US Army approves production of vehicle-mounted GPS alternative
Published on March 11, 2025
The U.S. Army approved the full-rate production of a Collins Aerospace-developed vehicle-mounted positioning, navigation and timing, or PNT, system vital to operating in GPS-denied environments, the service announced Tuesday.
The Mounted Assured, Positioning, Navigation and Timing System, or MAPS, is a key element of the service’s modernization push. The Army established a cross-functional team through Army Futures Command in 2017 to advance capabilities, both mounted and dismounted, that would help the Army operate in environments where the enemy might jam its space-based GPS systems used for navigation.