Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals, 'essential component' of nuclear enterprise, three years behind schedule

By Shelley K. Mesch / October 31, 2022 at 3:53 PM
The Air Force's Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals isn't expected to complete its initial operational test and evaluation until the end of fiscal year 2023 -- three years past the originally planned completion date. The recent selected acquisition report for FAB-T listed “on-going test challenges” as the cause for the delay. The FAB-T is going through “first-of-its-kind scintillation and electronic jamming tests,” according to a statement from the office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force for space...

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