Harris Corp. completed Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal Prototype Testing on its tri-band ship antenna and associated RF components five months ahead of schedule, the company announced Jan. 10.

Harris won a contract in 2003 to develop four prototypes of the next-generation terminal for the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. The first phase of the program is a 43-month effort to develop prototype Q-band satellite communications terminals.

System level testing is scheduled to begin in March. The Navy expects to award an engineering, manufacture and development the contract in June that could be valued at more than $1 billion.