L3Harris Enhancing Marine Corps' Resilient, Multi-Orbit SATCOM Operations

L3Harris Technologies is enhancing the operational capabilities of the U.S. Marine Corps’ satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals through a new delivery order under the Marine Corps Wideband Satellite – Expeditionary (MCWS-X) program.

The company has supported the program since 2020, delivering its tri-band Panther™ 2 man-portable SATCOM terminal. This latest order also includes upgraded Ku-band transceivers, increasing the fleet-wide power output to 25W.

“Our Panther 2 terminals allow a single Marine to deploy a fully operational SATCOM capability, accessing multiple frequency bands through a variety of resilient waveforms, in under 10 minutes,” said Bill Scorse, Director, Engineering, L3Harris. “The upgraded transceivers for this order extend the Marines’ ability to push more data across the battlespace for actionable intelligence, supporting their Joint All-Domain Command and Control objectives with multi-orbit pathway diversity.”

L3Harris’ broad portfolio of resilient waveform technology and software-defined communication systems are trusted by the U.S. Marine Corps, Army, Air Force and global allies to deliver the latest capabilities, keeping fighting forces ahead of emerging threats on the modern battlefield. The company’s flexible architectures and open-system approaches are a step ahead of tomorrow, providing near-instantaneous, assured connections to relay crucial battlespace intelligence across various echelons.

“Our SATCOM solutions provide resiliency and pathway diversity to support multiple types of missions and avoid single points of failure with protected modems and waveforms for secure, wideband anti-jam communications,” said Mike Pedaci, General Manager, Tactical Communications, L3Harris. “These systems deliver resilient SATCOM with connectivity to different orbits, constellations, frequency bands and provider networks ‘on the fly’ so our warfighters are never fighting alone.”