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Canada Becomes First AEHF Partner Nation To Connect Terminal To Satellite

Gally Articola

Monday, July 1st, 2013

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Canada in early May became the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) international partner to communicate using the Lockheed Martin-[LMT] produced protected communication satellite system, according to a company statement. A United States-Canada team successfully communicated with the first AEHF satellite (AEHF-1) using a variant of the Secure Mobile Anti-Jam Reliable Tactical-Terminal (SMART-T) from a location near Ottawa, Canada. Lockheed Martin spokesman Mark Lewis said the terminal variant, known as the “International Partner Variant SMART-T,” gives access to the extended data…

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