In one example, Lockheed Martin wants to integrate new hardware into a toaster-sized satellite and then plug the cubesat into an orbiting GPS satellite.
The company that published a global heat map detailing sensitive military installations will simplify its privacy settings and review its app’s features to ensure it cannot be compromised by actors with bad intent, the company announced late Monday.
The Defense Department is looking into the recent release of a global heat map by GPS tracking app Strava, which sources the data from users’ smartphones and watches to produce an overlay of popular running paths.
To upgrade more than 700 weapon systems to next-generation GPS, the GAO warned the Defense Department will have to spend "many billions of dollars" more than budgeted.