Mission
GPS Roles and Responsibilities
- Develops, acquires, operates, sustains, and secures the Global Positioning System, including the satellites, control segment, and military user equipment.
- Co-chairs the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing and its subordinate bodies.Learn about the committee
- Applies GPS technology to a broad variety of military operations, including precision guided munition strike, force tracking, search and rescue, and remote piloting of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Relevant Units
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GPS Leadership
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- Ms. Leslie Beavers
Acting Chief Information Officer
Co-Chair, National Executive Committee for Space-Based PNT
View biography - Mr. Kevin MulvihillActing Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer
Co-Chair, Executive Steering Group
View biography - The Honorable Frank Kendall
Secretary of the Air Force
View biography - General B. Chance Saltzman
Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force
View biography
Acting Chief Information Officer
Acting Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer