04 April 2009

USAF: EHF System unveiled

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) -- Air Force Space Command officials, in partnership with Lockheed Martin representatives, unveiled a one-quarter scale model of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite here April 1 during a ceremony in the AFSPC headquarters building.

"It is phenomenally important to us and the warfighting team to get these satellites on orbit and what we have here today is a good start," said Gen. C. Robert Kehler, AFSPC commander.

The AEHF system is a follow-on to the Milstar Satellite Communications system, augmenting and improving on the capabilities of Milstar, and expanding the Military Satellite Communications architecture to enable transformational communications and network-centric warfare.
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