[Satellite Today – 2-4-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. demonstrated the interface compatibility of the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite using a U.S. Army user terminal, the company announced Feb. 1.
    Advanced EHF is a joint service satellite communications system that will provide assured communications for high-priority military ground, sea and air assets. Northrop Grumman’s Space Technology sector is under contract to provide the communications payloads to Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the Advanced EHF system.
     "Demonstration of the satellite-to-terminal interface shows that Advanced EHF is able to serve its U.S. and international users with the high-data-rate protected communications that are so critical to today’s warfighter," Alexis Livanos, corporate vice president and president of the company’s Space Technology sector, said in a statement. "We are very pleased to continue on course with industry and government in delivering this capability to our customers."