Scrap GPS III .. buy more GPS IIF satellites?

Boeing contends they can save DoD money by selling the USAF more GPS
IIF satellites:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/128454/gps-iif-ou-gps-iii%3F-
decision_time-nears.html

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Sorry the link didn't copy properly:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/128454/gps-iif-ou-=
gps-iii%3F-decision_time-nears.html

Yeah, and give up L1C, give up crosslink satellite updates, give up
enhanced integrity, give up spot beam M-code, give up signal power
increases.
GPS III is necessary. Both for military purposes as well as civilian
needs.
The DoD is already doing most of what it can do to save money, by
postponing launches as much as possible.
In my opinion the only thing that can be done extra to save money is
skipping GPS IIIA manufacturing, with the current launch policy, GPS
IIIB will be ready with a couple of years to spare before the last IIF
bird is launched (even with two years delay from schedule). We'll
still be launching IIF birds at least until 2017. Most likely until
2019.

Marcelo Pacheco

On 2011-09-06 18:55 , macpacheco wrote:

"we"?

Brazil isn't launching anything. Given the state of US debt I think
it's up to the US government to decide where they can save money even if
it means less satellite service over the next 20 years for the rest of
the free-loading world.

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The space policy is not really "common". There is redundancy, every
country has it's own space agency and their own satellites.
This does not apply to Galileo, but you can see how many problems the
EU had (and is still having) to build it!
Because the EU does not act as a single country. There is no federal
government, as in US.
EU situation is really complicated, and the EURO troubles are making
it worst.
Anyway, it's a complex matter and I don't want to be exaustive on this
post. :)
Just want to point out that Europe does not have a common policy.