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Mar162020 by adminNo Comments
U.S. Space Force gets first offensive weapon, a satellite jammer

U.S. Space Force gets first offensive weapon, a satellite jammer

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March 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Space Force announced its first offensive weapon, a ground-based communications jammer to block satellite transmissions. The Space Force announced Friday that Counter Communication System Block 10.2 achieved Initial Operating Capability earlier this month. It was transferred from the Los Angeles AFB to Peterson AFB, Colo., after being declared operational by the Air Force Space and Missile Center's special programs directorate. The portable CCS temporarily denies satellite communications of adversaries, and was first deployed in 2004 after hostile nations began attempting to disrupt American satellite transmissions. An upgraded version, CCS Block 10.1, was developed in 2014. L3Harris is the prime contractor for both versions 10.1 and 10.2. The newest version of...
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Oct262018 by adminNo Comments
L3, Northrop team to develop Next Generation Jammer for Navy

L3, Northrop team to develop Next Generation Jammer for Navy

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Oct. 26 (UPI) -- L3 Technologies and Northrop Grumman have won contracts totaling $ 71 million to test and fix the low radio frequency jamming system, or low pod, for the U.S. Navy. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will pay L3 $ 36 million and Northrop $ 35 million to perform work on Increment 2 of the Navy's Next Generation Jammer Low Band program. The contract calls for improvements to the low, medium and high frequencies of jamming systems on EA-18G military aircraft. "We have a mature and exceedingly capable offering for Next Generation Jammer Low Band," a Northrop spokesman told USNI News in a statement. "Northrop Grumman stands ready to demonstrate that technology." The Navy will obligate $ 15 million to both L3 and Northrop at the t...
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