehardt said JPADS uses the Modular Autonomous Guidance Unit, or MAGU, to manipulate the the parafoil’s rigging to steer it using GPS to reach its programmed coordinates. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Neil W. McCabe)
“We’re working very closely with the Army, who’s been pioneering the alt-PNT across the Department of Defense,” SDA Director Derek Tournear said.
Dec 7, 2023
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Mikayla Easley
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An artist’s rendering of Northrop Grumman’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellites on orbit. (Northrop Grumman image)
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear is interviewed by DefenseScoop Managing Editor Jon Harper at DefenseTalks, Sept. 15, 2022.
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