NG Confirms Performance Of Advanced EHF Downlink Phased Array Antenna

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Northrop Grumman's Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite.

by Staff Writers
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2006
The downlink phased array antenna developed by Northrop Grumman for the U.S. military's Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite communications payload has completed range tests that confirmed performance predictions, the company announced Monday.

NG will provide the Advanced EHF payloads to Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the Advanced EHF system.

Test results demonstrated antenna gain and coverage performance in excess of requirements, the company said in a news release. The downlink phased array antenna, which sends signals to ground terminals, will be the first of its kind to operate at 20 gigahertz in space.

Advanced EHF will "significantly increase capacity and connectivity over the legacy Milstar system through new phased-array antennas, advanced microelectronics, and efficient waveforms and protocols," the NG release said.

"The downlink phased array test was a key step in Advanced EHF payload flight production," said Gabe Watson, vice president of the Advanced EHF payload program for NG's Space Technology sector. "Phased array antennas are essential to our commitment to deliver protected and assured communications with increased capacity and connectivity to the U.S. military."

The Advanced EHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. Department of Defense.

LM currently is under contract to provide three Advanced EHF satellites and the mission control system to its customer, the MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, located at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif.

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