Boeing Co. said Monday that it demonstrated a key part of a proposed satellite system that it hopes to build for the Department of Defense.
The Transformational Satellite Communications System, or TSAT, could be worth billions of dollars to the contract winner. The satellite system is expected to revolutionize military communications.
Earlier this month, Boeing demonstrated the maturity of its packet-switching technology, which works like a switch-board in space, the company said. Boeing used a commercial communications satellite, the Spaceway 3, to conduct the demonstration.
Boeing's TSAT bid in based at its El Segundo satellite factory.
Boeing is competing against a team of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Space Technology, which is based in Redondo Beach.
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