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Space

TSAT Router Completes Tests

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Monday, October 15th, 2007

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The Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] -- Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) team was the first to successfully complete the last in a series of verification tests of its next generation processor router (NGPR), the companies announced. The test was performed during the risk reduction and system definition phase of the TSAT Space Segment. Those spiral tests demonstrated additional NGPR functions and performance beyond those conducted in previous demonstrations. This final test in the risk reduction phase…

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