Northrop Grumman Gets Communications Contract From U.S. Space Force
September 17 2020 - 1:19PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday it received a contract from
the U.S. Space Force "to develop a modernized strategic
communications space segment with enhanced resilience and
cybersecurity capabilities" as part of the Evolved Strategic
SATCOM, or ESS, program.
The company said it will deliver a preliminary design for the
ESS space segment as well as a ground-based demonstration during
the rapid prototyping phase.
The ESS program will interoperate with the Space Force's
existing Advanced Extremely High Frequency system, a series of
communication satellites operated by the Space Force, and will
eventually replace that system, the company said.
Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
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