WGS satellites address the military's growing need for high-bandwidth communications, ranging from transmission of full-motion video and sensor data gathered from unmanned aerial vehicles, to video teleconferencing among military leaders around the world, to provision of quality-of-life services such as e-mail, news, and special event broadcasts for deployed troops. Boeing is currently under contract to build six WGS satellites for the Air Force. WGS-1 was placed into operation over the Pacific Ocean in April 2008 and WGS-2 entered service over the Middle East in August 2009. Both satellites are meeting and, in some cases, far exceeding mission requirements. WGS-3 is scheduled for launch later this year.
Satnews Daily
November 7th, 2009
Boeing + U.S.A.F. Celebrate WGS' Winning Ways
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force have received a Department of Defense (DoD) "Top 5" excellence award for systems engineering on the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) program. WGS is the DoD's highest-capacity communications satellite and provides assured, high-data-rate connectivity to U.S. warfighters and their allies around the world.
Members of the Air Force-Boeing WGS team accepted the award on October 28 at the National Defense Industry Association's (NDIA) Systems Engineering Conference in San Diego. Each year, the Department of Defense and NDIA recognize up to five defense programs that have demonstrated superior systems engineering practices that result in outstanding program performance.
WGS satellites address the military's growing need for high-bandwidth communications, ranging from transmission of full-motion video and sensor data gathered from unmanned aerial vehicles, to video teleconferencing among military leaders around the world, to provision of quality-of-life services such as e-mail, news, and special event broadcasts for deployed troops. Boeing is currently under contract to build six WGS satellites for the Air Force. WGS-1 was placed into operation over the Pacific Ocean in April 2008 and WGS-2 entered service over the Middle East in August 2009. Both satellites are meeting and, in some cases, far exceeding mission requirements. WGS-3 is scheduled for launch later this year.
WGS satellites address the military's growing need for high-bandwidth communications, ranging from transmission of full-motion video and sensor data gathered from unmanned aerial vehicles, to video teleconferencing among military leaders around the world, to provision of quality-of-life services such as e-mail, news, and special event broadcasts for deployed troops. Boeing is currently under contract to build six WGS satellites for the Air Force. WGS-1 was placed into operation over the Pacific Ocean in April 2008 and WGS-2 entered service over the Middle East in August 2009. Both satellites are meeting and, in some cases, far exceeding mission requirements. WGS-3 is scheduled for launch later this year.