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Northrop Grumman Delivers First Communications Payload For Air Force’s EPS

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered the first of two protected communications payloads for the Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System (EPS), according to a company statement. EPS will provide continuous coverage in the north polar region for secure, jam-resistant, strategic and tactical military communications. The extremely high frequency (EHF) payload leverages protected communications technologies Northrop Grumman developed for the Air Force’s Advanced EHF (AEHF) satellite payloads on a smaller scale to meet reduced mission requirements for EHF. EPS consists of two…

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