[Satellite TODAY 04-08-10] Harris Corp. has completed operational testing of its AN/WSC-6G(V)9 satellite communications terminal for the U.S. Navy, the company announced April 7.
    The completion of testing and qualification is the last phase of Harris’ 10-year, $172 million contract with the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), which the company was awarded in 2000.
    The AN/WSC-6G(V)9 terminal aims to simultaneously provide standard military X-band communications and Ka-band communications through a single dual-band feed and is designed for use onboard the Navy’s Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers.
    The Navy expects to begin using the kits in the U.S. government’s 2011 fiscal year.