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FAB-T Source Selection Concluding By December, Air Force Says

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

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The Air Force anticipates concluding its source selection for its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program by December, according to a service spokesman. Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick also said yesterday the service began FAB-T source selection in March, which is to provide nuclear-survivable terminals capable of using multiple waveforms and communicating with both legacy Milstar and next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites. FAB-T development terminals will operate in fixed and transportable ground installations and aboard B-2…

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