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The article reports on the delivery of the first U.S. Air Force Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite by Lockheed Martin at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It provides information on the development of the satellite for the Atlas V launch vehicle for its liftoff on July 30, 2010. The AEHF Satellite will provide the U.S. military and national leaders with global, protected, high capacity and secure communication systems.

The article reports on the success of Northrop Grumman Corp. to integrate all electronic units of the payload module for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communication satellite in the U.S. The company has been contracted to provide three communications payloads to Advanced EHF prime contractor Lockheed Martin. It states that the Advanced EHF system will provide global, highly secure, and survivable communications to warfighters operating on ground, sea, and air platforms. The system's program director, Scott Willoughby, notes that the successful integration keeps the company on track for delivering the payloads on or ahead of schedules.

The article reports on the polar communications capability of the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites manufactured by aerospace company Lockheed Martin.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force and the aerospace, defense and advanced technology company Lockheed Martin have achieved integration of system module for the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite, a series of communications satellites, six months ahead of schedule.

The article reports that the Milstar II military communications satellite, designed by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force, has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service.

The article offers information on the testing undertaken by Lockheed Martin in the U.S. The company announced that its first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite did a thermal vacuum testing in its facility in Sunnyvale, California. The system is advantageous to the Air Force because it will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the Department of Defense. The testing assesses AEHF functionality and performance in a vacuum environment where the satellite is stressed at the extreme hot and cold temperatures.

The article reports on the completion of the on-orbit reconfiguration of the five satellite Milstar constellation initiated through the collaboration between the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin Corp. The effort is to maximize the system's capabilities to provide secure, reliable and robust communications worldwide. The Milstar constellation also offers a protected, global communications network and transmits voice, data and imagery. According to Leonard F. Kwiatkowski of Military Space Programs, they are proud of the capability they have demonstrated to increase the effectiveness of the critical system to their customer.

The article reports that Lockheed Martin Corp. has successfully completed a major design review of the Transformational Satellite Communication System (TSAT) Space Segment. The completion of the review for TSAT signals the team's readiness to proceed with the next development phase of the program. TSAT will provide users with wideband, highly mobile, beyond line-of-sight protected communications to support network-centric operations for the future battlefield.

The article reports that Communication Systems-East division of L-3 Communications Corp. has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Corp. to design and develop the TRANSEC COMSEC Unit for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The MUOS is a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communication system that will provide significantly improved voice and data communications for the mobile warfighter. The U.S. Navy's Communications Satellite Program Office will acquire the MUOS and narrowband satellite communications for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Lockheed Martin Corp. announced that it has successfully completed on schedule the critical design review phase of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program and is beginning production of the next generation military communication satellite system. The AEHF system will feature several state-of-the-art technologies, including a sophisticated payload and phased array antennas provided by Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, California, and an electric propulsion system, provided by Aerojet, Sacramento, California.