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December 17, 2013

Northrop Grumman Reinvents Satellite Communications for Aircraft
Mojave CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2013
In one year, Northrop Grumman took a satellite communications system normally used in space and transformed it into a high-functioning, low-cost communications system that can be used on aircraft. The satellite communications (SATCOM) system was successfully demonstrated on board the company's Firebird demonstrator aircraft. Until now, no small communications system has been able to send sensor data to a satellite and back to a ground station at such a high rate of transfer. "It's a ga ... read more

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