Competing prototype payloads developed by Northrop Grumman and Boeing meant to demonstrate secure, jam-resistant tactical communications for the Space Force are set to launch in 2025.
Onboard an undisclosed host satellite launching in 2024, a Boeing-built prototype processor could become the "first space-based hub" of the military’s Protected Tactical Waveform for jam-resistant battlefield communications, the company says. Boeing’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype, or PTS-P, is meant to demonstrate better standoff distance, ...