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March 15, 2014

NGG Starts Integration Of High-Speed Downlink Antennas EHF Comms Payload
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2014
Two downlink antennas that are the fastest of their kind to operate in space are being integrated into the protected communications payload built by Northrop Grumman for the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. The company delivered the Super High Frequency Array Unit (SAU), as the antennas are called, in early March to AEHF system prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, in Sunnyvale. These high-speed downlink phased array antennas, the first to operate at 20 GHz in space, provide ... read more

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