The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract to develop the seventh wideband global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, as part of the new WGS block II follow-on contract.

Under the $182m contract, Boeing will produce up to six WGS satellites, the highest-capacity communications satellites in the US Department of Defense’s arsenal.

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The satellite will deliver fast, flexible broadband communications in remote areas.

Developed using Boeing’s 702HP platform, the WGS communications payloads will provide reconfigurable coverage areas and the ability to connect X-band and Ka-band users anywhere.

Boeing will build three more WGS satellites, which are scheduled to launch in 2012 and 2013, under the block II contract.

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