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Fielding Begins For The Next-generation Military GPS Receiver
Project Manager--Global Positioning System
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DAGR; the new one pound advanced next-generation military handheld GPS receiver stands next to its predecessor, the four-pound PLGR. |
FORT MONMOUTH, N.J.--GPS technology first gained widespread use in Operation Desert Storm. During the 1990s, Product Manager GPS fielded a military handheld GPS receiver called the Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR). A key feature of PLGR was the communication security feature that provided military users with a performance advantage over commercial receivers. Eventually, over 112,000 PLGR were fielded to U.S. forces worldwide.
Today, PLGR still provides jam-resistant GPS data to Army users worldwide including those deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Continued product evolution has brought us the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) which will supplement PLGR to give units their full complement of GPS receivers, and will eventually replace PLGR . With first-article testing completed and production approval granted, PM GPS placed the first order for 10,000 DAGRs and began fielding in November 2004. Over the next few years, displaced PLGRs will be recycled to fill GPS requirements in lower priority units. The total Army requirement for handheld GPS receivers is estimated to exceed 140,000 units.
In addition to being a smaller more capable replacement for PLGR, DAGR also introduces the next-generation of communications security technology called Selective Availability Anti-Spoof Module (SAASM). DAGR provides improved anti-jam performance in a smaller, lighter product with a user-friendly graphic display screen.
The Total Army DAGR Fielding Program is being managed at the Fort Monmouth Field Office under the direction of Mr. Ed McAuley, (732) 532-6136 or DSN 992-6136.
FOOTNOTE: PM GPS requests every Army agency that obtained PLGR for test & integration work over the years to contact us immediately. Every available PLGR is needed right now for rework and issue to sustain our deployed forces! Contact Mr. Jim Buggy at (732) 532-4733, or via email at james.buggy@us.army.mil
(Submitted by Project Manager--Global Positioning System)
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