14/01/2014 - Boeing has experimented first a new technology anti-jamming on an old military satellite, expanding the access options to secure communications.

In the test, conducted on December 15, a protected signal was sent to the US government via a satellite Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-6). The engineers would confirm the achievement of all objectives in terms of accuracy and signal strength. The proof follows an earlier experiment on commercial satellite ViaSat-1 of the month of July, demonstrating that the new technology offers opportunities for communications anti-jamming, using pre-existing commercial and government satellites.

"This technology increases the ability of fighters to send protected information without enemy interference by exploiting already available satellites that have no resources anti-jamming"- said Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager of Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems." The two demonstrations show that this technique is adaptable and able to be exploited without the need to build new satellites. "

For both tests, the signal was sent using a commercial modem.

Source: Boeing - Space & Intelligence Systems