Rendering of a Hydra Max terminal on a vehicle. Photo: All.Space

All.Space has completed testing under the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Tactical Terminal (NGTT) program for its Hydra Max terminal, the company announced Nov. 25. The terminal has now been formally recognized by the Army at Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL 6), which marks moving from a prototype to operationally validated system. 

The Army’s NGTT program is focused on single terminals that can support multiple orbits, constellations, and services for at-the-halt, at-the-quick, or on-the-move communications. 

All.Space worked with Telesat Government Solutions and Viasat to demonstrate simultaneous multi-beam connectivity with Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Orbit (GEO), as well as LEO and Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) with the Hydra Max terminal. The demonstrations at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland used off-road vehicles for on-the-move connectivity. All.Space reported that the demonstrations showed sustained high data rates and high-resolution video while stationary and in motion.

“Successfully completing this testing as part of the NGTT program and reaching TRL 6 is a defining moment for All.Space. Hydra-2 Max has proven it can deliver uninterrupted, intelligent connectivity in the harshest operational conditions. For commanders, this means cloud access, data fusion, and decision superiority remain intact — no matter the orbit, no matter the threat,” commented All.Space CEO Paul McCarter. 

The Hydra Max Ka-band terminal is a dual-beam satcom terminal capable of holding wideband connections on two or more independent Ka-band satellite networks at the same time. It is designed to be compatible with the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) U.S. military network, SES’s O3b mPOWER, Viasat 3 & GX, and upcoming Ka-band constellations Amazon Kuiper and Telesat Lightspeed.