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Air Force

L-3 Completes GPS Military Code Security Certification

Wednesday, October 5th, 2016

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L-3 Communications [LLL] successfully completed the final step in a government security certification process for the company’s Military Code (M-Code) GPS User Equipment, the company said Wednesday.The M-Code GPS is an advanced user equipment technology that increases soldiers’ ability to resist enemy jamming and spoofing and also performs better in contested environments, the company said.The technology development and certification was performed under the Air Force Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) program, which is led by the GPS Directorate in the…

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