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Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398M for Enhanced Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Prototype to demonstrate anti

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $398 million contract for the Enhanced Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Prototype (EPTS-P) effort under Space Systems Command. The prototype is intended to demonstrate anti-jamming technologies for military satellite communications in contested environments.

Discovered 2026-05-15T13:27:33.119415-07:00 | 2026-05-15T13:27:33.119415-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • This is a direct investment in resilient, contested-environment military satcom capabilities, with the contract explicitly targeting anti-jamming demonstration outcomes.
  • The award signals how the Space Force is translating the contested-orbit/sensing-and-resilience gaps discussed in recent reporting into funded prototyping milestones (source:67e4da9b-1170-430e-9325-fa72ae0b772c, source:d1774f86-9bf3-4367-8fc0-b7d90985f440).
  • For contractors and program planners, the size and prototype framing ($398 million) provides a near-term indicator of where Space Force priorities and budgets are moving within the broader space warfare acceleration trend (source:83ebb2e8-f83b-44a1-b6a4-8e4d372c2fe7).

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