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Freedom Radio Proof of Concept Demonstration Coming Soon, Northrop Grumman Says

Freedom Radio Proof of Concept Demonstration Coming Soon, Northrop Grumman Says
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Lomenzo (from left), Airman 1st Class Alexia Hernandez, 5th Air Support Operations Squadron command and control battle management operators, and Capt. John Brogan, 5th ASOS air liaison officer, monitor battlespace movements at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) exercise at Nellis AFB, Nev. on Sept. 3 last year (Air Force Photo).

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an expanded scope of work for a satellite communications (SATCOM)-enabled Freedom Radio that is to allow communications across land, sea, air, and space domains between older systems and newer ones through the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) network, the company said on Nov. 17. Jenna Paukstis, Northrop Grumman's vice president of communications solutions, said in a statement that the "SATCOM-enabled Freedom Radio will allow warfighters to quickly…

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