Not all of the US military’s Global Positioning System receivers have been functioning properly after the recent upgrade of the Global Positioning System command and control software, Gen. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command boss, told reporters Feb. 18 at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla. “It is not a problem with the command and control software, nor is it a problem with the navigation signal from the satellite. This is a receiver problem,” explained Kehler. He said the issue has been “isolated to a set of receivers,” meaning only “handfuls” are affected as opposed to large numbers. And, he said, “We have a fix; we know what the problem is.”
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…