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Space Force Says Upgrade Will Double Anti-Jamming Power of WGS

Frank Wolfe

Friday, August 28th, 2020

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Space Force Says Upgrade Will Double Anti-Jamming Power of WGS

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the WGS-10 satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. on March 15 last year. (ULA Photo)

While U.S. policy makers discuss the implications of their view of space as a warfighting domain and envisioned satellite jamming by China and Russia, the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., said this week that it has verified the ability of ground stations for the U.S. military's 10 Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites to blunt electronic interference. Boeing [BA] builds WGS. SMC said that it tested the First Article Test (FAT) Increment…

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