Air Force awards Boeing $55M anti-jamming contract

100714-N-3666S-008 PEARL HARBOR (July 14, 2010) The Sea-Based X-band Radar (SBX) arrives at Foxtrot Pier on Ford Island. SBX will be in port to perform periodic maintenance and to conduct American Bureau of Shipping surveys that will lead to the renewal of the SBX U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Stirrup/Released)

Boeing has been awarded a $55 million Air Force contract modification for X-band anti-jamming systems for communications satellites.

Under the contract, Boeing “will provide increased resilience to both unintentional and hostile electronic threats to Wideband Global SATCOM satellites,” according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The contract is scheduled to be completed by August 2019. The contract was awarded by the Air Force’s Space and Missile Center.