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On Oct. 12-14, 2021, the Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition's (JPEO A&A) Assured Precision Weapons and Munitions team and its partners successfully executed the first-ever network-assisted M-code GPS precisionguided munition live-fire developmental test at Yuma Proving Ground in conjunction with Project Convergence 2021. [...]recently, most precision-guided munitions used an encrypted GPS reference signal called P(Y)-code to help them accurately fly to and engage an enemy target. JPEO A&A's new prototype NA2 capability provides automated worldwide distribution of an expanded set of assured positioning, navigation and timing (A-PNT) hot-start data needed by precision-guided munitions (such as M-code GPS information) and directly supports the top Army modernization imperatives under the auspices of the Army's A-PNT/Space Cross-Functional Team. CONCLUSION This M-code live-fire developmental test has been subsequently documented in a recently issued final test report by JPEO A&A. The results of the M-code live-fire developmental test verified that hot-start M-code GPS satellite data can be digitally disseminated across the fires network to the weapon system which, in turn, use this data to execute precision-guided munition fire missions.