Boeing said it delivered a prototype of its next-generation Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass.
Delivery of the software-defined radio completed a key hardware and software risk reduction requirement for FAB-T Increment 2 under a program funded by the U.S. Air Force, Boeing said. Lincoln Laboratory will use the prototype to continue developing the DVB-S2 based waveform for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions over Ka-band military satellite communications.
FAB-T will provide military forces with a secure, multi-mission-capable family of software-defined radios that use satellites to exchange information between ground, air and space platforms such as the B-2, B-52, command post terminals and Global Hawk UAV. It will be capable of hosting waveforms that can accommodate data rates in excess of 300 megabits per second, Boeing said.