[Via Satellite 09-26-13] Raytheon Company has delivered its 2,000th Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver (MAGR) 2000. Three variants of the MAGR 2000 family of products are currently in service aboard 20 types of fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms across 16 countries.

The current MAGR 2000-S24 improves navigation accuracy and integrity compared with legacy systems, while providing increased resistance to interference and jamming through incorporation of selective availability and anti-spoofing module technology. The open architecture and flexible design of the MAGR 2000-S24 allows for easy insertion of future GPS modernization enhancements, such as the new Military Code (M-code) signal, without having to replace the unit itself.

Raytheon is also under contract with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to develop preliminary designs and conduct pre-engineering and manufacturing development risk reduction for a common set of M-code capable GPS receiver products. Next-generation M-code technology is required to provide significantly improved position/navigation/time performance against current and emerging threats, with an expected fielding in 2017 or 2018.