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Boeing Unveils Anti-Jam Payload For Next Space Force Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 13th, 2023

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Boeing Unveils Anti-Jam Payload For Next Space Force Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite

Pictured is an artist rendering of the eleventh and up Boeing Wideband Global SATCOM satellites (Boeing Image)

Boeing [BA] on Thursday introduced its design for an anti-jam payload that has been integrated into a U.S. Space Force satellite communications (SATCOM) spacecraft scheduled to be launched in 2024. The Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype (PTS-P) payload provides jammer geolocation, real-time adaptive nulling, frequency hopping and other techniques to automatically counter jamming efforts to keep warfighters connected in contested battlespace. The PTS-P will fly aboard the Space Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11 satellite. Boeing calls the anti-jam capability integrated on…

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