Following schedule slip, gateway prototype next slated to fly in early FY-22

By Briana Reilly / July 23, 2021 at 1:42 PM
The Air Force's communications gateway prototype is expected to next fly in early fiscal year 2022 after the product experienced a schedule slip that pushed back a planned demonstration slated for earlier this summer, according to a service spokesman. The service previously announced it planned to test the prototype, formerly known as gatewayONE, during an Orange Flag exercise in June. But spokesman Houston Waters told Inside Defense in an email that the product did not fly “due to [a]...

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