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Air Force Awards Boeing $111 Million Contract Mod For Wideband Digital Channelizer

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

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The Air Force said recently it awarded Boeing [BA] a $111 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to the existing Wideband Global Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Block II follow-on contract for an enhanced Wideband Digital Channelizer. Mark Spiwak, Boeing program director for Wideband Global SATCOM, said recently in an email the Wideband Digital Channelizer maximizes capacity by flexibly routing data between beams and frequency bands. Spiwak also said the channelizer provides the ability to switch communications between X- and Ka-band frequencies based on…

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