President's Budget Request for FY 2012

On February 14, 2011, the Obama Administration submitted its budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year 2012.

The President has requested over $1.5 billion for the core GPS program, including funding from both the Departments of Defense and Transportation.

The President's budget would also fund various GPS augmentation systems at the levels indicated below.

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Department of Defense logo Department of Defense

$1.462 billion for procurement and development of the Global Positioning System (GPS), including:

  • $515.337 million for procurement of two GPS IIIA satellites via Appropriation 3020F (Missile Procurement, Air Force):
    • Line Item No. 18, "GPS III Space Segment" ($433.526 million plus $81.811 million in advance procurement)
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    • Line Item No. 19, "GPS III Space Segment Advance Procurement" ($81.811 million, included in Line Item No. 18)
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  • $67.689 million for procurement of GPS IIF satellites and launch support via Appropriation 3020F (Missile Procurement, Air Force), Line Item No. 21, "Global Positioning System (Space)"
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  • $7.6 million for ground segment equipment procurement via Appropriation 3080F (Other Procurement, Air Force):
    • Line Item No. 47, "Space Mods Space," "OCS COTS Upgrade" ($7.202 million)
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    • Line Item No. 69, "Spares and Repair Parts," "NAVSTAR GPS (Space)" ($0.377 million)
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  • $390.889 million for next generation GPS control segment (OCX) development via Appropriation 3600F (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force), Line Item No. 107 / Program Element 0603423F, "Global Positioning System III - Operational Control Segment"
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  • $17.893 million for GPS IIF and Operational Control Segment (OCS) development via Appropriation 3600F (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force), Line Item No. 193 / Program Element 0305165F, "NAVSTAR GPS (Space)"
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  • $463.081 million for GPS IIIA satellite development via Appropriation 3600F (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force), Line Item No. 207 / Program Element 0305265F, "GPS III Space Segment"
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No funding requested for the High Integrity GPS (HIGPS) Enabling Technology Development project, also known as iGPS.
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Department of Transportation logo Department of Transportation

$50.3 million for the addition of new, civil-unique capabilities to the GPS program, via FAA F&E Budget Item 2D11, "Global Positioning System (GPS) Civil Requirements"
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$125.5 million for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), via FAA F&E Budget Item 2D03, "Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) for GPS"
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$13.5 million for Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS), via FAA Facilities & Equipment:

  • Budget Item 1A13, "Next Generation Transportation System -- Flexible Terminals and Airports," "Approaches, Ground Based Augmentation System" ($10 million)
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  • Budget Item 1A07, "Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) -- Demonstrations and Infrastructure Development (DEMO)," "GBAS Demonstration Project" ($3.5 million)
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$7.6 million for the inland component of the Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) system, via RITA R&D account, "Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System"
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Department of Homeland Security logo Department of Homeland Security

$9.7 million for the maritime component of NDGPS

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