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MUOS Full Operational After Finishing Test And Eval Phase

Wednesday, October 16th, 2019

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MUOS Full Operational After Finishing Test And Eval Phase

Artist's rendering of a Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

The Navy’s new narrowband satellite communications system finished a test and evaluation phase, marking it as fully operational and assessed as operationally effective and suitable. The Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) is a five-satellite constellation that aims to provide narrowband satellite communications for Defense Department and other government organizations. The service said it recently completed a required Multiservice Operational Test and Evaluation. This examines measures of effectiveness, suitability, and performance in “an operationally representative environment.” The service said this…

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