[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Boeing Co. delivered the first Legacy communications payload and the first digital channelizer to Lockheed Martin in support of the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications system, Boeing announced Feb. 17.
    Boeing is under contract to MUOS prime contractor Lockheed Martin to build, test and deliver three Legacy communications payloads and three digital channelizers for the MUOS satellite system. The payload allows the Navy to use existing UHF ground- and space-based communications systems.
    MUOS is a network of satellites that will provide communications services to mobile and fixed equipment used by U.S. military personnel around the world. Boeing received the contract in 2004. The first MUOS satellite is scheduled for launch in 2010.