Harris Corp. announced Oct. 16 that it has uplinked to a Milstar satellite using an Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal prototype system.

Once fielded, the terminal will serve as the common element of naval information networks, providing interconnection of individual naval assets with other services and eventually with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Global Information Grid.

In 2003, Harris won a contract to develop four prototypes for the next-generation AEHF Navy Multiband Terminal. The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is scheduled to perform a competitive downselect and issue a contract in June for the engineering, manufacture and development phase of the program.