U.S. Space Force Guardians will start training on the Counter Communication System, or CCS, Meadowlands, following the recent approval to field an upgraded version of the platform that L3Harris Technologies developed. The system upgrade features a lighter and more compact version that will enhance joint and allied warfighters’ space electromagnetic warfare capabilities, the Space Operations Command announced Wednesday.
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Open Software Architecture
CCS Meadowlands is the Space Force’s first tactical electronic warfare system for detecting, identifying and disrupting adversaries’ communication. With its upgrade, the system will provide remote capability, automation and multi-system management. The new version operates through a more open software architecture that would simplify software updates needed for warfighters to keep pace with evolving threats and mission requirements, SpOC said. The system allows one operator to boost simultaneous remote mission management by 300 percent, the command also noted.
The CCS Meadowlands upgrade was made possible through the collaboration and integration efforts between SpOC and SSC, with the Guardians providing support and feedback.
Lt. Col. Natasha Peeples, USSF materiel leader and sustainment squadron commander under SpOC’s Mission Delta 3 – Space Electromagnetic Warfare, described the system’s upgrade as “historic moment that builds upon years of hard work” on CCS Meadowlands’ program baseline. “It was an all-hands-on-deck rapid sprint to the finish line, and we are incredibly proud of this moment for operations and the USSF,” the guardian official remarked.
L3Harris initially developed an updated CCS version in April 2020 designed to help the U.S. Space Force jam adversaries’ satellite communications. The company delivered to the Department of Defense the first two CCS Meadowlands on April 8, enabling U.S. government integrated tests on them from April 14 to May 2.
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