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Boeing Tests Anti-Jamming Prototype for Protected SATCOM, As PTS-P Competition with Northrop Grumman Continues

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022

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Boeing Tests Anti-Jamming Prototype for Protected SATCOM, As PTS-P Competition with Northrop Grumman Continues

Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, the head of Space Systems Command (U.S. Space Force Photo)

Boeing [BA] said on Nov. 15 that its engineers recently tested a Protected Tactical Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Prototype (PTS-P) for the U.S. Space Force to prevent the jamming of DoD SATCOM, as Boeing's competition with Northrop Grumman [NOC] on the PTS-P program continues. “Maintaining communication with our deployed forces during hostility gives us a tactical edge on the battlefield,” Justin Bruner, PTS-P program manager at U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC), said in a Boeing statement on Nov. 15.…

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