EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 30, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received a $338.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to produce and launch a tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite.
Boeing Co. has delivered the first communications payload and digital channelizer to Lockheed Martin Corp. for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite communications system. MUOS comprises a ...
The final three satellites in the Air Force's 10-satellite WGS constellation include a digital channelizer that will boost capacity by enabling the satellite to use bandwidth more efficiently. Credit: ...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force's first upgraded Wideband Global Satcom satellite is ready for a planned Dec. 7 launch, Air Force officials told reporters during a press call-in Tuesday (Nov. 29).