[Satellite TODAY 09-20-11] Raytheon has fielded the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) satellite communications solution to the U.S. armed services, the company announced Sept. 19.

   The Raytheon AEHF SMART-T was designed to increase the data rate of existing SMART-T systems by a factor of four. Raytheon will field 364 AEHF SMART-T terminals to the U.S. armed services. An additional 19 systems will be fielded in Canada and seven in the Netherlands through 2015, Raytheon said.

   “Raytheon’s latest SMART-T solution delivers the next generation of protected communications that’s compatible with both EHF and AEHF satellites. AEHF SMART-T provides the end-user with more mission flexibility and increased capacity to transmit voice, data and video, providing increased situational awareness,” Raytheon Network Centric Systems Vice President Scott Whatmough said in a statement.