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USAF: Anti-jamming tests of military communications satellites a success By (0) Anti-jamming tests of the Wideband Global SATCOM system were a success, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile System Center said.  Image courtesy of U.S. Air Force  Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Three virtual anti-jamming tests of wideband global satellite communications satellites were a success, the U.S. Air Force announced this week. The Space and Missile Systems Center, headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., said the tests will provide advanced anti-jamming support for the Wideband Global SATCOM, the syste...

Photo: Boeing The U.S. Space Force said on Feb. 17 that its Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement (MAJE) program has demonstrated the geo-location of jamming signals. SMC said that it conducted three system tests — virtually, due to COVID-19 restriction — in the final quarter of last year. The tests verified MAJE system design and the system’s ability “to provide telemetry and successfully locate signals interfering with WGS satellites” for the 10 Boeing WGS satellites, per SMC. “With the support of MAJE prime...