RTX Corporation has won a $77.2 million U.S. Air Force contract announced earlier this month to build and sustain secure resilient military satellite navigation systems. Officials from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, have awarded a contract to RTX Raytheon in El Segundo, California, for the production and sustainment of Miniaturized Airborne Global Positioning System Receivers (MAGR). The contract covers both the MAGR-2K and MAGR-2K-M GPS receiver models.
The MAGR-2K (Miniaturized Airborne Global Positioning System Receiver 2000) military satellite navigation enhances GPS acquisition, provides all-in-view satellite tracking, and includes secure anti-jam and anti-spoofing technologies to protect navigation in contested environments.
Military M-Code
The device supports military GPS features like M-Code, which further improves security and resistance to interference. It is deployed across about 20 different fixed-wing aircraft, tiltrotors, and helicopters like the F/A-18 jet fighter-bomber, the B-2 stealth strategic bomber, the MV-22 and CV-22 tiltrotor aircraft, and the MH-53E heavy-lift helicopter.
MAGR-2K provides positioning, velocity, and time for navigation and weapons delivery. It offers an open-systems architecture and modular design for quick upgrades and technology insertion for avionics and weapons. More than 3,000 units are in use by the U.S. military and its allies.
It operates on dual frequencies with selective availability anti-spoofing module (SAASM) precise positioning service for jamming and anti-spoof protection. The system can function by itself or integrate with inertial navigation systems and Doppler systems.
The MAGR-2K-M military-grade airborne GPS receiver provides secure anti-jam navigation for military aircraft. This next-generation receiver offers anti-jam and anti-spoofing capabilities, as well as M-Code capability for improved security. MAGR-2K-M is backward-compatible with legacy GPS receivers aboard fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, and is restricted to military and government use.
Under this contract, RTX Raytheon will perform the work in El Segundo, California, and Huntsville, Alabama, with completion expected by June 2031.
