Northrop Grumman has delivered the fifth payload for the superior extremely excessive Frequency (AEHF) programme to Lockheed Martin, the enterprise announced on 6 March.
The payload was delivered in September 2016 and is currently going through space vehicle degree integration. it is presently scheduled for launch in 2018.
The AEHF community is designed to protect military communications in opposition t a full spectrum of threats, together with cyber-assaults, eavesdropping and high-tech jammers.
One AEHF satellite tv for pc provides more desirable total capacity than the total five-satellite tv for pc legacy Milstar constellation with particular person consumer data quotes up to 10 instances superior than viewed on the Milstar system. The higher facts rates will permit two-method, jam-resistant transmission of tactical military conversation similar to precise-time video, battlefield maps and targeting facts.
Cyrus Dhalla, vp, communications systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace systems, noted: 'This milestone for AEHF exemplifies Northrop Grumman's continued support to building satellite tv for pc communications systems on the way to deliver vital, legitimate, blanketed communications to the nation's warfighters and to our overseas partners.'
