Lockheed Joins Northrop Grumman OCX Team

As speculated might occur, Lockheed Martin has joined the Northrop Grumman Corporation team competing for the GPS Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Phase B contract. Lockheed had led its own team in the first round of competition that ended last November.

With Boeing as part of the other prospective OCX team headed by Raytheon Corporation, both companies with experience operating the GPS ground-based infrastructure are playing supporting roles for the contest to build the new control system.

The OCX modernization effort will provide mission support for the existing GPS Block II and future capabilities of the Block III satellites as well as a larger constellation. Northrop Grumman announced Lockheed’s association with its OCX team on April 28.