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Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests New B-2 AESA Antenna With AEHF Satellite

Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

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Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests New B-2 AESA Antenna With AEHF Satellite

Northrop Grumman [NOC] proved in May a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna it developed for the B-2 can establish and maintain communications services with an on-orbit Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. Northrop Grumman said Monday in a statement the demo included the antenna, a Navy Multi-band Terminal and the satellite. An AEHF satellite would allow the B-2 to send and receive battlefield information significantly faster than its current satellite system. Northrop Grumman also developed and built the…

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