General Dynamics expands MUOS testing

General Dynamics is making it easier test connectivity with the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).

Makers of radio products who want to test their ability to connect to MUOS can make calls from General Dynamic's Scottsdale, Arizona facility to an orbiting MUOS satellite. General Dynamics will add a MUOS waveform to the vendor-supplied test radios. Or, companies can use a simulated ground station at the facility, said a General Dynamics news release.

"The MUOS test lab in Scottsdale is the only facility to provide connectivity to both the MUOS ground system and an orbiting satellite, representing a one-stop, cost-effective path to test a radio or antenna's ability to connect with the Navy's newest and most advanced satellite communications system, " said General Dynamics Mission Systems president Chris Marzilli. "In addition to offering the test lab, we're proud to also have developed the MUOS waveform and built the MUOS ground station system that both connects personnel with the MUOS network and manages MUOS satellite operations."

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