Boeing delivered the first engineering development model (EDM) of the Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) to the U.S. Air Force B-2 program. The EDM will serve to initiate platform integration and test activities.

The FAB-T system will provide a family of satcom terminals to strategic command and control forces. The airborne and ground-based terminals will communicate with multiple satellites and enable information to be exchanged between ground, air and space platforms. FAB-T systems are compatible with the existing MILSTAR Extremely High Frequency and the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications satellite constellations, providing a transition as the AEHF constellation replaces MILSTAR.

Additional FAB-T EDM units will be delivered over the next few months to undergo integration and flight testing on a Boeing 707 testbed operated by the Air Force and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Labs, and on an operational RC-135 at Majors Field in Greenville, Texas.