Department of Defense

Mission

The mission of the Department of Defense is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.
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GPS Roles and Responsibilities

Develops, acquires, operates, sustains, and secures the Global Positioning System, including the satellites, control segment, and military user equipment. Learn about the satellites... Learn about the control segment...
Co-chairs the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing and its subordinate bodies. Learn more about the committee...
Applies GPS technology to a broad variety of military operations, including precision guided munition strike, force tracking, search and rescue, and remote piloting of unmanned aerial vehicles.