The review reported that NMT was both operationally suitable and effective, and was recommended to replace legacy military satellite communications systems. According to the contract, Raytheon is to provide an estimated total of 350 of these Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) terminals over 15 years, and has already delivered 75.

NMT aims to provide secure, protected communications links with orbiting military satellites, giving the United States, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom up to five times the bandwidth than the systems they will replace with lower size, weight and power.

"Our Navy terminals can withstand the harshest of environments at sea while maintaining constant contact with the satellite," Raytheon Network Centric Systems Vice President of Integrated Communication Systems Scott Whatmough said in a statement. "That means warfighters can accomplish their missions knowing they have secure, reliable, protected communications."