![]() We needed to have a shielded area large enough to keep the energy of the testing inside the facility. “It is a quiet enough chamber that protects aircraft and other GPS users outside of the facility. “The BAF is large enough and has enough infrastructure around it,” said Arlen Biersgreen, NTS-3 program manager, Air Force Research Laboratory. The largest anechoic test facility in the world, the BAF, provides shielding effectiveness that allows GPS tracking and jamming tests without frequency management or regulatory agency approval. “You don’t want a satellite to send you back a signal that your house is 10 miles away when it’s actually right in front of you. “We are testing whether when a satellite sends out a signal, we can actually receive that signal and it’s the correct one,” Egbuziem-Ciolkosz said. This is especially true for the warfighter. The rapidly increasing pace of threats to GPS such as jamming and spoofing, however, indicate that agile and resilient approaches to augment the GPS system are needed to maintain users’ access to its critical service. ![]() The satellite is poised to push the boundary of today’s space-based position, navigation and timing technology, paving the way for a more robust, resilient and responsive architecture for satellite technology. NTS-3, developed by 元Harris Technologies, builds on the legacy of NTS-1 and NTS-2, which were launched in the 1970s. In 2019, the Department of the Air Force designed NTS-3 as one of the three programs with the goal of delivering remarkable new capabilities that provide warfighters superior advantages in the battlefield. “It’s probably going to affect so many lives, not just military but commercial alike.” “This is important because we are testing one of the new satellites that will be going up into space to help with all of our GPS systems,” Amarachi Egbuziem-Ciolkosz, Engineer, 772nd Test Squadron, said. Anticipated to launch in late 2023, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 will be the Department of Defense’s first experimental, integrated navigation satellite system in nearly 50 years. ![]() ![]() The Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) at Edwards AFB recently tested its first orbital satellite in decades. ![]()
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