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Friday, September 13, 2013

Northrop Grumman Delivers AEHF Flight 4 Antenna Precision Pointing Unit

Advanced EHF satelliteThe recent delivery of an electronics unit that precisely positions a highly sophisticated suite of antennas for the U.S. Air Force's fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite continued Northrop Grumman Corporation's consistent, on-schedule performance building protected communications payloads for the AEHF fleet.

The company delivered payloads for the first three Advanced EHF satellites ahead of schedule in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively, to Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., the AEHF prime contractor. Integration of the recently delivered gimbal control unit (GCU) begins immediately.

Advanced EHF, the next generation of protected military communications satellites, provides vastly improved global, survivable, highly secure, protected communications for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms.

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