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Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin Completes Testing Of Navy’s First MUOS Satellite

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

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Lockheed Martin [LMT] has competed on-orbit testing of the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, setting it up for the Navy’s operational test and evaluation ahead of its August timeframe to begin operations, the defense contractor said yesterday. MUOS-1 is the first of five satellites, including a spare orbiter, under the new constellation intended to replace the Ultra High Frequency Follow-On system, boasting a 10 times greater communications capacity than its predecessor, Lockheed Martin has said. The system is…

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