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Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype

Space Force Cancels Major Tactical SATCOM Competition

July 7, 2025 | By Greg Hadley
The Space Force is canceling a competition to build new satellites for jam-resistant tactical communications, instead choosing to focus on operationalizing two prototypes it plans to launch next year. 

Space Force Eyes New Jam-Resistant Tactical SATCOM Options

Jan. 7, 2025 | By Greg Hadley
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.

Jam-Resistant Waveform for Safer Battlefield Communications to Get First In-Space Test

March 23, 2022 | By Amanda Miller
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, ...
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